IET in the news archive
Press coverage of IET activities.
Archive 2007
Faraday 2008
- Retirement rules eased to plug skills gap (telegraph.co.uk 16/11/07)
- Faraday lectures embrace internet (sec-ed.co.uk 01/11/07)
- City's aspiring engineers to take up challenge (news.scotsman.com 19/10/07)
- Technology for life - challenges for schools 2007/08 (dtnuggets.wordpress.com 18/10/07)
- Engineering careers fail the test for school kids (electronicsweekly.com 17/10/07)
- IET challenges pupils to engineer their health (ase.org.uk 17/10/07)
- Teens 'clueless' about engineering (clickajob.co.uk 17/10/07)
- Technology careers 'unknown to teens' (womenintechnology.co.uk 17/10/07)
- Tech jobs a mystery to teens (bcs.org 16/10/07)
- UK teens 'not interested' in IT jobs (vnunet.com 15/10/07)
- Engineering 'unknown' to teens (atl.org.uk 11/10/07)
- 'Dirty' image keeps candidates away (tes.co.uk 12/10/07)
- 'Cutting edge' science then and now (news.bbc.co.uk 29/09/07)
Innovation Awards 2007
- Digital plaster with printed battery (idtechex.com 13/12/07)
- A little plaster goes a long way (imperial.ac.uk 11/12/07)
- Making waves at award ceremony (swindonadvertiser.co.uk 28/11/07)
- World class detection (scenta.co.uk 27/11/07)
- Green UPS takes design award (electrnicstalk.com 19/11/07)
- Mobile security award engineered (160characters.org 19/11/07)
- BBC engineers win IET Innovation in Engineering award at awards (4rfv.co.uk 15/11/07)
- Toumaz technology wins 2007 IET Innovation in Engineering award (healthtechwire.com 15/11/07)
- Toumaz technology wins 2007 IET Innovation in Engineering award (tmcnet.com 15/11/07)
- Triteq shortlisted as IET Innovation Award finalist (clickpress.com 17/10/07)
- Toumaz shortlisted for IET Innovation in Engineering Awards 2007 (nestor.minsk.by 07/10/07)
- Leading UK innovation award: last call for entires (processingtalk.com 22/07/07)
- Engineering awards make final call for entries (engineeringtalk.com 22/06/07)
- UK engineering awards announced (macworld.co.uk 05/03/07)
- IT Sector must attract young talent (VNUNet.com 12/03/07)
Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2007
- Do you know a dynamic young female apprentice? (voltimum.co.uk 04/09/07)
- The IET raise awareness of engineering apprenticeships for women through national award (pandct.com 26/07/07)
- IET Young Woman Engineering apprentice award approaches (womenintechnology.co.uk 24/07/07)
- Prize invite for women (nwemail.co.uk 23/07/07)
- IET Young Woman Engineering Apprentice of the Year (processingtalk.com 23/07/07)
- Calling on all Rosie the riveters (business.scotsman.com 20/07/07)
- Engineers look for women role models (electronicsweekly.com 22/06/07)
- Nominate brilliant female engineers for accolade (peterboroughtoday.co.uk 19/06/07)
- IET appeal to honour best of the bunch (cambridge-news.co.uk 18/06/07)
- Where are all the women? (timesonline.co.uk 14/06/07)
- Calling female engineers (edinburghnews.scotsman.com 14/06/07)
- IET appeals for more female role models in engineering through launch of prestigious award (pandct.com 05/06/07)
- Calling all young women engineers (womenintechnology.co.uk 04/06/07)
- Real women think WAGS are 'poor role models' (lse.co.uk 22/05/07)
Chief executive's visit to India
- Global engineering body to up partnership with Indian techies (businessstandard.com 23/11/07)
- Robin McGill chief executive IET brings new impetus to its initiatives on his first visit to India (indiaenews.com 22/11/07)
Skills Survey
- Recruiting for growth (investorschronicle.co.uk 02/10/07)
- Engineers find themselves in seller's market (electronicsweekly.com 03/09/07)
- UK young not fazed over skills (tes.co.uk 13/07/07)
- Lack of engineers threatens UK economy (electronicsweekly.com 12/07/07)
- IT Pros lack leadership skills (itpro.co.uk 13/07/07)
- UK skills gap (epolitix.com 10/07/07)
- Engineering and technology sector faces skills shortage, IET warns (computerweekly.com 10/07/07)
- UK's tech firms turn to India (zeenews.com 10/07/07)
- Fear of job stampede offshore 'unfounded' (guardian.co.uk 09/07/07)
- UK companies forced abroad to hire IT staff (techworld.com 09/07/07)
- Filling the UK's skills gap (womenintechnology.co.uk 09/07/07)
- UK skills gap continues to deteriorate warn IET (uk.biz.yahoo.com 09/07/07)
- IT recruitment 'crisis' is holding back businesses (computerworlduk.com 09/07/07)
- Skills gap threatens UK technology sector (ihotdesk.com 09/07/07)
2020 Vision Survey
- Teens predict a decline in energy industry (engineerlive.com 27/06/07)
- Teenagers across the globe give views on environment, jobs and lifestyles (environmenttimes.co.uk 18/06/07)
- Engineering is cool (technologyhorizons.co.uk 15/06/07)
- Teenagers value doctors more than any other profession (onmedica.net 15/06/07)
Road User Charging Briefing
- Researchers, spooks favour satnav-based road pricing (theregister.co.uk 03/05/07)
- 'Spies in the sky' tracking your car within 10 years (silicon.com 02/05/07)
- Road tolls 'inevitable' (mirror.co.uk 02/05/07)
- British motorists face spy in the sky monitoring (abcnews.go.com 01/05/07)
