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If you’re a UK-based civil servant or policymaker, apply to our Policy Fellowships programme, where you’ll connect with leading engineers via interactive workshops and one-to-one sessions.

🔗 Don't miss the chance to drive real impact: raeng.org.uk/policyfellowships
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November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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This Global Entrepreneurship Week, join us in celebrating the entrepreneurs driving a brighter future, one innovation at a time.

With this year’s theme of #TogetherWeBuild, learn more about how our prestigious global network is enhancing collaboration. Discover more: https://bit.ly/4i21t5K
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🚀 Thinking of applying for the Engineering Leaders Scholarship?

Join our webinar for expert guidance, tips, and answers to your questions before you submit your application.

🔗Register now: https://raeng.org.uk/events/2025/december/engineering-leaders-scholarship-applicant-support-webinar-and-qa/
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November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Ingenious awardee Kromek have joined #LumiereDurham for Bright Ideas - revealing the hidden engineering that powers the UK’s largest light festival.

Local students, artists and engineers created Iron Horse Junction, to inspire the next generation in STEM. See it at the final Lumiere 13-15 November.
Picture of the Iron Horse Junction art installation made for Lumiere by students from local secondary school Durham Academy in collaboration with an artist and Kromek engineer. Picture of the Iron Horse Junction art installation made for Lumiere by students from local secondary school Durham Academy in collaboration with an artist and Kromek engineer. Picture of Lumiere Light Festival outside Durham Cathedral.
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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📝 Could systems-thinking help you solve your toughest policy challenges?

The Policy Fellowship programme is a 4-month long scheme inspiring policymakers to think differently and use engineering and systems thinking to design resilient solutions. Apply now: raeng.org.uk/policyfellowships
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November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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📝From climate change to AI, policymakers are at the heart of solving the world’s most pressing issues.

Join us on 24 November for the Policy Fellowships Showcase to discover how engineering expertise and cross-sector collaboration are driving real-world impact: raeng.org.uk/events/2025/...
Promotional social card for the Royal Academy of Engineering's Policy Fellowships Showcase themed 'From Challenge to Impact'. Images of the two keynote speakers who will be at the event, Dr Hannah White OBE, Director and CEO at the Institute for Government and Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS, Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession is accompanied by the text, 'Policy Fellowships Showcase. From challenge to impact: What helps policy ideas turn into change? 24 November, 5:30pm - 9pm. Event happening at Prince Phillip House.'
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Calling all early-career engineers who are looking to be industry leaders: apply for the Sainsbury Management Fellowship to receive up to £50,000 towards a full-time MBA at a world-leading business school.

🔗 Join over 400 engineers shaping UK industry: raeng.org.uk/smf
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November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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We kicked off #NationalEngineeringDay yesterday at 10 Downing Street, for a roundtable discussing how to create the next generation of engineering visionaries.

It was a fantastic discussion, looking ahead to the next 25 years and how the profession must evolve to meet society's needs. 🚀
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November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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👀 Spotted: MPs and policy advisors engaging with our #Engineers2030 report and signing the pledge board to advocate for the needs of engineers.

Find out about the “catalytic changes” needed to develop the engineering skills fit for the future: raeng.org.uk/news/enginee...
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Two individuals holding up the Engineers 2030 pledge board at a parliamentary event on National Engineering Day. Three professionals at the Engineers 2030 parliamentary event on National Engineering Day holding a book titled "AI-Z of Engineering," smiling for the camera in a tented venue. A professional signing their name on a 'National Engineering Day' pledge board at the Engineers 2030 launch parliamentary event.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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What could your engineering role look like in 25 years from now?
Explore the AI-Z of Engineering to discover the amazing breadth of engineering careers, and find out what is in your future: https://thisisengineering.org.uk/ai-z-of-engineering/
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November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🎉 To kick off #NationalEngineeringDay tomorrow, we're in Liverpool for Innovation Late - a celebration of engineering creativity and curiosity, with immersive experiences, live demonstrations and inspiring talks. This is engineering like you've never seen before: https://thisisengineering.org.uk/
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November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Our CEO, Hayaatun Sillem CBE, and President, Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, joined the 2025 @qeprize.bsky.social Laureate Reception at NVIDIA HQ. From AI for bridge restoration to digital twins for typhoon forecasting – it was an inspiring glimpse into engineering’s future. Thank you, NVIDIA.
Sir John Lazar, Dr Hayaatun Sillem and Lord Vallance of Ballam talking with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at NVIDIA's headquarters. A woman shaking the hand of a robot at the NVIDIA headquarters. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaking to Royal Academy of Engineering President Sir John Lazar.
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Join us on 24 November for the Policy Fellowship Showcase to hear from @drhannahwhite.bsky.social, Director and CEO at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk and explore how engineering expertise and cross-sector collaboration are driving real-world impact across government: raeng.org.uk/events/2025/...
Promotional social card for the Royal Academy of Engineering's Policy Fellowships Showcase. A picture of the Keynote speaker for the event, Dr Hannah White OBE, Director and CEO at the Institute for Government is accompanied by the text, 'Policy Fellowships Showcase. From challenge to impact: What helps policy ideas turn into change? 24 November, 5:30pm - 9pm. Prince Phillip House.'
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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🎉Celebrating 30 years of the Engineering Leaders Scholarship.

