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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.
An engineer looking at a tablet next to a production line inside a factory

University of ΢ÃÜȦ takes central role in new digital manufacturing research centres, with the aim of boosting UK manufacturing productivity

΢ÃÜȦ is to play a key role in the UK’s new Manufacturing Made Smarter research centres announced today (27 July 2021).
A woman holding a tablet looking at a robot on an assembly line

Free access to robotics resources urgently needed to prepare UK’s workforce for 2030

Everyone in the UK should be given free access to high-end robotics resources in order to close the skills gap and ensure everyone has the skills needed to be part of the workforce in 2030, a new report has called for.

A young couple in bed with the man lying on his back snoring and the woman covering her ears with a pillow

AI could be the secret to a better night’s sleep

Proof of who snores the loudest and advice on how to stop it may finally be coming to families across the country thanks to artificial intelligence developed by researchers.