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WorldSkills Industrial Electronics

WorldSkills UK Industrial Electronics Competition – National Qualifiers held at ΢ÃÜȦ

The event was held here at the University of ΢ÃÜȦ on 18 June 2025, with 14 students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering competing across the day.
Frank with student Stenee showing off the plating aids

Blind ΢ÃÜȦ chef plates up in style thanks to students’ innovation

A passionate amateur chef who’s been blind since the age of 21 is finally able to present his dishes in style thanks to the ingenuity and innovation of a team of University of ΢ÃÜȦ students.
A close up of a CPU being placed on a circuit board

University of ΢ÃÜȦ to help close semiconductor skills gap

A new skills programme that will supply a pipeline of talent to the UK’s semiconductor sector – key to its long-term success – has been launched with support from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
Hot Steel Moving Into Forging Machine

University of ΢ÃÜȦ researchers to transform UK steel and manufacturing

Two major new research hubs that are set to revolutionise UK steel and digital manufacturing, have been launched with the help of researchers from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
undegummed silk fibre

Surpassing silkworm silk by taking the holistic approach

With expert input from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ, a team of researchers from Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials’ (IFM) have delivered a world first in next generation materials research.
Astronaut Daniel Tani in a workshop with student team Sunride

NASA's Daniel Tani touches down in ΢ÃÜȦ!

Retired NASA astronaut and Mechanical Engineer, Daniel Tani, visited the University of ΢ÃÜȦ to give a captivating talk to engineering students in the Diamond last December.
Richard Hodgkinson (University of ΢ÃÜȦ), shaking hands with Ted Young (Wortley Top Forge), standing within the workshop of Wortley Top Forge. Tooling donated to the forge is laid out on benches.

΢ÃÜȦ donates workshop tooling to local industrial heritage centres

The Open Access Mechanical Workshop team has donated surplus tooling to two local heritage sites: Wortley Top Forge and the Midland Railway at Butterley. These organisations both play a vital role in preserving ΢ÃÜȦ’s local engineering history.
Stellenbosch

A shared vision: ΢ÃÜȦ and South Africa collaborate for a sustainable and equitable future

Researchers from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ and Stellenbosch University are working together to create safer wall panelling in housing in economically challenged communities in South Africa.
A man looking at a computer in an open plan office

New AI guidance could help businesses and government use the technology

A new framework that could help businesses better understand and use AI has been developed by researchers from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.