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Awards
12th December 2024
Outstanding women celebrated at Awards

IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year: Marisa Kurimbokus is a Chartered Engineer with a career spanning over a decade in product design and systems engineering within the automotive and power electronics industries, including Jaguar Land Rover, Triumph Motorcycles, and Lyra Electronics.

Events News
4th November 2024
Electricity, women and the climate crisis

The year 2023 was the hottest on record – and 2024 is on track to beat it – so we are seeing the global impacts of the changing climate. In 2022 we had 40C temperatures in the UK, and in September 2023 we had record temperatures globally – 1.77o above pre-industrial levels.

Awards
22nd October 2024
Top engineers recognised at IET Achievement Awards

Renowned engineers and technologists from across the world have been recognised at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) 2024 Achievement Awards.

Women in Tech
17th October 2024
The Princess Royal joins leading women in STEM

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of the WISE (Women into Science and Engineering) Campaign, joined the organisation to meet leading women from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) sector to champion inclusive workplaces for women – and to celebrate 40 years of WISE moving the dial towards gender parity in the sector.

Women in Tech
8th October 2024
Inspiring IET Young women engineers make national final

To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, five young women engineers have been announced as finalists for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2024.

Appointments
1st October 2024
Engineering business leader to take over as President of the IET

Engineering business leader Warren East CBE has been appointed as the 143rd President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

STEM News
22nd August 2024
GCSE results: IET celebrates increase in engineering subjects

As students receive their GCSE results, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is celebrating the increase in crucial engineering gateway subjects but highlights the need to show how these subjects apply to real-world careers.

Aerospace & Defence
9th August 2024
Aerospace Partnership between the RAeS, the IET, and the IMechE

RAeS on 24th July 2024 formalised an Aerospace Partnership with Terms of Reference (TORs) between IET and IMechE.

Design
22nd July 2024
Disabled adventurer conquers Snowdon in groundbreaking mobility chair

In celebration of Disability Pride Month, mental health campaigner and disabled adventurer Nick Wilson has achieved a remarkable feat by reaching the highest accessible point on Yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon) ‘unaided’.

STEM News
15th March 2024
Sage and the IET team up for LEGO League Challenge

Hundreds of regional school children have taken part in a competition dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) learning with LEGO.

Women in Tech
8th March 2024
Over 1M women in STEM occupations but still account for 29% of the workforce

This International Women’s Day (IWD), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has opened applications for its Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards alongside new research statistics. 

Women in Tech
1st March 2024
IET and WISE join forces to move the dial on gender diversity in STEM

Engineering and science organisations, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) Campaign have joined forces to accelerate the pursuit of gender equality in the UK STEM sector, with the goal of 35% of roles to be filled by women by 2030.

VR/AR
4th January 2024
A need to urgently review how VR spaces are governed

Since releasing its ‘Safeguarding the Metaverse’ report in 2022, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has acknowledged the significant potential of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technologies, especially in fields like engineering, education, health, and social services.

Awards
30th December 2023
IET’s Professor Danielle George receives CBE for services to engineering

Professor Danielle George, a Fellow and Past President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), was honoured with a CBE in the King’s New Year Honours list for her outstanding public engagement in engineering.

Awards
8th December 2023
Outstanding women celebrated nationally at Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards

Three young women engineers have been recognised at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards for their work in engineering.

Eco Innovation
8th December 2023
UK not ready or resilient against impact of climate change

A new international survey conducted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has revealed a concerning skills gap in the UK's engineering sector regarding climate change resilience.

STEM News
14th November 2023
One small step for two girls, one giant kick for mankind

England Lioness and Women's Euros 2022 champion Beth England joined two inspiring schoolgirls for a unique football kit unveiling, setting the stage for the inaugural football match on the Moon.

Artificial Intelligence
26th October 2023
AI behind three times more daily tasks than we think

The surge in AI has left a third of us fearing the unknown, yet we have three times as many daily interactions with AI than most people realise, new research from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) reveals.

Awards
23rd October 2023
World leading engineers win at IET Achievement Awards

Renowned engineers and technologists from across the world have been recognised at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) 2023 Achievement Awards.

Women in Tech
10th October 2023
IET young women engineers set to inspire more girls to join the industry

To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, six young women engineers have been announced as finalists for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2023.

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