Companies have a key role to play Recent research by Birmingham University has revealed that only 46% of engineering graduates were employed in jobs requiring their degree skills six months after graduation. With this in mind Dr Gordon Mizner of EDT, explains how companies can help prepare students for careers in engineeringThe… 01/12/2011Tags: News
A bright future for apprentices This time last year NICEIC launched its new Apprentice Academy to help train the workforce of the future. One year on, NICEIC talks to Electrical Engineering magazine about the progress made by the students over the last 12 months and the next stage in their developmentThe government launched its… 01/12/2011Tags: News
A changing landscape Dramatic changes that are taking place in vocational training are having an impact on the UK’s electrical contracting sector. Iain Macdonald, the ECA’s head of education and training, investigatesThe systems that underpin vocational career training in the UK are going through dramatic changes. 01/12/2011Tags: News
Trailer power More than 40 trailerised Power Electrics generators have been supplied to Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution ( SHEPD) in Scotland, enabling SHEPD to be more responsive to its customers in this large geographical area. The generators are 3-phase units and in a range of 33-100kVA - all sets… 01/12/2011Tags: News
Fuel cell keeps the cameras rolling UPS Systems has supplied one of its new hydrogen fuel cells, the Mobixane, to documentary makers Renegade Pictures. The fuel cell gives Renegade Pictures a virtually silent portable power supply for its 3D camera equipment, which it is using to film a new Sky TV series about Woburn Safari Park. 01/12/2011Tags: News
Fike achieves LPCB approval Fire protection company Fike has gained LPCB approval for all detectors and panels in its new two wired TwinflexPro range. LPCB approval is granted only after extensive third party testing and provides specifiers, installers and end users with complete assurance that the approved products mee… 01/12/2011Tags: News
Power supplies survive lightning strike test DIN-rail power supply manufacturer PULS has carried out extreme testing of its QT40 3-phase units by subjecting them to simulated lightning strikes. The lightning test is one of several procedures devised by PULS to prove the durability and functionality of its power supplies in the harshest… 01/12/2011Tags: News
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