Future Of Work Conference to debate human skills and workplace innovation
The conference is relevant to local professionals, business owners, industry leaders and Hereford’s A-level and HE students. This free conference promises to be an educational event, offering access to invaluable discussions on how evolving trends are shaping our work environments and the role each...
Counting them out and back in: who gains from graduate mobility?
One important characteristic of young people with a university degree is that they are more mobile than other groups, something we in the Higher Education sector call 'graduate mobility'. They can move to where the opportunities are, and they often end up living in a completely different part of the...
To solve the HE funding conundrum you need a time machine – or new providers.
Every commentator, and every recent report, says the same thing. The UK Higher Education sector is financially unsustainable, and it is only a matter of time before something breaks. Read NMITE President and Chief Executive, James Newby's latest sentiments.
Take the Leap: Herefordshire's International Women's Day Event
Organisers, Herefordshire Women’s Equality Group (HWEG) and West Mercia Women’s Aid (WMWA) are inviting members of the public to join them at NMITE university’s Skylon Campus, at Rotherwas in Herefordshire, for a few hours that focus on inclusion, inspiration and learning.
Apprenticeship or university? There’s a clear choice, and it’s NMITE.
Why work with one employer, when you can work with a wide range of industry, community, and sector employers? We’ll tell you why. Apprenticeships have their place. They’re the right choice for you if you’re looking to work for, and hopefully secure a long-term role in a specific company. What they...
NMITE’s planning application granted for the new Skills Hub building at Blackfriars Campus
NMITE’s commitment to and investment in improving Hereford’s environment and opportunities for economic growth has reached a new milestone with planning permission now submitted for The Future of Work Skills Hub (The Skills Hub). The Skills Hub building will be located on NMITE’s Blackfriars Campus...
Educating the educators – why the UK’s engineering teachers need reskilling too
Dr Sarah Jayne Hitt, NMITE’s Transferable Skills Lead for the Centre for Advanced Timber Technology, advocates the urgent need for engineering educators to broaden their skills beyond technical expertise to include social, cultural, and ecological contexts. Delving into the changing landscape of...
New Chief Academic Officer to lead on the next phase of innovation at NMITE
The New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) has confirmed the appointment of David Oloke as its new chief academic officer and first professor of civil engineering.
NMITE Pioneers Green Skills: NMITE and Professor Robert Hairstans Clinch two awards at BE-ST's Award Ceremony
NMITE (New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering), is thrilled to announce that NMITE’s Timber Technology Engineering Design (TED) course has won BE-ST's (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) Green Skills award and Robert Hairstans, a key contributor to our institution as Centre for...
NMITE unveils 'Changing Lives’ impact and new Bursary Initiative: Transforming Futures in and for the Local Community
Two years on from welcoming its first students in 2021, NMITE (New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering) is thrilled to launch its Life Changer bursary initiative and is showcasing the impact it has achieved locally with a supporting campaign 'Changing Lives’. Launching on 6 November 2023...
NMITE's Sarah Peers Elected President of INWES for 2024-26 Term
New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) announces that Dr Sarah Peers, Head of Academic Skills at NMITE, who has been an integral member of the team at NMITE since the pioneer cohort joined in 2021, has been elected as the President of the International Network of Women Engineers...
What Ada Lovelace’s story reminds us about STEM, talent & belonging
Remembering Ada Lovelace’s life and work is bittersweet. She was a trailblazing visionary, able to articulate the computational process 100 years before the first analytical machine was developed. She was also alive in the 19th century, when women were not considered full citizens, could not access...