Inaugural Semta awards to celebrate British engineering
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The best of British engineering, a sector which is leading the country out of recession, is to be celebrated at the inaugural Semta Skills Awards.
The awards will recognise the achievements of people, businesses and training partners across the sector. The winners of the Semta Skills Awards will be announced at a gala dinner, hosted by TV presenter Michael Underwood, at the Park Plaza Riverbank, London, held on 14 February 2014. A senior minister will be in attendance to deliver the keynote speech.
Sarah Sillars, OBE, CEO of Semta, said: "Britain's engineers are still the best in the world – and we will be putting them on the world stage to take a bow.
"Semta is working tirelessly to ensure that Great British businesses have enough great British engineers – and we are making significant inroads to filling the skills gap.
"The Semta Skills Awards will shine the spotlight on those scaling great heights in modern Britain – with the aim of inspiring the generation to do so in the future."
Nominations for all the categories below are now open via the Semta website:
Apprentice of The Year
Higher Apprentice of The Year
Graduate of The Year
Skills Champion of The Year
Skills Innovation of The Year
Training Partner of The Year
SME Investment in Skills
Nominations will close at 17:00 on Monday 2 December 2013. Judging will be undertaken by an expert industry panel, who will also select an overall winner of the Best of British Engineering Award from the winners of the categories above.
The awards, sponsored by Marshall, BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, Atkins, Pera Training, Siemens and awarding body EAL, will become a permanent fixture on the calendar
