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IOM3 has submitted a response to the UK government's steel strategy consultation.

The Department for Business and Trade launched a consultation seeking views on the UK steel industry and its future. It explored the wider direction that the UK steel sector should take, as well as the details of the proposed steel strategy.

here are a national partner for our Leaders Award competition which asks pupils aged 3-19 the question “If you were an engineer, what would you do?”. This year Thales UK will be creating 6 prototypes across 5 of their UK sites, in total turning 6 pupils’ ideas submitted to our Leaders Award competition into a working prototypes over the 2024/2025 academic year.

A climate change and oceanography researcher has received a fellowship award to investigate the impact of unusually high ocean temperatures on the navigational safety of the Arctic.

Britain’s floating offshore wind industry received a major boost as the government announced £56m funding for a port to build floating turbines.

Heating our homes is responsible for about a third of the UK’s total carbon dioxide emissions, with a staggering 25 million natural gas boilers in operation across the country.

CIC is launching a call for evidence to explore the critical question: "How can we build 1.5 million quality homes in this Parliament?". This follows from the government’s ambitious housing targets to address the acute housing crisis in the UK, to include building 1.5 million new homes during this parliamentary term. This target aims to boost housebuilding in areas most in need, with a focus on affordable and social housing. The government has introduced mandatory housing targets for councils, ensuring that local authorities play a crucial role in meeting these goals. Additionally, Labour's plan includes reforms to the planning system to facilitate faster and more efficient construction processes

Ten new positions aim to bolster the nuclear, defence and energy sectors.

The world has a growing e-waste problem. An estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste were produced in 2022, according to a UN body, with that number forecast to reach 74 million tonnes by 2030. Only a small fraction is recycled, despite huge demand for raw materials from manufacturers.

The shortage of traditional heritage skills is at risk of becoming a crisis due to a lack of training opportunities and awareness about the problem.

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have made a ground-breaking discovery paving the way for a transformative era in photonic technology.

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are an exciting vision of the future, promising clean, locally generated electricity wherever it is needed, using technology that is mostly built off-site.

A new R&D development designed to support the growth of semiconductor packaging has received a £9 million funding injection, helping to reshore a critical part of the UK’s £500 million electrification supply chain and create new opportunities for manufacturers to access new markets and cut costs.