Engineers

The awards honour individuals and organisations that are advancing skills excellence and shaping the future of the industry

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PF1 on-board computer system

Scottish space firm’s hardware takes a ride on German rocket

Prof. Jianhua Hao (right) and the research team fabricated ultra-thin heterostructure of 2D bismuth and indium selenide layers using pulsed laser deposition

Ad Feature Hong Kong university engineers breakthrough in microelectronics

The five-year agreement expands across Babcock's engineering services framework

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Council leader Jane Meagher (left) with Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth in Princes Street

Council chief condemns FM's 'shameful' lack of response on Princes St

The raw material is used in semiconductor chip etching and cleaning processes

Ad Feature Befar makes breakthrough in high-purity hydrogen fluoride production

Meet Scotland's youngest lighthouse keeper in her 'whole new world'

Kathryn Findlay is being honoured at the V&A Dundee.

First female architect to be elected to RSA to be celebrated

Reka is an AI research lab headquartered in San Francisco.

Ad Feature Reka and Moonvalley to advance infrastructure for physical AI

Loch Katrine supplies drinking water for over a million people in and around Glasgow.

Peatlands above Loch Katrine restored to protect water for millions

Lord of the Isles

CalMac chief pledges 'level of certainty' as ferry crisis eases

It's quantum baby!

World Quantum Day 2026: What is it, why is it on April 14?

In Pictures: Artemis II lands safely back on Earth

Currently, women make up 36 per cent of STEM graduates and only 28 per cent of the STEM workforce (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Cancer Research UK)

Why tackling gender problem in science is an economic imperative Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Industry Minister Chris McDonald is tackled by Steph McGovern over apprenticeship fears.

Ad Feature Industry Minister Chris McDonald champions apprenticeship reforms

Three days of rail disruption during £800k drainage upgrade

Steph McGovern and Enginuity CEO Ann Watson meet the first recipients of Steph's new scholarship for female engineers.

Ad Feature Steph McGovern launches scholarship to support women in engineering

Lee Kennedy has worked at the plant for 33 years, and now works alongside his daughter Eve.

London Underground named as one of Britain’s best engineering feats

The viaduct is 140 years old. Picture Laura Mitchell

Inspection reveals potential trigger of historic Spey bridge collapse

Celebrating success in Inverness

Achievements of apprentices celebrated

Work is carried out on HMS Venturer and HMS Active in the Venturer building, in the Babcock manufacturing and shipbuilding facility in Rosyth, Fife, in March

Defence bosses hire hundreds of Filipino workers due to skill shortage

By preparing early, "you'll beat the winter rush."

Ad Feature Why you should prepare your home for winter ahead of the seasonal rush

John Swinney must realise that Scotland needs engineers if it is to create a major offshore wind industry (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

SNP's sustained underfunding of Scotland's colleges is a huge mistake Scotsman comment

The public rollout will be tightly managed

Ad Feature Olilo launches multi-gig broadband across the UK - for techies

A quarter of Brits have been called out in the past for making an overconfident statement before

1 in 20 adults believe they could build a house using online tutorials

While many of our readers shouted out the wealth of Scottish whisky distilleries, the Macallan Distillery in Moray was mentioned in particular.

Workers at world famous Scotch whisky distillery vote on strike action

A view of Cruachan Power Station

Fascinating facts you didn't know about Cruachan Power Station

Firefighters at the scene of the Arthur's Seat blaze on Sunday, August 11. (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Arthur's Seat wildfire causes 'heightened risk' of rockfall

The King will unveil a plaque to mark the 70th anniversary of the site

King to visit Caithness to mark 70th anniversary of nuclear site

Class act: St Margaret's Academy.

St Margaret's Academy top of the class with heat pump success

Faulty veteran CalMac ferry's Arran return delayed 4 more days

Number 1 Remington typewriter, the first type of Remington made, around 1864. PIC: NMS

The Scots inventor of an early typewriter and a "magical letter" home

Empty platforms at Edinburgh Waverley as travellers deal with disruptions across the rail network. Picture: PA

Signalling fault causes disruption to trains at Edinburgh Waverley

The Hungarian Horntail dragon made its way through London

Giant Harry Potter Dragon stuns Londoners as it roars through streets

Cruachan Power Station filming location for Star Wars series Andor episodeThe Eye

Ad Feature Star Wars Day: Force is strong at Drax's Cruachan Power Station

The Glenfinnan Viaduct following its restoration

The £3.4 million restoration that has transformed Glenfinnan Viaduct

BAE Systems to launch new returners programme in Scotland

BAE Systems to launch new returners programme in Scotland

I was dreading replacing my old back boiler but BOXT made it quick and easy

I had my old back boiler replaced by BOXT - here's how it went

Sections of Cowcaddens Road and Hope Street have been closed

Sinkhole discovered under busy city centre road as lanes shut

Cause of Waverley paddle steamer crash that injured 24 aboard revealed

Thousands still without power in Scotland as storm Eowyn clean-up continues

Thousands still without power in Scotland

The Glen Sannox ferry in Port Glasgow, which has been its home for about seven years since its 'launch' (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Ferry delayed again as engineers discover hole in space-time continuum Scotsman comment

The demand for new engineers will only increase (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

We need to forge the next generation of engineers - Dr Alan MacBeath

Signaller Gordon McCabe pulling a signal lever in Stanley Junction signal box. (Photo by Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman)

Scotland's signal boxes still using Victorian-era technology

MJ O' Shaughnessy is Managing Director for Will Rudd Glasgow & Ireland

Engineers can drive sustainable urban regeneration - MJ O' Shaughnessy

The project will help to prevent stones potentially falling from a 10m-high rockface above the line

No trains on major Central Belt route for four days due to rockfall works

The essential works will be carried out between Christmas and New Year.

All of the train stations affected by Network Rail's Christmas works

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