- Motorists face spy in sky monitoring (mirror.co.uk 01/05/07)
- Road charging in UK 'inevitable' (24dash.com 01/0/07)
- British motorists face spy in the sky monitoring (washingtonpost.com 01/05/07)
Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2006
- Scout leader crowned Young Woman Engineer of the Year (scouts.org.uk 19/02/07)
- Ford presents 2007 'WISE' prize to female engineering star (huliq.com 08/02/07)
- Electronics Wizard Suzanne is Life-Saver (huntingtontoday.co.uk 05/02/07)
- Platoon commander picks up award (electronicsweekly.com 01/02/07)
- UK Female Engineers Recognised (bsn.org.uk 29/01/07)
- Katy's energy takes her to top of nation (thisisleeds.co.uk 26/01/07)
- Britain's Best Female Engineers Celebrated at National Awards (prnewswire.co.uk 25/01/07)
- Young Woman Engineer of the Year named (newelectronics.co.uk 25/01/07)
- Young engineer Rachael eyes prize (lep.co.uk 04/01/07)
Faraday 2007
- Putting kids on the fast lane (thestar.com 25/03/07)
- Formual 1 interactive (bbc.co.uk 15/03/07)
- Pupils learn the fun of science (manchestereveningnews.co.uk 12/03/07)
- Faraday 07 - Winning Formula (icScotland.icnetwork.co.uk 07/03/07)
- Appliance of science (icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk 01/02/07)
- 2007 IET Faraday lecture schedule confirmed (eemsonline.co.uk 22/11/06)
Journals
- Wave good-bye to the TV remote control - hand signals to replace remote controls (hiddenwires.co.uk 06/08/07)
- Wave good-bye to the TV remote control (lifestyle.hexus.net 27/07/07)
- Replace your remote with the wave of a hand (smarthouse.com.au 25/07/07)
- Australians wave goodbye to the missing TV remote control (guardian.co.uk 21/07/70)
- Hands-free remote TV (news.com.au/dailytelegraph 20/07/07)
- Viewers will be able to switch TV channels with 'wave of hand' (womenintechnology.co.uk 20/07/07)
- Last hurrah for the lost remote (theage.com.au 18/07/07)
- Wave the TV remote control goodbye and change channel with a thumbs-up (dailymail.co.uk 17/07/07)
Prestige Lectures
- Berners-Lee: Web security a 'never-ending battle' (news.zdnet.co.uk 21/09/07)
IT Breakfast Briefing
- BT expands Wireless Cities (ZDNet.co.uk 11/09/07)
Miscellaneous
- Active power flywheel technology earns global industry award (businesswire.com 27/11/07)
- Ground breaking passenger detection technology wins global award for innovation (innovations-report.de 27/11/07)
- "Lost diver" competition (deeperblue.net 27/11/07)
- IET keen on collaboration with major Indian players (India Times 22/11/07)
- Domestic cellular base station wins prestigious award (3g.co.uk 16/11/07)
- Health sensor wins electronics award (electronicstalk.com 15/11/07)
- Prepare for success (graduatemag.co.uk Autumn 2007)
- 'World's smallest radio' unveiled (news.bbc.co.uk 18/10/07)
- Web database provides research help (engineeringtalk.com 17/10/07)
- The IET and IBM have launched a professional development scheme... (electricnews.net 08/10/07)
- Beeb designer lands top technology medal (drobe.co.uk 20/09/07)
- The IET and Cisco team up to advance career development of technology professionals (money.cnn.com 18/09/07)
- Cisco tries to save kids from careers in the arts (channelregister.co.uk 18/09/07)
- PC revolutionary honoured (manchestereveningnews.co.uk 17/09/07)
- Faraday Medal goes to architect of the home PC (vnunet.com 13/09/07)
- Join the IET (graduatemag.co.uk Summer 2007)
- Exam stress to exam success for sparkies (voltimum.co.uk 20/07/2007)
- Engineering lecturers gear up for recognition by industry (tes.co.uk 20/07/07)
- IET offers rewards to engineering students (electronicsweekly.com 03/07/07)
- Entries invited for measurement award (manufacturingtalk.com 22/06/07)
- Measurement prize opens for entries (engineeringtalk.com 20/06/07)
- IET offers fast-track to electricians (voltimum.co.uk 15/06/07)
- IET offers fast-track to electricians (emconline.co.uk 07/06/07)
- NCC launches enterprise architecture professionals programme (computerworlduk.com 05/06/07)
- IET endorsement for postgrad courses (engineeringtalk.com 05/06/07)
- Enterprise architects launch best-practice drive (zdnet.co.uk 01/06/07)
- New initiative launched to promote professionalism in Enterprise Architecture and Systems Engineering (egovmonitor.com 31/05/07)
- Agile techniques for an increased competitive edge (processingtalk.com 23/05/07)
- ARM CTO to address Semiconductor Forum (electronicstalk.com 11/05/07)
- Institution offers electricians fast-track membership (emconline.co.uk 02/05/07)
- Semiconductor specialists converge on Paris (electronicstalk.com 23/04/07)
- A global bookshelf (newelectronics.co.uk 20/04/07)
- Energy management promotion (electricalreview.co.uk 05/03/07)
- A career guide to opportunities in engineering (timesonline.co.uk 27/02/07)
- Inspec® Lands Major Contract With US Patent and Trademark Office (iptoday.com 27/02/07)
- Visionary computer scientist to deliver annual Manchester lecture (manchester.ac.uk 22/01/07)
- Automotive Electronics Conference (autoindustry.co.uk 02/01/07)
