Next Gen Makers News

Cameron Pinder, a CNC Machinist Apprentice at Kirkstall Precision Engineering, won Gold at the 2024 WorldSkills UK National Finals in November. Competing in the highly challenging CNC Milling...

British Engines launches its 2025 apprenticeship programme to attract region’s top engineering talent British Engines Group has launched its 2025 apprenticeship programme, to provide vital career...

The UK’s largest bakery brand, Warburtons, has partnered with the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre to find and support its' next generation of engineering apprentices. Successful...

Blackpool based Airframe Designs have taken on three new engineering apprentices as they develop the skills needed for the modern aerospace industry. Ben Porter, Adam Snelson and Thomas Renshaw have...

The first companies in 2025 to achieve the Next Gen Makers Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation, backed by national manufacturing body Make UK, have been announced. Molson Coors...

Yamazaki Mazak won three awards at the recent regional Worcestershire Apprentice Awards, including the overall award for Worcestershire Apprenticeship Employer of the Year. The awards are organised...

The first ever Next Gen Makers in person member meet up was expertly hosted by Festo GB at their Northampton HQ this past Thursday. At the event, representatives of member companies of Next Gen...

Historic commercial vehicle engineering and manufacturing company Leyland Trucks has recruited 25 new apprentices. The recruitment follows a selection process earlier this year and the successful...

A University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre apprentice has helped the UK’s largest aircrete block manufacturer slash operational pump costs by 86% by significantly reducing water usage, repair...

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is on the hunt for the 2025 intake of apprentice engineers who are ready to take the first steps into a fulfilling career in rail. Budding engineers will learn how to...

Leading materials and supply chain solutions provider to some of the biggest leaders in the aerospace, automotive and construction industries, thyssenkrupp Materials UK, are celebrating taking first...

Engineering apprenticeship training provider MTC Training has signed a partnership agreement with Next Gen Makers in a move that will help engineering firms to better future proof skills. MTC...

The Next Gen Makers Engineering Skills Conference 2024 has 'sold out', with full capacity reached within only three weeks of ticket registration launching. 160 free tickets have been snapped up for...

A lot has been going on at Next Gen Makers recently, with much of this being brand new, so we decided to pack it all into this handy roundup. Firstly, we recently launched our new Employer Steering...

Following a highly successful six-month intern programme which ran from 2023 to 2024, the next cohort of interns have arrived at MiTek this week. MiTek UK & Ireland is again working with the...

JCB is celebrating 60 years of running its apprenticeship scheme, and marked the occasion with four former employees returning to mark the anniversary of their recruitment as the company’s first...

Belcan have become to the latest engineering firm to join the Next Gen Makers community. Founded in 1958, Belcan is a global supplier of design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, information...

A spokesperson for EngineeringUK says despite a rise in students sitting exams in computing there is a worrying decline in the uptake of other STEM subjects, particularly Design & Technology...

Vocational routes into employment are now being seen much more favourably by both parents and children alike, according to new research conducted by Enginuity UK. Additionally there is growing...

Next Gen Makers has announced a national Engineering Skills Conference, to be held on 30th October 2024 in Birmingham. The event marks a first for the membership organisation, expanding a successful...

Sheffield Forgemasters have become to the latest engineering firm to join the Next Gen Makers community movement. As a global leader in steel production and engineering, Sheffield Forgemasters...

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has been recognised with the prestigious Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation, becoming the first NHS Trust in the UK to be recognised as an exemplar...

Below we publish our key dates and deadlines for the remainder of 2024. This covers dates for both the Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Accreditation cohort timelines and member event activity...

Teesside University has announced new scholarships available to students starting their first year of an engineering-related degree. Three £8,000 scholarships will support first-year female...

Train operating company West Midlands Trains has become the first train operator in the UK to gain the prestigious Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Kitemark accreditation. Engineering...

Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced it has created a new programme to credential students and recognise career readiness, which will help create a stronger pipeline of engineering...

To encourage students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds to explore careers in engineering, global engineering technology company, Renishaw, has collaborated with Bristol Future Talent...

KMF Precision Sheet Metal apprentice Kayleigh Simm has been named the best in her sector at a prestigious industry event. The 19-year-old engineering apprentice, who works for KMF Precision Sheet...

Next Gen Makers has launched a groundbreaking online platform to promote the best employers for engineering apprenticeships nationwide. The platform is aimed at teachers and school careers advisers,...

Dudley College of Technology has become the latest vocational College to sign an educational partnership with Next Gen Makers to help engineering firms that engage with the College to better future...