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UK launches £6m competition to create a national maths academy
THE UK has launched a £6m competition to create a new national maths academy to advise government, accelerate technological development, and raise public awareness of the subject’s importance.
Type: News
Making Innovation Pay in a Sustainable Way
CPI is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Graeme Cruickshank looks at how the technology innovation centre has transformed the UK’s R&D sector and how it can continue to remain relevant to the just transition.
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters: 'The Profession's View of the Profession'
Alexandra Meldrum introduces IChemE’s member-consulted report, “Engineering a Sustainable World – the Chemical Engineering Challenge”
Type: Feature
Dame Judith Hackitt awarded 2024 President’s Medal by Royal Academy of Engineering
DAME JUDITH HACKITT, safety expert and a former president of IChemE, is the 2024 recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s President’s Medal in recognition of her enormous contribution to its work.
Type: News
Costain wins multimillion-pound FEED contract for Teesside hydrogen pipeline network
COSTAIN has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by bp for a new hydrogen pipeline network in Teesside as part of the East Coast carbon capture cluster.
Type: News
Government release ‘emergency’ £13.5m to tackle Tata Steel Port Talbot job losses
WORKERS and local businesses effected by energy transition of Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steel plant are set to benefit from an “emergency” cash injection of £13.5m (US$17.6m) from the UK government.
Type: News
Mitsubishi to invest £250m doubling plastic output at Saltend site
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL is investing £250m (US$328m) to double production of packaging plastic at its UK site in the Saltend Chemicals Park.
Type: News
Five minutes with… Health Researcher Hannah Leese
Adam Duckett speaks to the Nicklin Medal winner about needles and nominations, and discovers that both can be positive…and pain free
Type: Feature
UK launches 2050 infrastructure strategy to speed up energy transition
REDUCING the UK’s lengthy grid connection backlog is a key focus of a government initiative to bolster energy infrastructure planning.
Type: News
Pippa Corbett takes a closer look at the potential of heat networks, recent market transformations, and a sustainable chemical engineering career pathway
Type: Feature
The Royal Mint’s Tony Baker and Julian Cox explain to Adam Duckett how a solution in a beaker was transformed into a world-first chemical plant
Type: Feature
Nigel Hirst talks about celebrating excellence, Jonathan Seville calls to members to sign up for our circular economy webinar series and readers voice Natech concerns
Type: News
A virtuous circle? Fusion developers relying on power-hungry AI to accelerate commercialisation
FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology.
Type: News
A Chemical Engineer’s Festive University Challenge
Chemical engineer and science communicator Yasmin Ali sits down with Aniqah Majid to discuss the energy transition, her university days, and her upcoming appearance on this year’s University Challenge Christmas series
Type: Feature
Why Soft Skills Can (and Should) be Taught
From awkward smiles to cult-avoidance strategies, Faye Litherland’s journey proves that mastering soft skills is no different to learning pump calculations – practice makes perfect
Type: Feature
North Sea oil spill may take two months to clear following ship collision – expert
JET FUEL that spilled into the North Sea following Monday’s collision between a tanker and a cargo ship off the coast of Hull, UK could take “up to two months” to clear, an expert has told TCE.
Type: News
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE could one day help us clean up microplastics after researchers at Monash University showed AI can help with rapid identification. The system could eventually sweep the oceans and carry out real-time wastewater analysis.
Type: News
INWED 2025: Schoolgirls’ confidence mushrooms after YEAIS recognition
Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day, Aniqah Majid spoke to three inspiring A-level students at the Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability about building confidence and the importance of role models
Type: Feature
IChemE training gains official CPD recognition from Board of Engineers Malaysia
THE BOARD of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has approved eight IChemE training courses for continuing professional development (CPD) hours.
Type: News
The Forgotten and the Dammed: The Hidden Risks Behind the World's Water and Waste Reservoirs
Fifty years after the Banqiao dam collapse killed hundreds of thousands in China, Fiona Erskine says deadly failures continue to expose the global threat of ageing infrastructure, climate extremes and toxic waste
Type: Feature
