It’s festival time! 06/05/2011
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With only two months to go, preparations for the eleventh Festival of Science and Engineering are in full swing. We blogged at the end of last year with the great news that the festival was going ahead following a contribution of £10,000 from CBSbutler to SATRO, the charity behind it…
And ever since, we have been busy working alongside SATRO to publicise and organise the event. So with two months until the big day, we want to let you know what we will be doing and how to get involved. The festival aims to offer school teams the best possible opportunity to show the high quality of their science and engineering projects to guests from education, industry, commerce and professional bodies. The only criteria is that projects must have been devised and built during the current school year and come from Year 9 science clubs, GCSE, GNVQ, Diploma, AS, A2 or other areas of work.
There will also be plenty of opportunity for the pupils to get involved with some experiments in the Working World Marquee. Here are a few of the companies that will be exhibiting:
- Army Recruitment with a ‘Bridge Building’ theme
- Modern Water Plc with a ‘Water experiments with surprising results’ theme
- Air Products with a ‘Liquid nitrogen’ theme.
Stay tuned for the next update when we will be revealing some of the other businesses taking part this year. And if you are a school wanting to take part – it’s all free –click here for more details.
Jobs market “on road to recovery” – but where are our future engineers? 26/01/2011
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in CBSbutler, Defence, Engineering, future engineers, KPMG, science, skills shortages.Tags: Engineering, engineers, talent shortage
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A recent report, led by professional services firm KPMG, declares “the jobs market is on the road to recovery”. In particular it states that December saw the biggest increase in demand in 6 months for temporary staff in the engineering sector. The report also shows that employers within this sector are experiencing a shortage of skills in permanent staff.
