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First cohort graduates from the UK’s ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ News

A groundbreaking initiative to develop industry-ready engineers has seen its first cohort of students graduate.


Manufacturing specialist to showcase the virtues of industry-ready Graduates at Subcon 2017

The boss of the UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ will be urging more manufacturers to create industry-ready graduates when he speaks at Subcon. Carl Perrin will give delegates a unique insight into the first three years of the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) and how it has developed a new Degree course that allows students to apply theory direct on shopfloor projects.


New Technology Director targets £5m research fund for AME News

The new Technology Director of the UK’s first dedicated ‘faculty on the factory floor’ has set his sights on securing up to £5m of funding this year to help develop the next generation of fuel rails and powertrain systems.


AME looks to reduce the prototype cycle after picking up first R&D project News

The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) has secured its first research project... three months before officially opening.


Second research project fuels AME’s growing R&D reputation News

The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) – the collaboration between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing Group  - is set to play a major role in the development of cleaner and more efficient engines after securing its involvement in another major R&D contract.


Top professor boosts AME’s welding and joining capabilities News

An industry specialist that helped prevent Venice from flooding has joined the UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’. The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) has secured a major coup by appointing Steve Jones as its Professor for Welding and Joining Sciences.


Billions wasted on training warns the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering News

Unipart Group Chairman and CEO John Neill and Coventry University’s John Latham used the one-year anniversary of the UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ to urge the sector to embrace a more ‘down to earth’ approach.


Innovate UK chief gets the AME treatment News

The head of Innovate UK received her first experience of the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) last week as part of a visit organised by Coventry University.


AME could be role model for academic - employer engagement workshop told News

Delegates at a special event organised by the University Alliance were given a firsthand insight into how academia and business could work together to deliver better graduates and more R&D opportunities.


AME seals Guardian Award for Business Partnership News

The UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ sealed a memorable eighteen months in operation last night when it was named as one of the main winners in the Guardian University Awards 2016.


40 new jobs as Unipart pumps fuel rails to China News

New seven-year contract will provide advanced components for Ford cars.


AME celebrates largest ever graduation as industry backs ‘factory floor’ approach News

The UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ celebrated its largest graduation recently, when 29 students received their BEng and MEng qualifications. A joint collaboration between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing, the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) saw its second cohort graduate in style, with many of the industry-ready engineers going into high-profile jobs at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Wipac Ltd, Precision Castparts Corp and Unipart.  


Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering claims major innovation award win News

The UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ is celebrating today after it secured a prestigious award for its pioneering work.


£32m Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering appoints first director News

Coventry University and Unipart have appointed a director for the recently established Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), located at Unipart’s Foleshill site in Coventry.


Breaking ground as construction starts on the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering News

The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) has taken a major step forward today, with work now underway on the construction of the UK’s first dedicated ‘faculty on the factory floor’.


Topping Out takes place at the UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ News

The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering took another major step forward this week, when the final part of the roof was put into place at its dedicated manufacturing hub in the West Midlands.


‘Full house’ as students sign up for the UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ News

More than 20 students are set to take part in a new approach for delivering industry-ready graduates it was announced today.


AME opens its door to TeenTech to showcase the benefits of STEM News

The UK’s first ‘Faculty on the Factory Floor’ has thrown its weight behind a series of events designed to get young people involved in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).


Lightweight exhaust project receives ‘green’ light News

Engineers in the West Midlands have started a groundbreaking project to cut the weight of car exhausts in half supported by a grant from the Niche Vehicle Network’s Research and Development Programme.


AME boss urges manufacturers to take advantage of ‘unique’ US trade News

The head of the UK’s first ‘Faculty on The Factory Floor’ is urging manufacturers to take part in a new mission to increase exports to the United States.