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Selby College students have taken part in virtual work placements with Drax Power Station. STUDENTS have had a taste of the world of work through virtual placements with Drax Power Station. Selby College students took part in the scheme to learn about their chosen area, from finance to IT and engineering, while developing heir employability skills such as communication, networking and time management. Drax Group’s head of sustainable business, Vicky Bullivant, said it was essential stud...

The top 39 public high schools in N.J., as ranked by U.S. News Updated 9:05 AM; Today 7:30 AM Livingston High School in Essex County is among the top 10% of high schools in America, according to U.S. News and World Report. NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share New Jersey has 39 public high schools that rank among the top 10% in the country, according to the latest ratings by U.S. News & World Report. On Tuesday, the news organization released its annual Best High Schools List, a ranking ...

UpdatedTue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:48 am ET Reply(1) U.S. News and World Report named more than 300 New Jersey high schools among the best in the nation. (Shutterstock) NEW JERSEY — High school students in the Garden State have had an unprecedented form of education due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Despite the alternative learning methods being implemented, U.S. News & World Report has kept up its rankings, finding eight schools in New Jersey among the top 100 in the nation. U.S. News and Worl...

Meet Your Neighbor: Girls finding respect, equality in skilled trades Sheri Trusty FREMONT - A generation ago, girls enrolled in skilled trades programs at tech centers likely would have been labeled as rebellious or too incompetent to keep up with the boys. Opinions have come a long way, and today the girls at Vanguard Career and Technology Center who learn to weld metal and fix cars are not considered anomalies. They are just another student creating their own success. There aren’t many g...

Share this article Share this article ResearchAndMarkets.coms offering. The main objectives of this report are to describe the current status of iPSC research, patents, funding events, industry partnerships, biomedical applications, technologies, and clinical trials for the development of iPSC-based therapeutics. Since the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) a large and thriving research product market has grown into existence, largely because the cells are non-controversial and...

It is common knowledge that the University of Florida wants to break in to the U.S. News & World Reports top five public national universities rank, earning a prestigious title that would help attract students to its bachelors degree, masters degree, doctoral degree and certificate award programs. UF was one spot short in Novembers rank, coming in sixth. But one higher education data company, Optimal, presents an alternative measure of quality for students to consider based on finances: how muc...

Author of the article: Mary Caton Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021  •  March 12, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Dale Haggith, a co-ordinator of mechanical engineering technology automotive product design at St. Clair College, holds the engine head of a 1973 Volkswagon Super Beetle that he uses to instruct his students, on Friday, March 12, 2021. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star Article content Homemade play dough, sandwich bags and garden hoses have all been pressed into service, as ...

Initiatives to Bridge IT-Talent Gaps Steve Partridge, Vice President of Workforce Development, Northern Virginia Community College and Dr. Chad Knights, Provost of Information and Engineering Technologies, Northern Virginia Community College “I cannot find people to fill my open positions.” We hear this statement frequently from our business community, especially our employers representing the information technology (IT) and cybersecurity industries. It’s no surprise. In the...

CR Clean Air continues to expand its bench of engineering talent as firm continues to grow.

Standex Declares 226th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend News provided by Share this article SALEM, N.H., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Standex International Corporation (NYSE: SXI) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share, which is payable February 25, 2021 to shareholders of record on February 10, 2021. The dividend is the Companys 226 th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. Standex has paid dividends each quarter since it became a p...