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- Southern returns in February 2023 (24/11/2022)
  
  Spanning both the mechanical engineering & electronics sectors in approximately equal measure, Southern Manufacturing & Electronics is the UK’s largest annual engineering & technology exhibition and a must-see event. As usual, it will co-locate with AutoAero, a specialist theme devoted to the aerospace & automotive industries.
- Engineers climb the ratings to become Britain’s second most trusted profession (23/11/2022)
  
  Almost 9 in 10 people (87%) trust engineers to tell them the truth, putting them just ahead of doctors (85%) – topped only by nurses (89%). Engineers are one of only three professions whose trust score has improved since 2021.
- electronica confirms its status as the world’s leading trade fair for electronics (18/11/2022)
  
  The global electronics industry met again in person from November 15-18 2022 as electronica returned to Munich, Germany. 2,144 exhibitors, 64% of whom came from countries outside of Germany, showcased innovations that covered the entire spectrum of electronics to around 70,000 visitors from around 100 countries at this world-leading trade fair.
- “Electronics industry paves the way for climate protection” finds electronica Trend Index (11/11/2022)
  
  In the run-up to electronica, an online survey of participants was carried out to investigate some sustainability aspects of the electronics industry – which will meet in mid-November in Munich, Germany at the world’s leading trade fair & conference for electronics. This year, the show's focus is, among other things, on a future vision of an all-electric society based on CO2-neutral energies.
- Spotlight on T Levels awareness during 10th annual Tomorrow's Engineers Week (09/11/2022)
  
  T Levels have the potential to deliver the much-needed skilled engineering workforce in the UK; however, a new report published today by EngineeringUK highlights that awareness among young people & employers is surprisingly low.
- Rewilding, better CGI & mechanical bees top students' ideas for the future (07/11/2022)
  
  During Tomorrow's Engineers Week (#TEWeek22) this week, we are celebrating 10 years of inspiring young people about STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) – and engineering careers. Thousands of students around the world are tuning in to watch the Future Minds broadcast – and voting on their favourite ideas that will shape the future of engineering.
- Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2023: 'The Glastonbury of the industrial sector' (07/11/2022)
  
  Award-winning trade show organiser, Nineteen Group has announced the return of Manufacturing & Engineering Week in June 2023. The week-long festival combines both live & digital events celebrating the best that the UK industrial sector has to offer. The centrepieces of the week are four co-located exhibitions taking place at Birmingham’s NEC:
- Editor’s comment: Engineers will save the day… (02/11/2022)
  
  Regular EPDT readers will know that I often write about the key role engineers play in addressing the grand challenges facing society – from improving energy security & confronting climate change, to ensuring universal access to clean drinking water & maximising the benefits of AI for all. Engineers are tasked with creating, developing, building & maintaining the technologies to solve these problems & improve everyday life...
- A hotbed of innovation: New research reveals engineering adds up to an estimated £645bn to the UK’s economy annually (02/11/2022)
  
  On National Engineering Day, new research from the Royal Academy of Engineering has revealed that the UK is an engineering powerhouse, with the profession generating up to an estimated £645bn gross value added (GVA) to the UK’s economy annually – equivalent to 32% of the country’s economic output.

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