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Embracing diversity in the engineering industry is essential for fostering innovation, solving complex global challenges, and creating a collaborative work environment. Yet, despite engineering offering opportunities for all, what is causing the limited adoption of diverse employment in the sector?

Joined by Sadie Peacock, Products Engineering Manager at Renishaw, we dive into the importance of diversity in engineering and explore how a range of perspectives can fuel innovation and create stronger, more inclusive solutions. From overcoming barriers to fostering supportive environments, our guest shares powerful stories and insights on how we can make engineering a space for everyone, regardless of background.

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With nearly 25% of the current UK engineering workforce expected to retire within the next four years, combined with the ever-growing challenge of the engineering skills gap, the need for apprenticeships has never been greater.

Joined by Adam Tipper, Managing Director and Co-owner at Next Gen Makers, our host Alex Edwards seeks to explore the experiences faced by apprentices and the best practices companies can deliver to retain young talent and rebuild the engineering workforce.

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In a recent study by The Royal Society, in partnership with EngineeringUK, they found that in school students only 16% of girls said a career in engineering is suitable for someone like them compared to almost 44% of boys. Why is there such a stark difference between STEM uptake in males and females? And how can we resolve this?

For a special podcast episode launched to support #INWED24 and their #enhancedbyengineering campaign, our host Alex Edwards had the pleasure of being joined by Insha Shaikh, Mechanical Engineering student at University of Warwick and President of Warwick Women in Engineering and Science Society, to explore why adoption is so low in females, how we can change this, and Insha’s own experiences in engineering and tech.

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Despite the UK being the 8th largest manufacturer in the world and employing more than 2.5 million in the industry, UK manufacturing is often portrayed in a negative light. Joined by Stuart Whitehead, Founder of Jefferson and Co-founder of FactoryNOW, our host Alex Edwards aims to uncover the reasons behind this brand image, how the UK compares to other markets, and how we can proactively champion UK manufacturing.

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The UK is the 8th largest manufacturing nation, however, the UK comes in at number 25 on the robot density league table. What are the barriers to adoption and what opportunities does robotics and automation open up? Joined by Mike Wilson from Manufacturing Technology

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With the expected population of the UK to be 73.7 million by

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In this episode, we talk you through supply chain management and how to reduce risk through on-demand manufacturing.

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In this episode, we discuss threading considerations when CNC Machining a part.

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In this episode we answer your questions on CNC big block with David Ewing, EMEA Product Manager - CNC Machining at Protolabs. See below for a list of questions answered in this session:

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