We’re thrilled to welcome 38 exceptional undergraduates to cohort 30 of the programme, marking three decades of empowering future engineering leaders across the UK. Meet the new cohort and apply for the next round here: raeng.org.uk/els
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October 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Today we’ve launched our sixth regional #EnterpriseHub in Sheffield—a region that has all the right ingredients for deep tech success — world-class research, graduate talent & advanced manufacturing strength: raeng.org.uk/news/sheffie...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📝 Policymakers: want to see how engineering is driving real-world impact across government?

Join us on 24 November for the Policy Fellowships Showcase to hear from Dr Hannah White OBE, Director and CEO at
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk, and connect with Policy Fellows: raeng.org.uk/events/2025/...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Register for today's lunchtime session on road safety, public benefit and AI solutions. What patterns can be found by monitoring 61,000 near-miss crashes? Join us at 1pm on LinkedIn Live to find out: https://www.linkedin.com/events/practicalai-improvingroadsafety7373749368924905472/analytics/
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October 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The government's Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper builds on the urgent need to close the UK’s engineering skills gap.

"The Academy will shortly be launching a major new initiative – the Skills Centre...to address this."

Academy CEO Hayaatun Sillem details more:
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Headshot of Hayaatun Sillem with the quote: The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper makes a fair assessment of the significant challenges facing Higher Education, and builds on the welcome recognition in the Industrial Strategy of the importance of closing the perilous engineering skills gap in the UK. The Academy will shortly be launching a major new initiative – the Skills Centre – to provide a focal point for multi-sector collaboration at scale to address this gap. We look forward to working with Skills England, government and partners across the profession to take this initiative forward.
October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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👏 Congratulations to @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Tata Group, winners of our 2025 Bhattacharyya Award, recognising sustained industry-academia collaboration.

Their impactful 25-year partnership has created one of Europe's largest research and development hubs: raeng.org.uk/news/bhattac...
Group of individuals from the University of Warwick and Tata Group posing with a certificate as winners of the 2025 Bhattacharyya Award.
October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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How can AI sensors help road safety?

Find out next week at our Practical AI event with VivaCity and Transport for West Midlands, and hear what tangible benefits are being realised from AI adoption: https://www.linkedin.com/events/practicalai-improvingroadsafety7373749368924905472/
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Wanting to expand your policy network and sharpen your systems thinking?

The Policy Fellowship programme connects UK-based civil servants and policymakers with leading engineers, to shape smarter, more resilient solutions across government.

Join Elena and apply now: raeng.org.uk/policyfellowships
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October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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📢 Join us at Innovation Late in Liverpool, for an evening of mind-blowing inventions, immersive experiences and inspiring talks, to spark your curiosity.

The first 100 registered guests will receive a complimentary drink. Register for free now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The winner of the 2025 #AfricaPrize is Kenyan Elly Savatia with TERP 360, a sign-language app transforming accessibility across Africa. Congratulations!
Read more in our news release: https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/kenyan-innovator-elly-savatia-named-the-2025-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation/
October 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Could we see human habitation on the moon?🔭 🌕

Yes, says Anita Bernie, who thinks it will happen within the next 10 years. For #WorldSpaceWeek, catch up on our Innovation Incoming on the future of space technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7BlAhABtpM&t=3s
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The UK public want AI to improve the transport system – but what would that look like in practise? Register now for Practical AI - Improving road safety using AI sensors: https://raeng.org.uk/events/2025/october/practical-ai-improving-road-safety-in-the-west-midlands-using-ai-sensors/
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM