Engineering

Decline in degree programmes, student interest and graduate jobs likely to hold back development of UK’s semiconductor industry as government looks to boost economy

Female-only recruitment ‘part of the solution’ for male-dominated profession facing workforce ‘crisis’

Leading private university pivots to graduate and international students as entire sector threatened by low birth rate

University tuition fee freezes seen as key barrier to expansion of domestic IT and engineering workforce, restricting Labour’s goal of meeting skills gaps

Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist

Educators need to do more to help students reassess the meaning they attach to labels such as “female engineer”, says Elena Liquete

With more countries keen to capitalise on the lucrative industry, policymakers and companies are leaning on universities to address talent deficits

Institutions must also raise awareness and create more welcoming environment for women, experts say

Improved settlement for UK’s ‘biggest-ever’ doctoral training investment will deliver fewer funded PhD places than in previous years, UKRI confirms

Charlotte Deane will return to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council after serving as deputy chair throughout the pandemic

Postgraduate training likely to be concentrated in larger universities as EPSRC and Wellcome make cuts

Big uptick in female enrolment in final years of school needed to improve higher education representation unless conversion rate improves, or courses are made optional

Chinese-Australian material scientist explains the downside of fashion, and why hunger therapy can be a good thing

The president of Macau University of Science and Technology discusses overhauling engineering education and the differences between Macao and Hong Kong 

Canberra’s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues

TEDI-London will strive not to conform to teaching orthodoxies despite pressures from founders and regulators, says its dean

Universities known for their focus on technology are improving in the arts and humanities

Despite their above-average employability, engineering students are hampered by poor-quality provision, says Pushkar

Australian universities make strong progress in both subjects, while Californian institutions are on the rise in computer science

NMITE director Elena Rodriguez-Falcon says engineering institution has delivered on founding vision despite discarding more radical proposals

Even with automated translation technology, perfecting course materials in multiple languages will take time, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Proposed redundancies target science, engineering and IT – disciplines supposedly favoured by funding reforms

Tributes paid to lecturer who pushed his students to be ‘true detectives’ in helping companies solve their problems

Hiroshi Amano expresses concern about poor representation of postgraduate degree holders in corporations

ANU vows to be a negative net emitter by the end of the decade, as Adelaide unveils the panels and batteries powering its country campus

Award reflects trend towards huge international research teams

Success rate by award value also consistently lower for women, EPSRC report finds

Research finds that young Indians particularly ‘resilient’ in their pursuit of education

UNSW degree, thought to be first of its kind in world, aims to stay ahead of quantum engineering curve and meet surging global demand for skills

US-China research collaborations will continue despite politics, Harvard economist says 

About 200 projects contribute to research and aim to engage students during campus shutdowns

The renewable technologies expert discusses being told there was ‘no future in sustainability’ and why cloning herself would be useful

Cait MacPhee enjoys an Antipodean analysis of the ‘heritage’ generated by space travel

Tributes paid to ‘superb scholar’ whose achievements as a historian of science matched his prowess as an engineer

Figures show that even disciplines with a high share of female technical staff have few women at the top

Spaces can energise or demotivate. Using them to nurture well-being should be seen as an investment not a cost, says Derek Clements-Croome

Caring duties and environmental responsibility do not signify a lack of commitment to scholarship, says Danielle George

China’s rise has led to a surge in engineering research – although the discipline is growing in importance in other countries too

Julie Michelle Klinger enjoys a compelling account of one strand of the global space race

Commies, wizards, women…Alice Gorman is delighted by an account that overturns most of what we thought we knew about the early US space effort

Head of fledgling college created by alliance of major research universities talks of ambition to diversify subject

Gradual changes to lifestyles will not save the planet. Universities need to go beyond Cambridge's recent lead and think bigger, says Peter Harper

Tributes paid to energy engineer with a passion for helping the environment

Tributes paid to Regius professor of engineering at Edinburgh

Tributes paid to University of Washington vice-president for innovation strategy

Tributes paid to founder of University of Warwick’s WMG

However, latest data from EU suggests eastern European nations having more success in keeping gap narrow

Toronto scholars say Ethiopia collaboration has helped reverse brain drain and led to important milestones for country

Investment, not divestment, as university bets the farm on renewables

The University of Oxford now leads Times Higher Education’s two technology-focused subject rankings

Several students at the University of Toronto have been ordered to repay money received during an award ceremony

Russell Group university’s return to the local highlights higher education’s role in the wake of the Brexit vote in addressing post-industrial decline, and supporting austerity-hit councils

Joint venture will be second undergraduate collaboration between universities in China and Ireland

After stockpiling land for decades, leading US university plans $1 billion (£774 million) science complex 

Government also strikes partnerships with London and French institutions to build skills in hydrocarbon production

Once he had conquered one intellectual peak, this Irishman simply found another, says Richard Joyner

Country faces dilemmas over language of instruction and how to tackle dropout rate

New institution loses its first president Janusz Kozinski in less than a year

Parisian university to work with controversial cab company to develop ‘autonomous three-dimensional transport systems’

End stigma against students who don't want to pursue careers in academia, says report