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This year is expected to bring a lot of exciting things to industry, but The Government’s ‘Year of Engineering’ Campaign, which has launched this week is certainly high up on the list. It includes a number of activities which recognise the role of digital and robotics as a crucial part of the portfolio of skills for engineering.

At a time when UK industry is voicing doubt about how it is going to source talented future recruits, the education charity EDT has highlighted the best of UK-based young talent at the recently held Future Industry Leaders Awards, sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

EDT Corp has introduced the KleanCap bearing locking device as a more sanitary alternative to socket-head screws which are typically used to lock insert bearings onto shafts, including in the company's DoubleLock locking sleeve. The raised-hex head of the KleanCap screw eliminates the traditional socket design which can harbour bacteria.

A charity which offers paid gap year internships is keeping its doors open to help some of the many university applicants who find they don’t have a university place this year, having failed to meet their offered grades

Is the image of engineering and science changing for the better? Tom Pellereau has been making engineering and design sexy by grabbing the headlines in the Apprentice, and this summer 2,300 students aged 12-14 have also changed their views about science and engineering.

As ‘A’ Level students come to the end of their exams a leading educational charity has warned that even high achieving ‘A‘ level students applying for university entrance this year must line up a “Plan B” in case they are unsuccessful in their applications.

The EIC, the leading trade association for UK companies supplying goods and services to the energy industries worldwide is teaming up with educational charity EDT in recognition that more needs to be done to encourage students to move into science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers.