What has lockdown taught us about teaching engineering?
Following on from CAO Beverley Gibbs' work with the Engineering Professors' Council on bringing the UK engineering education community together to address our key challenges as we pivot to online teaching, we are revisiting the question: What has the pandemic taught us about teaching engineering...
10 study tips for students with ADHD
October is ADHD Awareness month. NMITE’s Chief Academic Officer, Beverley Gibbs, has a diagnosis of ADHD (Primarily Inattentive) and has pulled together some top tips for students who wish to enter, or who have already entered, higher education. And they’re worth reading!
World Food Day 2020 | Grow, nourish, sustain. Together.
It’s World Food Day, and NMITE Professor, Pooh Ling, has given us the hard-hitting facts on food waste, world hunger, and intensive farming, and why we must work together to engineer a solution to one of the world’s biggest ongoing issues.
World Sight Day 2020: Gemma Morton
This #WorldSightDay, Gemma, NMITE’s Receptionist and Office Administrator has spoken candidly about her own Visual Impairment, and the impact clever engineering has had on adapting the everyday items many of us take for granted – but could our world be more accessible?
The Ozone Layer - Why Should We Care?
It’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and NMITE educator, Helen Rogers (whose passion for atmospheric science is evident through 20 years’ experience as a leading scientist) has given us the facts on why we all need to care a little more about the ozone layer and what can be...
World Humanitarian Day 2020
It's World Humanitarian Day and NMITE educator, Neil Rogers, has given an insight into his own humanitarian endeavours, how volunteering can provide a sense of worth and well-being to all who partake, and how humanitarianism and engineering must work in sync with one another to address some of the...
Left Handers Day: Associate professor Peter Metcalfe | Always use the correct hand!
Happy #lefthandersday to all of NMITE's left handed friends and supporters! This year, the very brilliant Peter Metcalfe, Associate Professor at NMITE, has written about how using the 'correct' hand is a critical survival strategy in a world where the numbers are stacked against him.
International Youth Day 2020: Solving the world's greatest problems
It's officially International Youth Day 2020, and the theme is 'Youth Engagement for Global Action'. Honorary NMITE Professor, Peter Goodhew gives his thoughts on the importance of young people, and young engineers in particular, in solving some of the worlds most pressing problems.
NMITE and Skylon Park; The what, where and why?
Earlier last month, the team here at NMITE held a livestream with many of our financial supporters, that shared our plans for the campus being built at Skylon Park in Rotherwas, Hereford. For those who could not attend this, or if you have a keen interest in the development of the site, then read on...
Featured Partner: Business Checkmate
We caught up with Rachel Carr on Business Checkmates’ partnership with NMITE, and why the Business Start-Up workshop is capable of helping to provide positive skills to those looking to take that first step into a new world of business.
International Women in Engineering Day 2020
To mark International Women in Engineering Day 2020, we spoke to some of NMITE's leading educators about their careers and how the centre can help increase diversity in the sector.
Armed Forces Week: A Q&A with Steven Haines
At NMITE, we are proud to support the Veteran community and alongside our values of inclusivity, equality and diversity we look to further develop our understanding as to how we can continue our journey as an employer that provides further opportunities and next level support to all.