25 April to 2 May 2014

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This week there was regional news coverage for the Institution’s Engineering Heritage Award for Concorde 101. The Institution’s Stephen Tetlow is cited in the Financial Times in an article about skills and there is continued coverage of the University of Liverpool’s project to build the fastest ever pedal bicycle.

30/04/2014 Concorde 101 at IWM Duxford awarded Engineering Heritage Award – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

News clip about Institution President, Patrick Kniveton, presenting the Engineering Heritage Award for Concorde 101 at IWM Duxford. The news was also featured on Cambridge News.

28/04/2014 Classroom becomes workshop to create new generation of engineers – Financial Times (link not available)

The Institution’s Stephen Tetlow is quoted as saying that the major impediment to growth in manufacturing in the UK is a shortage of the right skills. Full article available on request.

28/04/2014 What Does the World’s Fastest Bicycle Look Like? – ABC News

Article on the University of Liverpool’s project to build the ARION1 Velocipede, featuring a quote from the Institution’s Philippa Oldham. There was also coverage of this announcement in Phys.org, Product and Design Development and GizMag.

30/04/2014 New accolade ‘a huge achievement’ for firm reborn after devastating blaze – Telegraph & Argus

Article about Airedale Springs being named as a runner-up in the Yorkshire/North East Regional Manufacturing Excellence Awards.

30/04/2014 Software firms are leading the way in transforming the world around us – Derby Telegraph

President Patrick Kniveton was quoted in this article talking about the engineering skills crisis the UK faces.

29/04/2014 IMechE Railway Division appoints new chair – Rail Technology Magazine

Article about the appointment of Professor Simon Iwnicki, head of the Institute of Railway Research at the University of Huddersfield, as chair of the Institution’s Railway Division.