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A future in Marine Science and Technology

High technology, challenging and diverse careers with excellent employment prospects in “sustainable use of the seas”.

Use of the sea, for transport, leisure, energy, research and fishing increases every year. Over 90% of international trade is carried one hundred thousand ocean-going ships, from massive bulk cargo ships to the smallest sea-canal barges. There is continuous development ships to improve performance and economy, and to meet demand. Luxury passenger vessels, such as Queen Mary 2 and high-speed ferries are examples. The UK has over a million small boat sailors and a thriving marine leisure industry to provide their needs.

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Automotive apprentices can earn more than recent university graduates. The 2005 national average earnings show that a graduate service technician in an advanced apprentices programme earned £19,000.


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Engineering Your Future… Inventor, Designer or Problem Solver?

What do you know about engineering? Have you ever considered it as a future career? If so, you’ve obviously done your homework on the opportunities that engineering has on offer …

Radiohead and Audio Heads

Spending time with Radiohead in a recording studio. Setting up microphones, tweaking the sound with equalisers, compressors and effects. Working out arrangements with the band, recording an album like “OK computer” and finally mixing it. Sounds like a good job description ? Well, definitely not the usual one, but at least possible.

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Do you want to start earning but keep on learning?

An apprenticeship with BT gives you the best of both worlds as well as a foothold in a global communications business that offers excellent career opportunities to everyone.

Engineering a Career for Women

Engineering is all around us literally and today we would not survive without it. Engineers are practical and innovative people that develop, design, make and improve so many things in our everyday lives, - baby incubators, food processing equipment, clothing, transport, to name but a few! Practically everything that makes our lives better and safer has started as an engineering idea in someone’s head. Engineering is making a difference to the environment, for instance by developing alternative energy sources. Have you ever wondered why the ring pull stays on the can after opening it? Unfortunately too many females dismiss engineering because they do not access up to date information or are not given quality advice to enable an informed decision.

Could Computer Games Become A Core Subject for Engineering?

Recently, the BBC launched a month long debate to find the “100 Greatest Britons” of all time, culminating in a list in which over half of the greatest Britons were scientists or engineers.

A Career In Mechanical Engineering

Engineering affects every aspect of human activity – work, leisure, health and education. Engineers are involved in the design and manufacture of almost everything, from cars to computers, from web pages to wings, from microchips to motorways.

Finding out about Engineering

If you enjoy understanding how things work, solving problems or being creative then there is almost certainly an exciting and rewarding career that you could follow within the vast area of engineering. Unfortunately, far too many talented people ignore the huge range of opportunities available because they have a very narrow view of what engineering is all about. Don’t fall into that trap! You owe it to yourself to at least find out what engineering is all about.

Studying Engineering at a Dynamic University

The School of Computing and Engineering is part of the dynamic and expanding University of Huddersfield in the thriving West Yorkshire town. We welcome students from all over the UK and from over 60 countries worldwide.
As well as a friendly, supportive learning environment, we can offer you top-class facilities, excellent teaching standards and one of the best graduate employment records around.

A guide to BSc(Hons) Fire Risk Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University

As an expert in Fire Safety Design and Regulation, you will be protecting people and the buildings they live and work in.