http://www.nce.co.uk/RSS/NCEgraduateRSS.xml The latest Graduate stories from NCE en-uk I write in response to Sam Murray's letter (NCE 1 May) regarding the lack of jobs available to graduates. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/2008/05/do_employers_want_us.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/2008/05/do_employers_want_us.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 13 May 2008 18:52 Having just spent two years in university and now almost finishing my industrial placement, I have started looking for potential lines of work before I graduate and find I have no job. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/2008/04/where_have_all_the_jobs_gone.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/2008/04/where_have_all_the_jobs_gone.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 30 April 2008 11:11 Government efforts to introduce the new construction diploma were slammed by the Civil Engineering Contractors' Association (CECA) this week as it renewed calls for the number of prospective students to be published. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/05/wall_of_silence_over_construction_diploma.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/05/wall_of_silence_over_construction_diploma.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Ed Owen 06 May 2008 09:58 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/diploma_stad_resized_70_tcm15-1324132.jpg NCE's grad awards are back! http://www.nce.co.uk:80/competitions/2008/04/grad_awards__enter_now.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/competitions/2008/04/grad_awards__enter_now.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 25 April 2008 15:31 A new report by the New Local Government Network suggests that councils will struggle to maintain services over the coming decade as one-third of experienced staff retire. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/civils/2008/04/local_government_fails_to_attract_the_young.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/civils/2008/04/local_government_fails_to_attract_the_young.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Ed Owen 21 April 2008 09:32 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/transport_road_cones_01_070913_resized_70_tcm15-85601.jpg You make reference to "free student membership and QUEST" to help keep engineering students at university (NCE 28 February). http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/2008/03/cash_for_students.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/2008/03/cash_for_students.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 11 March 2008 16:51 The government yesterday pledged to boost the uptake of engineering degrees at British universities under questioning in the House of Lords. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/03/government_boost_for_engineering.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/03/government_boost_for_engineering.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Ed Owen 12 March 2008 10:34 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/lords_resized_70_tcm15-910819.jpg Firms and agencies are employing engineers without checking their education record, NCE has learnt this week. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/03/aussie_worker_highlights_lack_of_vigilance_on_qualifications.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/03/aussie_worker_highlights_lack_of_vigilance_on_qualifications.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Ed Owen 07 March 2008 16:02 The Engineering Technology Board and British Association for the Advancement of Science today launch 'Science and Engineering week'. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/03/science_and_engineering_week_starts_here.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/03/science_and_engineering_week_starts_here.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 07 March 2008 11:26 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/NSE_resized_70_tcm15-889549.jpg First year engineering, maths and computing students are more likely to drop out than their counterparts in other faculties according to a report released by the influential Public Accounts Committee of MPs. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/02/engineering_students_suffer_highest_dropout_rates_say_mps.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/energy/2008/02/engineering_students_suffer_highest_dropout_rates_say_mps.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Sean Flynn 20 February 2008 12:06 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/transport_crossrail_train_drawing_01_070927_resized_70_tcm15-96431.jpg Financial aid for engineering and architectural development projects within deprived communities in the UK, and overseas, is now available through a partnership between the ICE, RIBA, and the John McAslan Family Charitable Trust. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/01/new_trust_to_offer_aid_for_development_engineers.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/2008/01/new_trust_to_offer_aid_for_development_engineers.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 08 January 2008 12:02 It is encouraging to see such a high proportion of civil engineering graduates choosing civil engineering careers. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/the_futures_bright_but_theres_still_much_more_to_do.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 17 October 2007 15:47 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/graduate_university_coloured_image_hat_drawing_01_071018_resized_70_tcm15-167768.jpg Civil engineering graduates are increasingly choosing careers within the industry according to a recent survey of final year students from London’s Imperial College. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/more_graduates_pick_engineering_jobs.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Jessica Rowson 03 October 2007 09:51 Oran Hassan of Nottingham University won the trip to New York at last year's NCE How to Get a Job in Civil Engineering – Live! He wrote this blog during his trip http://www.nce.co.uk:80/competitions/oran_hassans_how_to_get_a_job_in_civil_engineering_experience.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 03 October 2007 17:17 I suppose I must be about 0.01% of the 87% (of ICE members failing to vote) mentioned in Keith Newby’s letter last week. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/opinion/stop_telling_fibs_about_pay.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 27 September 2007 12:30 I’m writing to clarify a point raised by GSNet Chairman Elect Richard Crawford regarding ICE’s Salary Survey 2006/07 in which he queried the fact that graduate salaries start at around £34,000.
http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/money_go_round.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 20 September 2007 15:03 The bell is ringing for another year at universities across the country which means it is time to enter NCE’s “How to Get a Job in Civil Engineering – Live!”  event which is once again being sponsored by leading global consultant WSP. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/edinburgh_live_301107.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Hollie Mitchell 12 September 2007 12:31 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/people_university_edinburgh_students_01_070913_resized_70_tcm15-85750.jpg I was surprised to read Mr Martin's letter (Costain: 1 Skanska: 0). I cannot comment on the treatment he has received from the contractor but ICE Kent and East Sussex branch organised a successful Graduates and Students site visit to the A2 Pepperhill to Cobham scheme on 5 June.

http://www.nce.co.uk:80/haveyoursay/settling_scores.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 12 September 2007 17:15 Graduate civil engineer salaries quoted in the recent Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) survey were this week slammed by GSNet, the ICE graduate and student committee, as misleading and unhelpful. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/graduates_slam_ice_salary_survey.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Antony Oliver 12 September 2007 10:30 http://www.nce.co.uk:80/images/people_engineeing_profession_crawford_richard_01_070913_resized_70_tcm15-85680.jpg Structural engineering technicians got a boost this week with the election of the Institution of Structural Engineers’ (IStructE) first two technician grade members. http://www.nce.co.uk:80/news/technicians_make_istructe_grade.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF Jessica Rowson 04 September 2007 23:54 News http://www.nce.co.uk:80/students/news/ruling_saves_millions_of_pounds_in_safety_costs.html;jsessionid=D55F029A037D4E45EB8D25D8595C66AF 21 June 2007 00:00