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Keep up to date with the latest industry, policy and Enginuity Group news.

New Minecraft game inspires young people to get involved in the future of food
A Minecraft game focused on the future of food will launch at Digital Manufacturing Week - bringing green skills into the classroom and highlighting the “engineering in everything”.
What Pride Month means for Enginuity
Enginuity is supporting Pride Month, not simply to add our voice to the chorus but because, as a charity whose mission is to encourage more people into engineering and manufacturing, we emphasise this means ALL people - whatever background, orientation, or gender.

Enginuity Announces Tom Brookes Best of British
The very best of British engineering and manufacturing was celebrated last night at the Enginuity Skills Awards 2022. More than 200 people gathered at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London for the first in-person awards since 2019.

Celebrating Achievements Together
The Enginuity Skills Awards are always a wonderful opportunity to recognise the very best talent from across industry, but this year will be extra special for a number of reasons.

National Apprenticeship Week
The 15th annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships, taking place across England between 7th - 13th, will showcase the impact apprenticeships can have on communities, local businesses and regional economies and how they all benefit from the impact of apprenticeships. 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.

STEM Alliance with Enginuity and EDT Launched
Enginuity has partnered with the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) to boost shared ambitions around engaging young people with the exciting career paths available through STEM.

Autumn Statement: £3.8B Spending Package on “Skills Revolution”
Today’s Autumn Statement promises a £3.8B spending package on skills as part of the government’s “skills revolution” – a move aligned to its levelling up agenda, with the chancellor of the Exchequer stating: “Strengthening the skills of our people, the country’s greatest asset. That’s a real plan for growth.

Enginuity Ambassador Pride of the Nation
An inspirational award-winning young British engineer, dubbed the ‘Raducanu of Engineering’, has been praised for her role developing a robotic pharmaceutical testing system now on the health frontline.

Brain Games Block Brain Drains
Digital Brain games in the workplace are to be used to block a massive post-pandemic brain drain threatening UK industry, it has been announced.

Government Intervention Called for Before Parliamentary Summer Recess
The supply chain to the UK’s leading manufacturers is teetering on the edge of collapse this summer and needs urgent Government intervention – Enginuity has warned.

Manufacturing Resilience Report
Enginuity is proud to sponsor a new report on the future of the UK’s manufacturing sector: Manufacturing Resilience, Driving Recovery towards Net Zero.

Disconnected – The Impending Digital Skills Disaster
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.

Skills Awards Winners Announced!
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.

HVMC Lead Project to Address Future Skills Gaps
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.

Steph McGovern to Host Enginuity Awards Night
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.

Challenge and Opportunity – Sector Connector Enginuity Helps Build Back Better
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.

Chancellor Urged to Keep Engineering Budget
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

National Apprenticeship Week 2021
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.

Enginuity news, Industry news, Policy updates
Skills for jobs: lifelong learning for opportunity and growth
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.

2020 EAMA Skills Vision Report
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.

Evidence of Digital Deprivation in the UK Is Mounting
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.

Data Driven Careers Convertor Unveiled For Fast Growing Digital Sectors
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.

New Space Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Launched
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.

Tomorrows Engineers Week 2020
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.

Government Axe Vital Funding for Leading Skills
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.

Welsh Engineering Report Welcomed
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.

Skills Announcement by PM Stops Short of What’s Needed
The Prime Minister’s skills announcement is welcome but stops short of industry requirements and may fail to stave off mass unemployment in engineering.

Apprentice Funding Move ‘Falls Short’ – Says Group
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.

Industry and unions call for emergency measures to save apprenticeships and provide re-skilling and retraining to secure skills essential for UK recovery

Enginuity Leads National Occupational Standards (NOS) Review
Enginuity’s Technical Department is leading a series of review and development projects.