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This new brochure contains information on the wide range of careers on offer in the automotive industry from design engineering through to manufacture retail and aftermarket.

This is a short (16 page) booklet which explains the options for school-leavers who want to go directly into engineering rather than Higher Education.

This brochure includes articles from a number of UK based organisations, (including companies, trade associations, academic institutions, regional and national support organisations and collaborative partnerships of all of these groups), showing how they are endeavouring to meet the challenge of providing the skills required by the global automotive industry.

The new updated edition of Engineering Opportunities for Students & Graduates 2004 provides an excellent authoritative guide on the opportunities that exist in engineering. This brochure has been specifically designed to help those seeking a career in engineering by explaining what the options are and when they should be acted upon.

The report looks at the provision of graduates, technician engineers and craftsmen and the effects of technological change, student expectations and funding structures on the quality and quantity of recruits to the engineering sector.

This booklet is designed to help anyone considering engineering as a career.

Produced by the Motorsport Industry Association and the Engineering Careers Information Service this booklet provides an introduction to the motorsport industry and the career opportunities which it offers.

This brochure contains information you will find on Centres of Excellence in UK Universities shown in the Education section of the Auto Industry web site.

This report into the link between skills and productivity provides an insight into how British business will be competing globally in the future. The EEF's survey work provides some hope that firms are closing the productivity gap with their competitors, although the picture varies with company size.

Many commentators have identified skills gaps as a significant problem for UK automotive firms. The report, written by staff at the Northern Economic Research Unit at Northumbria University, draws on discussions over 100 firms to analyse the reasons firms are finding it difficult to recruit the staff they need and proposes solutions.