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The eagerly awaited Enginuity Skills Awards, postponed from last year due to the Covid pandemic, honoured some extraordinary people across the country making a difference in engineering and manufacturing.

The eagerly awaited Enginuity Skills Awards, postponed from last year due to the Covid pandemic, honoured some extraordinary people across the country making a difference in engineering and manufacturing.

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) has been appointed by the DfE to lead an exciting new project to develop high-quality modular courses focused on upskilling employees to help address future skills gaps in key sectors such as manufacturing and engineering.

The eagerly awaited Enginuity Awards, postponed from last year due to the Covid pandemic, will honour some extraordinary people across the country making a difference in engineering.

There was much for engineering and manufacturing businesses to cheer in today’s Budget – and it provides a strong foundation on which the sector can start to build for a green, high-tech post-pandemic future.

The 200,000 self-employed working in the manufacturing sector are crucial to the post pandemic recovery and must not be cast adrift in the forthcoming budget

The annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships, taking place across England between 8th - 14th February, will showcase how apprenticeships have helped employers and people of all ages and backgrounds. Enginuity are taking an active part in the week, promoting new content each day. Make sure to follow us and check back for updates throughout the event.

Ann Watson, Chief Executive of Enginuity said: “Radical reform is needed now - and has to be sustained and supported from all sides." In response to the newly released white paper from Gov.UK.

The general shift towards greater digital connectedness and consequent need for a digitally-skilled workforce in the engineering sector was happening before the pandemic; so was the need for coordination and joined-up thinking when it comes to embedding the right skills in the sector’s workforce.

The evidence of digital deprivation (otherwise known as digital poverty) is mounting, recently highlighted in Ofsted’s Annual Report and is delivering shame to the UK this Christmas – according to one of the UK’s leading industry and skills figures.

Manufacturing and engineering ‘sector connector’ Enginuity has developed, created and unveiled a unique online system to convert careers away from ailing industries and inject new life, new opportunity in to fast moving, fast growing digital sectors.

All systems are go for the launch of the new Space Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard – powered by Airbus, the University of Leicester and specialist engineering sector connector Enginuity in conjunction with awarding organisation EAL.

As part of Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2020, which takes place between the 2nd - 6th November, an emphasis is being placed on providing inspiring and exciting opportunities for young people to experience the world of engineering on digital and social media platforms.

A Government decision to axe vital funding for two leading skills initiatives just as a wave of unemployment sweeps the UK has been met with ‘surprise and disappointment’ from a wide range of organisations in the manufacturing sector.

The UK’s leading engineering skills organisation, Enginuity, has embraced a new report highlighting the importance of the sector in Wales, which was launched this week.

The Prime Minister’s skills announcement is welcome but stops short of industry requirements and may fail to stave off mass unemployment in engineering.

New apprentice funding measures unveiled by the government don't go far enough say industry experts including Enginuity's CEO Ann Watson and Tony Burke.

Enginuity’s Technical Department is leading a series of review and development projects.