The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and Global Underwater Hub have come together with STEM Returners to launch a new partnership to drive equality and diversity across the underwater industry. A sector-wide STEM Returners programme will be delivered across multiple organisations within Global Underwater Hub’s membership network and [...]
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is launching a diversity and inclusion (D&I) network for stakeholders across the industry. The network will promote, champion, support and encourage the sharing of good practice in diversity and inclusion across the engineering construction industry. The network, which will commence in March [...]
Blog by Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Chief Executive Andrew Hockey The engineering construction industry is responsible for the design, build, maintenance and decommissioning of major UK infrastructure. ECITB Chief Executive Andrew Hockey Our industry sectors are at the forefront of progress in the journey to [...]
The ECI Training and Development Awards 2023 crowned ten winners at a prestigious ceremony at the Cutty Sark in London as the engineering construction industry came together to celebrate success stories from the past year. A press release about the event went out the day after, but in this [...]
The engineering construction industry’s (ECI) brightest and best were celebrated at a prestigious awards ceremony last night at the Cutty Sark in London. The 11th ECI Training and Development Awards, organised by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), brought together industry leaders, influencers and policymakers, as well as [...]
The ECITB is partnering with STEM Returners and the Global Underwater Hub (GUH) to pilot a new cross-sector programme aimed at supporting returners back to the workforce. STEM Returners help employers recruit, develop, and retain the best available talent, enabling highly qualified and experienced STEM professionals to re-start their [...]
To celebrate the International Women in Engineering Day 2023 (INWED), ECITB's Deputy Director of Strategy & Policy, Jenny Young shares her views on being a chartered engineer for almost 40 years. I am an Accidental Engineer. I have been in the profession for nearly 40 years now but, looking [...]
“The only way to make a dent in the skills challenges is to work collaboratively across the project life cycle.” This was one of the key themes that came out of Andy Brown’s recent visit to the Shetland Islands. The Interim CEO joined a team from the ECITB that [...]
ECITB is celebrating International Women in Engineering Day 2022 by launching a Diversity and Inclusion blog series. The aim of this blog series is provide a space where different experiences can be shared, different thoughts put forward, in order that everyone can learn a little about the lived reality [...]
The ECITB has now approved two new diversity and inclusion training courses to help employers make a positive impact in the workplace and enjoy the business benefits that result from encouraging and embracing inclusive behaviours. Three new one-day virtual courses, delivered by STC Global and Rewards Training respectively, cover diversity, [...]
