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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Listen to Sir @LewisHamilton outline how our new MSc Motorsport Scholarship Programme could help eligible students achieve their dreams of working in motorsports. Applications close 6 March: @MercedesAMGF1 #EngDiversity
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Last night, our Royal Fellow HRH The Princess Royal @RoyalFamily presented the Prince Philip Medal to Dr Asad Madni. Named for her father, who served as our Senior Fellow, the prize is our most prestigious individual award: #RAEngAwards
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Are you an engineering student or a recent graduate, from a Black or mixed Black ethnic background, who is passionate about motorsport? Check out our new MSc Motorsport Scholarship programme! Watch Sir @LewisHamilton explain more: @MercedesAMGF1
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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In collaboration with @LewisHamilton , we are pleased to announce the board members for The Hamilton Commission, a project that will work to identify key barriers to recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport: To see who is on the board:
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HRH The Princess Royal @RoyalFamily has presented our Prince Philip Medal via video link to @DrGladysBWest , whose mathematical modelling paved the way for #GPS . The medal, named in honour of our Senior Fellow, is our highest individual award: #RAEngAwards
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“F1 can be a leading example on how working together, committing to action and not just words, leads to positive change.” Delighted to see Honorary Fellow @LewisHamilton and the #HamiltonCommission have inspired @F1 to accelerate diversity initiatives:
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NEW: Academy and @mission44 announce first five Masters-level motorsport engineering scholarships to help improve diversity in the motorsport sector. Read more: @MercedesAMGF1 #EngDiversity #BlackHistoryMonth
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We're delighted to welcome our Royal Fellows, HRH The Princess Royal and HRH The Duke of Kent, to tonight's #RAEngAwards . @RoyalFamily
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Rebecca Enonchong ( @africatechie ), found and CEO of Appstech, is elected an International Fellow as one of the most influential technology entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We’re delighted to be working with @LewisHamilton HonFREng to develop the Hamilton Commission, a research partnership to explore how to engage more young people from black backgrounds with STEM subjects & gain employment in engineering #EngDiversity #STEM
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We are honoured to work with @LewisHamilton on The Hamilton Commission, a research project to identify key barriers to recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport. Learn more about the project: #BHM20 #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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"I know from this past year of working with @LewisHamilton just how deep his commitment to change goes. We’ve marshalled the evidence and we’re ready for action" Academy CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem pens a @TRF_Stories piece on the #HamiltonCommission report:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Today we're delighted to open applications for a new scholarship programme in partnership with The Ignite Partnership which will provide financial and career support to students taking #MScMotorsports courses. Find out more: @MercedesAMGF1 @LewisHamilton
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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It's International Women In Engineering Day! We're throwing the spotlight on our women #EngineeringHeroes - the women engineers who have made vital contributions to society and our livelihoods. See what else we've got planned for #INWED21 : #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We are delighted to see that our Honourary Fellow @LewisHamilton has been named as the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2020! What a great addition to his already long list of fantastic achievements this year. See his acceptance speech: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Congratulations to all our new Fellows who we officially welcomed this week. Get to know them all on our website: Pictured: our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal, welcoming Honorary Fellow Sir Patrick Vallance @uksciencechief . #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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The designs of a new breathing aid developed by engineers at @UCL & @MercedesAMGF1 have been made available at no cost to support the global response to #COVID19 . Find out how this was done in a rapid timeframe and how your organisation can request designs
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Happy 95th birthday to our Senior Fellow, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh @RoyalFamily #HappyBirthdayHRH
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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NEW: ‘Hidden Figure’ whose mathematical modelling enabled #GPS becomes first woman to win the Prince Philip Medal - our highest individual award. Congratulations to @DrGladysBWest : #RAEngAwards
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👩‍🏫👨‍⚕️👩‍🔧👨‍💼👩‍💻👨‍🏭👷‍♀️👨‍🔬 We're delighted to reveal the 72 leading figures from the world of engineering and technology elected to our Fellowship at yesterday's AGM: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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It's International Women In Engineering Day! Women play a vital role in helping to #ShapeTheWorld through engineering. This #INWED20 , let's commit to making the profession more inclusive to attract and retain even more world-shapers. See how #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We were thrilled to host @LewisHamilton , fresh from winning his 6th F1 World Champion title, and formally welcome him to the Academy as an Honorary Fellow in recognition of his role in inspiring interest in engineering, especially among young people:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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It's #NationalEngineeringDay ! This year's celebrations are about how engineers are improving lives. Join in and share stories using the hashtag #EngineeringBetterLives and tagging @ThisIsEng .
