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The University of Glasgow has invested more than £1 million in student wages and paid internships for the second consecutive year, reflecting growing demand for on-campus employment opportunities and paid work experience alongside study.

Keeping the UK’s water clean is a tricky job. A number of water firms have faced public anger and government criticism for not protecting supplies. Keeping track of water quality – and the extent to which wastewater treatment plants are up to the task – is an engineering challenge.

The case for small modular reactors (SMRs) is compelling. Unlike traditional nuclear power plants that take years – or even decades – to build, SMRs will largely be made inside factories. Identical reactors will roll off the production line, ready to be shipped to site, fixed together and switched on. Once the production line is up and running, the companies selling SMRs will – in theory – be able to predictably churn out multiple units a year.

A collaborative project at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland’s (NMIS) Digital Process Manufacturing Centre (DPMC) in Irvine has demonstrated how private 5G mobile networks could support growing demand for secure, high-capacity connectivity in modern manufacturing.

The University of Strathclyde has appointed two leading international researchers in clean energy after securing £4.35 million through UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Global Talent Fund.

Modern militaries consume vast quantities of fuel. Sustaining a soldier during the Second World War required around one to two gallons of fuel per day. That figure now exceeds 20 gallons, driven by heavier armoured vehicles and ever more reliance on drones, autonomous platforms, communication networks and mobile data processing.

New analysis, commissioned by the Royal Academy of Engineering, shows low uptake of productivity-improving technologies in engineering companies, which represent a third of the UK economy and 8.5 million jobs

Pure energy (REGen) Ltd and its partners (Innoventum, Barlows, Immersa and Hypervolt) were awarded the prestigious Collaboration of the Year by the Renewable Energy Association (REA) at the 2026 British Renewable Energy Awards. The award honors their joint delivery of the innovative Solar Canopy project.

A leading Heriot-Watt professor has featured in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious 50for50 photographic series, celebrating 50 Fellows whose work has helped address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

A third -year PhD researcher in the Applied Space Technology Laboratory at the University of Strathclyde has been voted one of the Top 50 Women in Engineering.

The Women’s Engineering Society’s Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) 2026 Awards honour exceptional women engineers whose achievements embody this year’s theme, Engineering Intelligence

Two vast paintings inspired by one of the most ambitious scientific theories proposed by physicist Lord Kelvin were unveiled at the University of Glasgow in June.

Construction on the site of the UK’s most powerful computer has begun, which experts are hailing as a milestone moment as the country moves a step closer to turbo-charging its capacity for research and innovation.