Education is the main cause of gender gap, say engineering professionals

The gender gap in the engineering sector is wider than ever, despite many other industries witnessing a significant increase in female participation. Engineering is the subject with the biggest gap in male to female ratios and these figures aren’t improving. Just 9 percent* of the engineering workforce is female. Furthermore, only 6 percent* ...

Brexit endorsements explained by Wikipedia

While everyone else has been busy mudslinging, Wikipedia has produced a very balanced list of everyone who has made an endorsement during this EU referendum: Endorsements in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 Here are some highlights... BREMAIN BREXIT International Politicians President of the USA Prime Minister of Canada Prime ...

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Lunch With Jay Rayner – Britain’s Most Notorious Restaurant Critic

Photo: Bella West By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food It’s a humid Friday afternoon and I’m scanning through the menu of Dumplings’ Legend while awaiting the arrival of Jay Rayner, author, columnist, jazz pianist and, of course, one of the UK’s most celebrated restaurant critics. Located upon Gerrard Street, the ...

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Pubs Cash In As Home Nations Progress

British pubs are set to cash in after all home nations progressed into the final 16 of the Euro 2016 championships. The tournament has been lucrative for watering holes across the country so far, with the England v Wales game seeing afternoon takings in pubs across the UK rise by an ...

The EU is no Answer to Conservative Hegemony

By Babatunde Salau The hijacking of the EU referendum into a Tory civil war shows how divisive the issue is within the Conservative party. In an effort to definitively settle the issue, Cameron unleashed a eurosceptic sentiment that threatens not just his leadership, but also confidence in Brussels, as a growing ...

There should be NO all female quotas, says industry workforce

It is widely accepted that the engineering industry is short of women, and within the engineering sector there is a huge gender pay gap. A survey by Energy Jobline, an Energy and Engineering job board, asked their engineering users if they agree in quotas to increase the participation of women ...

Brexit plane flies over MP Jo Cox’s memorial

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The referendum campaign sinks lower and lower and I think many would just like it to be over now. Now a plane flying a Vote Leave banner flew over Trafalgar Square as Jo Cox's husband paid an emotional tribute to her. The event this afternoon ...

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Beer of the Week – And Union NEU BLK

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Set up in 2007, Bavarian craft bier brand And Union is the produce of a father, a son and his business partner, with a focus on rationality and simplicity - the basic principles of modernism – at the helm. Working with brew-masters from four ...

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