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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.
Graphic of low cost sensor technology for measuring drug concentrations

New sensors research to benefit healthcare and the environment

Professor Heffernan from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering is part of a project to develop the next generation of photonics technology that will enable rapid diagnostic medical screening.

Professor William Zimmerman

Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster

Microbubbles and the Mpemba Effect: Professor Will Zimmerman from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering appears comments on a physical chemistry mystery.
Gene therapy centre

​​​​​​​New gene therapy innovation centre to advance scientific discoveries into life-changing treatments

΢ÃÜȦ engineers will be part of a pioneering gene therapy innovation centre. The centre is set to advance scientific discoveries into promising treatment options for millions of patients with life-threatening diseases.