NMITE: World Creativity and Innovation Day
NMITE Honorary Professor, Peter Goodhew, writes in recognition of World Creativity and Innovation Day 2021. But what do David Foster Wallace and Charles Dickens have to do with the future of engineering?
International Women's Day 2021 #ChooseToChallenge
Today is International Women’s Day. A day to highlight and celebrate women’s achievement, raise awareness against bias, and to act for equality – as well as recognise events that have previously done so.
International Darwin Day; Be Brave - Be Darwin!
International Darwin Day; a global celebration of science and humanity. Professor Helen Rogers writes why the work of Darwin, even now, does such an inspirational job of summing up the importance of both scientific bravery, and beauty, in a message that is so pertinent for today.
Degree Apprenticeships Can Catalyse a Sustainable Built Environment #NAW2021
It’s National Apprenticeship Week, and here at NMITE, work-readiness is in our DNA. In fact, that’s what we were founded to do – create an environment in which learners of all backgrounds and at all career stages could become engineers who can add value quickly and adapt to the changing nature of...
EVERYWOMAN Problem solving; Expert advice on dealing with any challenge
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...
WES: The Future of Engineering Education
How NMITE plans to change engineering education and the future of the industry. From: Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, President and Chief Executive of NMITE
NMITE Open for Business
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.
New route for future engineers
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.
NMITE Champions Partnerships as part of its New Model and achieves match funding worth just under £25m
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
UK universities team up with Microsoft for ‘first in the UK’ programme that gives students the skills that employers really want.
Elena Rodriguez-Falcon: Inspiring women for a career in engineering
NMITE President and CEO Professor Elena RodrÃguez Falcón; Inspiring women for a career in engineering.
Rethinking Engineering Education | Advance HE
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...