This week is National Apprenticeship Week! Many professionally registered engineers have started their career as apprentices and many more are trainers or mentors. They are a great way to gain the experience and knowledge for professional registration. buff.ly/3JDIZJh

Are you a current ECITB apprentice? Or did you start your career as one? Do you employ a fantastic apprentice? Tell us about how an #apprenticeship provided you with #SkillsForLife Apprenticeships and Skills #NAW2023 #ECITB #SkillsForLife #apprenticeships ow.ly/8h2S50MLyRI

Congratulations, Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps, on being appointed the UK's first 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 🇬🇧⚡️

Andy Brown has been appointed Interim CEO of the ECITB. His focus, while the Board recruits a permanent CEO, will be to deliver the ECITB Strategy, developed with industry, training providers and the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments. Read more bit.ly/3RGUj9R

A great evening at the PGES annual dinner.

Our Annual House of Lords Dinner, supported by Minister, Peers and MPs. Great discussion from all parties. Thanks to all concerned!

Congratulations to former board members Tracey Shelley BCECA Ltd and Jane Cooper RenewableUK for hitting the Women in Trade Associations Power List 23. It is well deserved and will help to inspire others to consider a career in the sector. Trade Association Forum bit.ly/3F5JxVt

Applications are open for the Engineers Trust's Hawley Award. There's a £5000 prize for the most outstanding engineering innovation that helps to achieve Net Zero by 2050. The applications deadline is 16 April. Find out more and enter: buff.ly/3FlRvtJ HawleyAward #Awards

We're looking for volunteers to join the Learned Society Committee (LSC) to provide strategic leadership and oversight to help deliver the Learned Society’s strategic aims. 5 General Members: fal.cn/3wH0O 1 Early Career Member: fal.cn/3wH0N

"There is no path to net zero without carbon capture.” Ken Gilmartin speaks to Forbes about his key reflections from CERAWeek, energy transition, and what is required to achieve #netzero emissions by 2050. #EnergyTransition #DesignTheFuture forbes.com/sites/davidbla…

UK Energy Minister Amanda Solloway Department for Energy Security and Net Zero opens our #PfWStateoftheNation 2023 “I worry that capable women are missing out on exciting opportunities to aim high in the energy sector. I don't want to be here in 5 years saying the same thing, so let's all work together."

Positive news on women in the pipeline to the top jobs 👏 Women are in 31% of leadership roles in the largest energy employers – heading solidly towards our new ambitous “40% by 2030” target! #PfWStateoftheNation

What about all-male boards? Less positively, they still exist in 17 of the top 80 UK energy cos – 2% lower than last year but should be a thing of the past in the energy sector in 2023. “Lack of diversity leads to groupthink.” #PfWStateoftheNation bit.ly/3q7dmAj

Progress since we started reporting in 2015 shows a x3 rise in women on boards, but it’s a very slow climb. Over 1/4 of energy cos have now met 40% women on boards 👏 But this has already been achieved by the whole FTSE350. #PfWStateoftheNation bit.ly/3q7dmAj

In our latest Flipping The Barrel podcast episode Katie Zimmerman shares her journey from intern to #decarbonisation director at Wood, embarking on a career in engineering before heading into business development and project management. 🎙️ow.ly/k1lP104NZ7B

Join us in welcoming Tracey Shelley, a trailblazing CEO and advocate for diversity, as a judge for the ECI Awards Dinner! We're honoured to have her expertise on our panel! 🏆✨ #ECIAwards23 #LeadershipExcellence

The TSA is delighted to support the BCECA Ltd's third virtual Annual Conference which will take place on Wednesday 4 October 2023. ✔️Find out more about this important event and register today: web.cvent.com/event/b2ee6d76… #energytransformation #engineeringsolutions

Should green ammonia be the hydrogen carrier of today? Alex Howard and Jonathan Upton look at the less discussed technical challenges: thechemicalengineer.com/features/shoul…

Led by Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, we’ve launched our latest report investigating the decline in apprenticeship starts over recent years and the actions needed to achieve growth in the engineering, manufacturing and technology sector. Read the report: bit.ly/3X3jOEa

Apprenticeships are key to addressing urgent skills gaps, but have declined in recent years. Led by Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, EngineeringUK has launched a new report addressing concerns from businesses, educators and young people. Read the report: buff.ly/48V1wvc