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Factory tours offer students real-life insights into engineering
16 October 2024

Factory tours offer students real-life insights into engineering

Employers from across Leeds opened their doors on National Manufacturing Day (26/9/24) to engineering students from UTC Leeds and Leeds City Colleg...

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Best practice showcased in visit to Schneider Electric smart factory
10 October 2024

Best practice showcased in visit to Schneider Electric smart factory

Schneider Electric welcomed members of the Leeds Manufacturing Alliance to its smart factory and Innovation Hub in Hunslet, Leeds, for the latest...

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Manufacturing festival back in action as new school year begins
02 September 2024

Manufacturing festival back in action as new school year begins

The start of the new academic year sees Leeds Manufacturing Festival swing back into action, with students form UTC Leeds and the school of enginee...

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Winners announced as awards celebrate manufacturing’s brightest rising stars
17 June 2024

Winners announced as awards celebrate manufacturing’s brightest rising stars

Manufacturing and engineering employers came together last week to celebrate some of the sector’s brightest younger stars at a packed awards...

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Engineering inspiration for girls at the Women in Manufacturing event
05 June 2024

Engineering inspiration for girls at the Women in Manufacturing event

Leeds Manufacturing Festival’s Women in Manufacturing event, held in May at Crawshaw Academy in Pudsey, was designed to provide inspiration and...

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Live careers panel gives students “great insight” into manufacturing
02 May 2024

Live careers panel gives students “great insight” into manufacturing

Abbey Grange C of E Academy in Leeds played host to the Let’s Talk Manufacturing Live Careers Panel in March, giving 500 students the chance to...

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Call for entries as 2024 'LMF awards' date confirmed
29 April 2024

Call for entries as 2024 'LMF awards' date confirmed

Outstanding talent and the achievements of younger employees will be recognised and celebrated at the 2024 Leeds Manufacturing Festival awards...

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Bensons boosts apprenticeship scheme – with help from Leeds Manufacturing Festival
24 April 2024

Bensons boosts apprenticeship scheme – with help from Leeds Manufacturing Festival

Electrical control panel designer and manufacturer Bensons Control Panels has recruited two new apprentices, with a third due to start shortly...

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