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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VP of Research & Technology at @DeepMind , @koraykv is elected a Fellow in recognition of his leadership in deep learning, unsupervised learning, generative models, and applying artificial intelligence to real-world problems: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Congratulations to our CEO, Dr Hayaatun Sillem, who received her CBE from HRH The Prince of Wales last week. Hayaatun was recognised in the 2020 New Years Honours for services to International Engineering.
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Today, we're proud to launch @ThisIsEng - a new campaign to tackle the critical shortfall of engineering talent holding back the UK economy: #ThisIsEngineering
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We were delighted to be joined by our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal @RoyalFamily , at our Awards Dinner on Thursday. HRH presented the #MacRobertAward , the UK's premier award for engineering innovation, to the team from @CeresPower :
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We are delighted to announce that Dr Hayaatun Sillem has been appointed as our new Chief Executive, with effect from 1 January 2018:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Dr Mark Little, VP of Engineering at @RedHatUK , is elected a Fellow as an internationally recognised expert on the design of fault tolerant distributed middleware. He has 100 patents, 60 published papers, and has co-authored four books: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Do you remember when a new character of the Mr Men/Little Miss family was announced last year, Little Miss Inventor? The book telling her story will be released next week on International Women's Day, 8 March 2018: #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We're thrilled by today's launch of @RoyalMailStamps celebrating UK engineering innovation! From superconducting magnets to innovative microcomputers, the stamps feature the very best of British, including a few #MacRobertAward winners! #BritishEngineering
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Tune in to #R4Today to hear our Honorary Fellow @LewisHamilton guest editing. We're working with Lewis on The Hamilton Commission, a project to identify key barriers to recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport. Find out more:
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BBC Radio 4 Today
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On the start line now... @LewisHamilton 's guest edit of #R4Today ... 📻 Tune in to hear Lewis in conversation with @DavidOlusoga , @JohnAmaechi on sports stars leading change - and Dr Jane Goodall on how to save animals from extinction, among other gems. #todayguesteditors
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On BBC News now, our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem introduces today's #ThisisEngineering Day, an opportunity to celebrate engineers and show young people what engineers really do:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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HRH Prince Harry urges more young people to take up engineering: #YoE #inspireanengineer
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Professor Zhanfeng Cui and his team from @UniofOxford developed a rapid viral RNA test for COVID-19. It can detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in 30 minutes and could be invaluable in developing countries because no specialist equipment is needed.
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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"I started off fixing bikes and it took me to where I am now." From working on @lewishamilton 's electric racing team, @teamx44 , to helping more underrepresented young people find opportunities in STEM, see why @mrimafidon won our 2022 Sir George Macfarlane Medal. #RAEngAwards
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Today we’re proud to announce 19 winners of our President’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service – teams and individuals recognised for their exceptional engineering achievements in tackling COVID-19:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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HRH The Prince of Wales will today present the four engineers behind #GPS with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, in recognition of their technology that has impacted billions of lives. Follow @QEPrize for updates throughout the exciting occasion: #QEPrize2019
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Last week we were joined by our 2023 new Academy Fellows to mark the start of their Fellowship journey. This included a dinner attended by our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal, pictured here with our 2023 Fellows. Meet this year’s cohort:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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"We've made 6 November #ThisisEngineering Day - a day when we can celebrate, with the general public, the role that engineers play in shaping the world around us." - find out more:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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The Academy is delighted with the news that the UK is to associate with Horizon Europe. We congratulate all those whose careful negotiations confirmed the agreement and whose commitment to investment in innovation makes it possible. Read our full response:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We are delighted to announce our new Fellows for 2021. 69 leading figures from the world of engineering who have made exceptional contributions to their sectors in many different ways. Welcome to our Fellowship! #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Professor @CathNoakes of @LeedsUniEng is elected as a Fellow distinguished for her research on infection risk in the built environment, with global impact in understanding transmission of COVID-19 through her role on the UK government’s SAGE: #RAEngFellows
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We're delighted to announce the 73 leading figures from the world of engineering and technology elected to our Fellowship at yesterday's AGM. Meet them all: #RAEngFellows 🎉 🎉 🎉
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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HRH Prince Harry urges more young people to take up engineering: #YoE #takeacloserlook
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We love the new Little Miss - Little Miss Inventor! Engagement at primary school level is crucial for inspiring the next generation of engineers: #womeninSTEM #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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How many different ways are there to ventilate a building? Explore the different methods, using natural or mechanical systems and supporting technologies, in our new #VentilationMatters interactive:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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"If you want to save the world and really make a difference, then become an engineer." #INWED18 #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We are pleased to launch The #HamiltonCommission report, a collaboration between Honorary Fellow @LewisHamilton and the Academy to identify the key barriers to the recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport. Find out more:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Professor Manish @Chhowalla , Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science at @cu_mat , is elected a Fellow as a pioneer in 2D materials and their applications in electronics, optics and catalysis: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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“I would love engineering to be an absolute career of choice where people from all backgrounds feel that it’s accessible to them and are excited by it.” Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem on our recently-launched campaign, #ThisIsEngineering : #inspireanengineer
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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NEW research from @RAEngNews reveals that the UK is an engineering powerhouse - contributing to 32% of the country’s economic output. Over 8 million people make up the UK's engineering economy, which is over a quarter of all UK's workers. #NationalEngineeringDay
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Five years’ funding available for engineers to establish a world-leading research group – could it be you?
