A shortage of skilled staff, declining fees and the persistent need for salary increases – these are just the headlines from EFCA’s latest barometer, The State of the European Consulting Engineering Sector. Add in other factors such as geopolitical tension, energy transformation, surging inflation and rapidly-rising interest rates, and you have a recipe for uncertainty...Read More

This is the first in a series of six articles examining the skills shortages in the construction sector, the energy efficiency gaps widening as a result of the lack of skills, and how digital transformation can help address these by changing the system. The author is Paul McCormack (right), Innovation Manager, Belfast Metropolitan College. The...Read More

Training and education is a core value of the Electrical Industries Federation of Ireland (EIFI) and so it is no surprise that the Federation has played a pivotal role in the newly-launched Engineering Skillnet Business Network.Read More

IrelandSkills Live (RDS Simmonscourt, 21 – 23 March 2019) is a new initiative aimed at addressing the skills shortage in Ireland across all industry sectors. The objective is to tackle head on the negative perceptions students, their parents – and in some cases their teachers and career advisers – have about apprenticeships or skills as...Read More