Next Gen Makers News
Network Rail launches pre-apprenticeship programme
Network Rail has launched a new learning academy in partnership with Capital City College in Enfield. The Network Rail Academy offers a pre-apprenticeship programme for 16 to 19-year-olds who are...
Haverfordwest Welding apprentice to represent UK at EuroSkills 2025
Luke Roberts, a Welding apprentice at Haven Engineering and a student at Pembrokeshire College, is set to represent Team UK at EuroSkills 2025, Europe’s largest skills competition. Taking place in...
Hexagon teams with Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing to launch Future Skills Challenge
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has teamed up with Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing to launch Telemetry Tested: The Hexagon x Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing Future Skills Challenge - an...
Young engineer named ‘Best Apprentice 2025’ by Institute of Cast Metal Engineers
Ronnie Pratt, who studied at Peterborough College and works at Omega Sinto Foundry Machinery Ltd in Peterborough, has been named 'Best Apprentice 2025' by the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers...
Enginuity Skills Awards 2025 winners announced
On Thursday 4 July, sector leaders from across the UK’s engineering and manufacturing sector came together for the annual Enginuity Skills Awards 2025. The evening celebrated the exceptional...
UK Young Engineer of the Year crowned
The winners of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition have been announced, including the top awards of the UK Young Engineer and UK Young Technologist of the Year,...
In-Comm Training urges industry to back its ‘I’m Included’ inclusivity campaign
A high-profile campaign celebrating inclusivity and diversity in industry has been launched by one of the UK’s specialist training providers. ‘I’m In-Comm, I’m Included’ is the message being...
New academy launched to provide ceramics skills for the future
A new educational hub has been launched to provide next-generation training and development programmes that address emerging industry challenges and tackle a skills gap in both traditional and...
20,000 students to attend UK’s biggest free STEM fair
20,000 students from across the UK will attend the UK’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people from 17 to 19 June – the Big Bang Fair. From coding...
LISI Aerospace host Next Gen member visit
LISI Aerospace, holders of the Gold standard 'Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation' for three years running, this week hosted a visit of fellow member companies of the Next Gen Makers...
Iconic lift company Stannah launches biggest ever UK-wide apprentice recruitment drive
Stannah, the iconic lift company headquartered in Andover, has launched a major nationwide apprentice recruitment initiative aimed at tackling the UK’s engineering skills shortage. More than 100...
Apprenticeships are now recognised in the UCAS Tariff provider tables
UCAS has announced that for the first time ever, apprenticeships are now published in the UCAS Tariff provider tables. The UCAS Tariff is a means of allocating points to post-16 qualifications,...
T Level placements help Lyndhurst Precision Engineering to attract diverse young talent
Chorley based family-owned business Lyndhurst Precision Engineering has found success with T Level placements, helping the company to bring in new and more diverse young talent. The company produces...
Apprenticeship completers to now be recognised with letters after their name
The Association of Apprentices and Chartered Institution for Further Education has announced the launch of the Post Apprenticeship Recognition Scheme (PARS). PARS is a new awards scheme for those...
New STEM guide launches to support careers leaders to inspire students
A new STEM careers guide has been created to support those responsible for careers programmes in schools inspire students to view engineering and technology as an exciting, meaningful and accessible...
Appris and Next Gen Makers partner to support engineering employers
Appris, West Yorkshire's leading provider of engineering & manufacturing apprenticeships, has partnered with Next Gen Makers in a move that will support engineering employers to bridge their...
adi Group recognised again at Engineering Matters Awards
Birmingham based adi Group's commitment to diversity, inclusion and the community has seen it win two awards at the 2025 Engineering Matters Awards. adi's innovative pre-apprenticeship programme...
Lauren Dean joins Pland Stainless as latest Welding apprentice
Leeds based Pland Stainless have announced Lauren Dean as their newest apprentice TIG welder. 21 year old Lauren transitioned to this role as part of an Engineering Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship...
Make UK publishes blueprint to fix apprenticeships and skills system
Make UK's Industrial Strategy Skills Commission has published its blueprint to fix the apprenticeships and skills system. This follows months of collaboration with industry, educators, learners and...
April’s successful companies to achieve Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation announced
The cohort of companies that have successfully achieved the Next Gen Makers Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation (backed by national manufacturing body Make UK) in April 2025, has...
£400,000 apprenticeship investment helps Brandauer plan for the future
Brandauer, a leading metal pressings and tooling specialist has hailed the power of apprenticeships after reducing the average age of their workforce to just 44. Rowan Crozier, CEO of Brandauer, has...
LISI Aerospace awarded top inclusivity award
LISI Aerospace has scooped a top accolade for inclusivity at an annual awards ceremony which recognises outstanding contributions to supported employment. The Rugby based company, which manufactures...
Sheffield Forgemasters to recruit 21 apprentices
Casting and forging company Sheffield Forgemasters has announced it is to recruit 21 apprentices for 2025 to further build its future workforce. The recruitment is the first of two tranches for...
Engineering and manufacturing firms call for more support to bridge the skills gap
Engineering and manufacturing businesses in the UK believe there is a lack of government support to bridge the ongoing skills gap, according to a new report. The latest In-Comm Training...
Science company Fera announces annual recruitment of apprenticeships
Since introducing the Laboratory Technician apprenticeship in 2011 Fera has harnessed new talent, on-boarding, and progressing apprentices to develop their next generation of scientists. The level 3...
SME’s locked out of apprenticeships according to The HEX Group
Multi award-winning custom metal fabrication company The HEX Group is calling on the government to focus its efforts on enabling businesses of all sizes to unlock the known potential of...
Over 50% of adults would choose an apprenticeship, if starting career again
According to recent research by Network Rail, 51% of UK adults would choose to do an apprenticeship if starting their career again. The organisation surveyed 2,000 people across the UK, also...
SME Davicon Group celebrates near 100% apprentice retention rate and employer Accreditation
Engineering SME Davicon Group recently successfully retained the Gold standard ‘Excellent Employer’ status for the Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation for a third year running. The...
Make UK launches National Manufacturing Day 2025
Make UK - national manufacturing organisation and strategic partners of Next Gen Makers - has announced National Manufacturing Day 2025. The fourth annual iteration of National Manufacturing Day,...
Ibstock’s £64m investment in new Atlas brick factory brings new jobs, apprenticeships and lower-carbon bricks
Leading building products manufacturer Ibstock, who have multiple site locations across the UK, have recently made the decision to invest £64 million into the redevelopment of its Atlas site. The...





