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Professor Hannah Fry ( @fryrsquared ), Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at @CASAUCL , is elected an Honorary Fellow as a researcher, author and presenter who brings maths to life for audiences of all interests and abilities: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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With #MacRobertAward winners @Bombardier and previous winners such as @OwlstoneMedical and @Raspberry_Pi in attendance, our event at St James Palace was a great celebration, with HRH The Princess Royal @RoyalFamily coming out to congratulate their achievements.
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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It's #ThisisEngineering Day! And there's so much going on... ➡️ Read about the Museum of Engineering Innovation, announced today: ➡️Follow @ThisIsEng for updates throughout the day ➡️Share your inspiring engineering stories using #BeTheDifference
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Professor Cath Noakes - member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and winner of our President's Special Award for Pandemic Service, is now on @BBCRadio4 's The Life Scientific discussing vital ventilation in buildings:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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"It can’t be right that UK engineering is 91 per cent male and 94 per cent white" - our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem in today's @FTMag on making the engineering profession more representative of the UK population: #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Today is #ThisIsEngineeringDay ! @ThisIsEng has commissioned four reworked classic paintings to illustrate a net zero future created by engineers. Explore the paintings and the how we can #EngineerTheFuture in the online exhibit:
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"If you want to save the world and really make a difference, then become an engineer."
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To tackle the UK's shortage of engineers we need to challenge perceptions of what an engineer is. From celebrating the work of people shaping our world to changing the results of online image searches, that's what today's #ThisisEngineering Day is doing:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Today is the first ever World Ventilation Day! The National Engineering Policy Centre has been working to make indoor environments safer, healthier and sustainable for everyone: #WorldVentil8Day #CelebrateVentil8 @WorldVentil8Day @BESAGroup @CIBSE
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Engineering is more varied than you think! Engineers don't just make and create - they help solve challenges facing society, From healthcare and AI to energy and transport. We're grateful to all the engineers who provide expert advice to policymakers. #ThisisEngineering
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Our 2023 Rooke Award, recognising public promotion of engineering, has been awarded to @RuthAmos . As co-founder of @KidsInventStuff , Ruth is recognised for her work engaging children with STEAM. Congratulations! Read more: #RAEngAwards #AwardeeExcellence
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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To mark our Senior Fellow's extraordinary contributions, we established the Prince Philip Fund to enable our community to create an enduring legacy reflecting his passions. The fund was announced in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal, our Royal Fellow:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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World-leading materials engineer @ProfRachelGaN is elected as a Fellow renowned for her study and innovative applications of gallium nitride (GaN) for electronic and optoelectronic devices: #RAEngFellows
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HRH Prince Harry urges more young people to take up engineering: #YoE #inspireanengineer
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The Academy is thrilled to reveal, the four new appointments made to the prestigious Chairs in Emerging Technologies scheme. £10 million will be awarded to fund pioneering disruptive technologies to deliver economic and societal benefit: #RAEngResearch
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We are pleased to announce we have 18 new engineering #RAEngResearch Fellowship awardees, each receiving five years’ worth of funding and mentorship to advance their research careers. Find out who are they are here:
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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The Trustee Board and Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering are deeply saddened to learn of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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"It can’t be right that UK engineering is 91 per cent male and 94 per cent white." Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem spoke to the FT about her ambitions: #EngDiversity #INWED18
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Co-founder of @Stemettes , @aimafidon is elected as Honorary Fellow for her wealth of experience and pioneering spirit that has helped inspire the next generation of young women in science and technology: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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We are pleased to announce that our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem has been named as a role model, and one of the 100 Most Influential Women in the Engineering Sector by @inclusiveboards . Hear what the board, a judge and Hayaatun have to say here: #WIE100
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It's International Women's Day! For #IWD2020 , we're celebrating leading women in engineering and raising awareness of gender equality issues in the sector over the coming week. Currently, women make up 12% of those working in UK engineering - this needs to change! #EngDiversity
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Did you see #TheApprentice last night? @ScarlettAH_ focused her pitch on the need to attract diverse talent to engineering in order to address the skills shortfall, and we couldn't agree more! It was great to see some familiar engineering faces helping her out, too. #EngDiversity
