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- IET crowns its STEM Personalities of the Year to celebrate its 150th anniversary (27/04/2021)
  
  In celebration of its 150th anniversary this year, the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has awarded its STEM Personalities of the Year in a worldwide competition.
- On Earth Day 2021: WHOI & Analog Devices launch Ocean & Climate Innovation Accelerator (22/04/2021)
  
  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & ADI launch first-of-its-kind consortium focused on the critical role of oceans in combatting climate change; OCIA consortium to advance knowledge & develop new solutions at the intersection of oceans & climate.
- Performance Mark for electrical & electronic (EE) manufacturers, suppliers & retailers launched (30/03/2021)
  
  Inspection, verification, testing & certification company, SGS has launched the ‘SGS Performance Mark’, a third-party, independent product testing, evaluation & verification programme developed specifically for the electrical & electronic (EE) industry to help the EE production & supply chain – manufacturers, suppliers & retailers – build consumer trust & gain market share.
- Altus helps get industrial & manufacturing teams back to work with innovative safety solutions (22/03/2021)
  
  With COVID-19 lockdown restrictions gradually lifting & employees beginning to return to the workplace, safeguarding workers is of paramount importance. Electronic manufacturing & surface mount technology capital equipment distributor, Altus Group is helping companies to plan for successful reopening with a range of solutions designed to keep people & spaces safe, including the introduction of UV Cleanlight.
- Fundamental physics collaboration brings significant benefits to academia & industry for semiconductor & IC production (17/03/2021)
  
  A leading academic team from Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University is partnering with ASML, the world's largest supplier of photolithography systems to the semiconductor industry for the production of integrated circuits (ICs), driving the advancement of new light source technologies.
- Call to celebrate inspirational women engineers on International Women’s Day 2021 (08/03/2021)
  
  To mark International Women’s Day on Monday 8th March 2021, the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has launched the call for entries for its 2021 Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards.
- Three outstanding women celebrated nationally as Young Woman Engineers of the Year (05/03/2021)
  
  Three young women engineers have been recognised at the Institution of Engineering & Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards for their work in engineering.
- World Engineering Day 2021 celebrates launch of new UNESCO report: Engineering for Sustainable Development (04/03/2021)
  
  The second annual World Engineering Day takes place today on 4th March 2021 with the theme, Engineering for A Healthy Planet, and it celebrates the launch of a new UNESCO report on Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. A launch event for the report will be livestreamed at 12pm GMT (1pm CET) on 4th March.
- UNESCO report shows reinforcement of engineering capacities is crucial to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (03/03/2021)
  
  Despite high demand for engineering, global effort is needed to address specific regional disparities, especially in Africa, according to the second UNESCO Engineering Report, 'Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals', released to mark World Engineering Day, 4th March 2021.

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