Elena Rodriguez-Falcon is an openly LGBTQ engineer and Professor at NMITE, one of the most ambitious Higher Education projects in the UK, and was Woman of the Year at our 2020 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards. Here she presents a masterclass in problem solving — and discusses facing up to the biggest challenge presenting women today.

How NMITE plans to change engineering education and the future of the industry.
From: Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, President and Chief Executive of NMITE

Hereford’s NMITE – the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering – has begun inviting student applications as it announced it is officially open for business.

An innovative new higher education route into engineering aims to tackle the UK’s skills shortage with backing from businesses including refrigeration specialist Arctic Circle.

In its quest for innovation in higher education and ambition to produce work ready engineering graduates, NMITE begins life with a comprehensive list of supporting partners and today confirms that it has secured match funding worth just under £25m.

UK universities team up with Microsoft for ‘first in the UK’ programme that gives students the skills that employers really want.

NMITE President and CEO Professor Elena Rodríguez Falcón; Inspiring women for a career in engineering.

During her keynote speech at the recent Advance HE STEM Conference 2021, CEO of the New Model Institute of Technology and Engineering (NMITE), Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, reflected on her journey to develop a more ‘authentic learning’ approach to engineering education, as we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering's (NMITE) Skylon Campus is set for major new developments after securing £1.6m of funding for its new manufacturing centre. The scheme is set to create 100 construction jobs.

The Herefordshire based New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has appointed Professor Beverley Gibbs as its new Chief Academic Officer.

NMITE diverted its academic staff with engineering and manufacturing backgrounds into the production of PPE to support the local response and converted its administration offices into a makeshift factory and partnered with local businesses.

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) will be the host for a prestigious Leverhulme Emeritus Research Grant to observe its pioneering ‘Learning without Lectures’ technique as it is put into practice.

Hoople is pleased to deliver high quality IT support to New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE), the government backed initiative to transform higher education in engineering.

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has converted its administration offices at Gardner Hall, Hereford into a makeshift factory producing vitally needed PPE items for both NHS acute hospitals and local care homes.

James Newby has joined the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) to help build an effective and professional infrastructure at the new engineering institution.

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE), which is working towards transforming engineering higher education, has announced a five-year relationship with Dietrich’s, the 3D CAD/CAM-software specialists for wood construction.

The winners of the 10th annual FDM everywoman in Technology Awards, in association with The Tech She Can Charter, have been announced.

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE), which is working towards transforming engineering higher education, announces Hereford-based, oak-framed building specialists, Oakwrights, as the winner of its competition to help create the designs for three new buildings on the Skylon site.