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The British Standards Institution will be holding a free day-long workshop at the University of Brighton on 20 September entitled ‘Remanufacturing: a solution for business resilience to supply chain disruption?’ With many businesses currently being affected by disruption to their supply chains, it can be argued that now is the perfect time for remanufacturing sceptics to … [Read more...] about BSI to hold roadshow workshop on remanufacturing at the University of Brighton

Engineers and people working in STEM across the south of England have the opportunity to break through the so-called ‘career break curse’ thanks to a new job scheme recently launched by one of the area’s biggest firms. BAE Systems has joined forces with STEM Returners for the fourth time to begin a 12-week paid placement to help people return to work after a career break. … [Read more...] about BAE Systems to help career break engineers get back to work

Northumbria University’s School of Design is collaborating with English Heritage on a new design exhibition that will be housed within an historic Northumberland castle. Aydon Castle near Corbridge will play host to a collection of objects that have been inspired by the castle, its history and the setting, created by designers who are all Northumbria staff and alumni. The … [Read more...] about Historic Northumberland castle to host design exhibition

The British Standards Institution has recently published the much-anticipated BS EN ISO 21920 series of international standards on surface properties in technical product documentation. Here the BSI outlines some of the changes Surface texture plays an important role in determining how an object will interact with its environment. It can have an impact on everything from … [Read more...] about Modernising metrology