While many paused for a well-earned rest over the Easter break, the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) Hub remained a hub of activity—welcoming final-year project students and investing in the continued professional development of its technical team. As part of this commitment to hands-on learning and staying ahead in smart manufacturing, the […]
On Thursday, 20th February, the Minister for Skills, The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern, visited the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) Hub to engage with key stakeholders and discuss collaborative efforts in addressing the skills needs of the West Midlands region. The Minister was formally welcomed by Pat Carvalho, AoC President, […]
This year, staff and students from the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) had the exciting opportunity to visit MACH 2024, the UK’s national event for inspiring, innovating, and connecting manufacturing at the NEC Birmingham. The event showcased cutting-edge manufacturing technologies and solutions, providing invaluable insights into sustainable manufacturing practices, advanced automation, and […]
We are thrilled to wrap up two days of intensive Siemens NX Training, organised by Steve Jones and hosted at the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) Hub on March 26-27th. This collaborative effort brought together staff members from Aston University, Birmingham City University, University of Birmingham, University of West of England, City […]
GBSIoT Institution University College Birmingham will lead the way in a regional partnership delivering an innovative new project aimed at re-skilling, upskilling and growing new skills in battery manufacturing and innovation. Following a successful bid for over £1.2m in funding from the Innovate UK Faraday Battery Challenge, the Digital Enhanced Battery Ubiquitous Training-West Midlands (DEBUT-WM) […]
On April 5th, the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) hosted a special event for engineering students and staff from Solihull College & University Centre and Birmingham City University (BCU). The purpose of the event was to give participants an insight into smart factory technology, and to help them connect their curriculum to […]
The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) and BMet recently organised a diversity workshop around Women in Engineering. The purpose of the workshop was to increase the number of women entering the sector and progressing into management and leadership roles. The workshop was led by a panel of female speakers who shared their […]
The minister was given a tour of the new Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) Hub The Hub will be welcoming its first students in the next few weeks Damian Collins MP also visited Aston University’s Advanced Prototyping Facility and autonomous vehicle used for teaching and research. The minister for tech and the […]
On 29th July GBSIoT were invited to the Thinktank at Millennium Point as part of a mini-pioneers day hosted by the Smallpeice trust. The GBSIoT team took our Ozobots (pen coding robots) along, and ran activity worksheets with children aged 4-10 on coding. The children were tasked with using different coloured pens to create different […]
July saw a start to our first round of training on our brand new Cyber Manufacturing Rig. We welcomed colleagues from across our partner institutions for three days of sessions from Festo Didactic following the first delivery of the Rig. Seeing the Rig up and running in the space, and how it can be used […]