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Some more ideas for the new #50poundnote : how about another double act of Caroline Haslett and Rachel Parsons, co-founders of the Women’s Engineering Society, which has its centenary next year? #ThinkScience #EngDiversity @WES1919 @YoEgovuk
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“I would love engineering to be an absolute career of choice where people from all backgrounds feel that it’s accessible to them and are excited by it.” Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem on our recently-launched campaign, #ThisIsEngineering : #inspireanengineer
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“I would love engineering to be an absolute career of choice where people from all backgrounds feel that it’s accessible to them and are excited by it.” Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem on our recently-launched campaign, #ThisIsEngineering : #inspireanengineer
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"The brilliant thing about being an #engineer is that you change the world." #EngDiversity
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Our new CEO Hayaatun Sillem on engineering, diversity and corporate culture in @DirectorIoD
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We will always be indebted to our Senior Fellow HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, for his active interest in engineering and technology, and his tireless to support for right from our inception in 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering:
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Congratulations to our President, Professor Dame Ann Dowling, who is today announced as recipient of the @royalsociety 's Royal Medal for her research into aircraft design and noise and emission reduction, and distinguished service to engineering: #RSmedals
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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New @ThisIsEng campaign is designed to reshape the perception of engineering, giving more young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to explore how they could follow what they love into a varied and fulfilling engineering career: #ThisIsEngineering
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Today is an important occasion to give thanks for the life of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As our Senior Fellow, HRH worked tirelessly to support the Academy. We will always be indebted for his active interest in engineering and technology:
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Many congratulations to our President, Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE, who has been appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his services to engineering, to education, and to energy:
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Our MSc Motorsport Scholarship programme is ground-breaking, but don't just take our word for it. Listen to what @LewisHamilton has to say. @mission44 Applications close 8 March:
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"I have this hunch that minority folk bring a fresh angle on things and that is often a very productive thing." Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who will donate £2.3m Breakthrough Prize winnings towards tackling unconscious bias in physics: #EngDiversity
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One reason for the UK’s shortage of technical talent is that many people hold outdated views of what engineering is. We've launched a digital campaign @ThisIsEng to challenge this: #yoe #EngDiversity
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It's #NationalEngineeringDay ! Join in by: 1. Reading our latest news article about how outdated perceptions of engineering could hold the UK back on its net zero goals: 2. Celebrating the engineers and engineering that inspire you 🎉
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"Who would have guessed that the programming of the black box flight recorder for the supersonic Concorde was done by a team of some 30 women working in their homes?" @DameStephanie_ shares highlights of her impressive career at #Hinton2018
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Professor @DanStoyanov , Professor of Robot Vision at @uclcs , is elected a Fellow as an international research leader on surgical AI and robotics: #RAEngFellows
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Meet the female #Crossrail engineers behind the biggest construction job in Europe: #EngDiversity
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And the winner of the 2019 #MacRobertAward is… @Bombardier , with the amazing innovation that went into their resin-infused composite aircraft wing developed in Belfast! Congratulations! #RAEngAwards #RAEngAwards
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Dr @nikefolayan , Chair and co-founder of @AFBE_UK , is elected an Honorary Fellow as an engineer who promotes higher achievements in education and engineering, particularly among people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds: #RAEngFellows
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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One reason for the UK’s shortage of technical talent is that many people hold outdated views of what engineering is. We've launched a digital campaign @ThisIsEng to challenge this: #yoe #EngDiversity
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We know that young people are put off engineering by images of hard hats, white coats, and people working alone. That's why our new digital campaign, #ThisisEngineering , shows another side to the profession. #inspireanengineer
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One of our core values as an organisation is diversity and inclusion, and so we stand in solidarity against racism and inequality. #EngDiversity
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Engineers have a huge role in designing the physical and digital infrastructure of our world - it cannot be healthy that they don’t reflect society. Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem speaks to the Guardian about UK engineering's gender imbalance. #EngDiversity
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