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Mind the skills gap: UK workers apathetic about learning new skills, according to CIMA research – despite threat to job security from automation

Electronics professionals identify their top design trends for 2020: extending battery life, 5G & sustainability

Editor's comment: Made in 5G – industrial 5G for #UKMFG

EPDT November 2019 issue (inc. RF & Microwave + Medical features) now available online

Understanding EMC/EMI considerations for electrical & electronic equipment

EMI/RFI shielding for the connected world

- The ‘Knot patch’ personal stress sensor: from design spec to functioning PCB (01/11/2019)
  
  When Trevyn Rayner-Canham, a BA Industrial Design & Technology student in her final year at Brunel University realised that she needed guidance with regard to the electronic elements of her personal stress sensor design, she turned to Newbury Electronics.
- New accreditation for TÜV SÜD eases post-Brexit CE certification for UK manufacturers (29/10/2019)
  
  To ensure CE marking certification remains seamless for UK clients after Brexit, TÜV SÜD has secured accreditation from DANAK (the Danish accreditation authority) for 4 European directives (Marine Equipment Directive, Radio Equipment Directive, EMC Directive, Machinery Directive).
- Sub-THz testbed for 6G research built using NI & VDI technology (23/10/2019)
  
  Test & measurement specialist, National Instruments (NI) has announced a real-time sub-THz software-defined radio (SDR) for 6G research built on its mmWave Transceiver System (MTS) & Virginia Diodes’ (VDI) radio heads.
- New Brexit research from Make UK reveals true scale of Brexit impact (16/10/2019)
  
  New research from Make UK, the manufacturers' organisation & global law firm, Squire Patton Boggs shows that 64% of UK manufacturers say Brexit delay & uncertainty has hit profits in the last two years. Almost half have already seen a negative change in the appetite of EU customers & suppliers for doing business with them.
- Top 15 stories on EPDT in September 2019... (03/10/2019)
  
  As October 2019 begins, we've reviewed the most popular stories – as determined by our readers – across EPDT’s website & newsletter during the last month...
- Editor's comment: Perfect storm batters UK manufacturing... (03/10/2019)
  
  As we approach the next key date in our ongoing Brexit soap opera, it seems #UKMFG is facing a perfect storm. Aside from the self-induced political & economic uncertainty (some might say paralysis) that is the B-word, we’re also having to contend with Trump’s ongoing, escalating & unpredictable US-China trade wars...
- 2019 winners of Create the Future Design Contest congratulated by principal sponsor, Mouser (03/10/2019)
  
  Mouser teams up with Analog Devices & Intel to foster innovation by sponsoring the Create the Future Design Contest.
- STEM Matters: This is Engineering Day – the new national day for engineering... (02/10/2019)
  
  In the latest episode of ‘good news, bad news’ for STEM, November 6th marks the launch of a new national awareness day for engineering: This is Engineering Day. That’s the good news – but the flipside is that this latest initiative from the Royal Academy of Engineering is down to new research showing engineering to be among the UK's most poorly understood careers.
- EPDT October 2019 issue (inc. Sensor & Automotive features) now available online (02/10/2019)
  
  This month’s issue, available in print or digital editions, contains features on Sensor technologies & Automotive applications.

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