It’s “skills week” on The Engineer - which means that all week (29th Oct – 2nd November) we will be covering the perennially thorny issue of - you guessed it - engineering skills.

Young engineer Helen Bailey has won a prestigious industry award for her work which could reduce the carbon footprint of Britain's road-building industry.

Manufacturers are being encouraged to take part in a major new Skills Barometer survey designed to identify the current skills landscape.

A company with roots at MIT has been selected to develop battery cells to power the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid car.

Researchers at Swedish firm Xylophane have developed a renewable packaging material that can extend the shelf-life of food products.

LDK Solar has awarded Fluor a $1bn contract for front-end engineering and design and engineering, procurement and construction-management services for a polysilicon plant in Xinyu City, China