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Ministers urged to do more to tackle ‘perilous’ skills gaps in engineering

The government is being urged to address the “perilous” skills gaps and talent shortages still facing engineering. The call by the National Engineering Policy Centre...

SLL launches ‘Get Curious’ programme to boost school lighting placements

The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) has launched an initiative to encourage lighting professionals and teams to offer work placements to Key Stage...

Budget pledges £200m to accelerate EV charging roll out

Chancellor Rachel Reeves used today’s Budget to announce a multi-million-pound cash injection into accelerating the roll out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Reeves told MPs:...

From the edition – ‘TWO (AND A BIT) DAYS OF HIGH-END CPD’

An engaging ‘How To Be Brilliant’, a well-deserved journal article of the year, and the bravery of two young apprentices to get up on...

Call for Europe to upgrade lighting to reduce impact of ALAN

LightingEurope has published a position paper on artificial light at night (ALAN). The paper has emphasised the importance of artificial light at night to health...

FROM THE EDITION – ‘IT HAS BEEN A STANDOUT YEAR’

The Lighting Live Annual Conference in Glasgow will see the Presidential baton pass from Perry Hazell to James Duffin. From celebrating the ILP’s centenary year...

New area sales manager for DW Windsor

Andrew Elliott is the newest addition to the team at DW Windsor, having joined as the company's new area sales manager – rail, covering...

Study suggests blue-blocked LED better for psychiatric units

Research has suggested that exposure to light without blue wavelengths may be beneficial to patients in psychiatric units. A study in the academic journal PLOS...

‘HAVING THAT ILP STATUS GIVES CLIENTS MORE CONFIDENCE IN YOU’

During 2025, Lighting Journal is profiling lighting professionals who have upgraded their ILP membership. For February we spoke to WSP’s Rachel O’Connell about how...

‘WE CAN CHAMPION THE NEEDS AND COMFORT OF A NEURODIVERSE POPULATION’

Embedding individual control and ‘empowerment’ over lighting is the key to designing inclusive spaces that work for people who are neurodiverse. By doing this,...

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Ministers urged to do more to tackle ‘perilous’ skills gaps in engineering

The government is being urged to address the “perilous”...

SLL launches ‘Get Curious’ programme to boost school lighting placements

The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) has launched...

Budget pledges £200m to accelerate EV charging roll out

Chancellor Rachel Reeves used today’s Budget to announce a...

Registration open for Lighting Live Local Authority

Registration has now opened for February’s ILP Lighting Live...

‘Lighting in sync’ to be at the heart of this week’s LiGHT25

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