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UK workers in critical sectors could still send children to school
THE UK Government has announced that the children of those working in the healthcare supply chain, energy, chemicals and food processing sectors are on the priority list to continue attending school.
Type: News
Why we Need to Engage with Primary School Children – and How to do it Effectively
Joy Parvin has 32 years of working in primary schools’ outreach under her belt. She reflects on why it is so important for chemical engineers to engage with the youngest in our society, and shares tips from three Children Challenging Industry ambassadors who are out there doing it
Type: Feature
Successes, regrets - and the damage being done to our children's futures
Type: Feature
Finding future chemical and process engineers in the primary school classroom
Jo Cox and Stem Education experts on engaging with children as young as four, how changes to the primary curriculum can help, and what makes a good role model
Type: Feature
Call for engineering in schools
IMECHE has released a report calling for the UK government to integrate engineering into the school curriculum, to better educate children about the ‘made world’.
Type: News
Lego building for a greener future as it increases sustainable feedstocks
THOSE LEGO bricks you buy for your children (or sometimes yourself) are on their way to becoming more sustainable with the toymaker announcing that 22% of all its plastics are now made from sustainable materials. Though like the upturned unseen Lego in your carpet, the journey towards making billions of bricks sustainable has not come without some painful steps along the way.
Type: News
New 4D printer can create shape-changing objects
RESEARCHERS have developed a prototype ‘4D’ printer that allows 3D-printed objects to change their structure over time.
Type: News
Two killed in Indian reactor explosion
ON 5 November, in the early hours of the morning, two people were killed as a result of a reactor explosion at a pharmaceutical and specialty chemicals company’s facility in India, reports The Times of India.
Type: News
We Only Get Them When We’re Good!
In the fifth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to society, Tony Ginsberg shares the joy and shared benefits of volunteering to support science and maths classes at a local primary school
Type: Feature
RAEng launches competition for schoolchildren
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a new competition, Engineers in the Making, for schoolchildren aged 7–14 across the UK. The academy is looking for budding engineers to take on the challenges and show off their creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills.
Type: News
Science illustrated: Quentin Blake artwork opens at Science Museum
LAST night London’s Science Museum unveiled a series of drawings by renowned illustrator Quentin Blake celebrating famous engineers, scientists, and their inventions.
Type: News
Action is needed to fight growing science scepticism
3M, the US-based materials firm, has released the results of an annual survey which show that public scepticism for science is growing, prompting calls for greater outreach by the science community to help gain support.
Type: News
How Can We Help Address the Harmful, Enduring Legacy of Bhopal?
Last year, IChemE’s President Stephen Richardson took the unusual step of writing to India’s Prime Minister about the aftermath of the accident in Bhopal. Ken Patterson and Fiona Macleod discuss the background to the letter and ask for members’ help in bringing this tragedy to a final end
Type: Feature
HENRICUS ‘Hans’ Michels passed away peacefully on 8 March at the age of 85.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Cameron Langford AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
References for the TCE serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
New method weeds out flipping drugs
A NEW method has been developed to help drug developers weed out compounds that could potentially transform into harmful versions of themselves once inside the human body. One pharmaceutical major is already working to implement the tool.
Type: News
