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Space – an ideal place to launch your engineering career from

November 6th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

As part of Tomorrow’s Engineering Week 2019, the UK Space Agency’s Skills & Careers Lead, Kathie Bowden, details the array of early career engineering opportunities across the UK space sector. Engineering opportunities in the UK space sector f...

Graham Peters’s speech to the Parliamentary Space Committee (Oct 2019)

October 23rd, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

UKspace Chair, Graham Peters, gave the following speech to the Parliamentary Space Committee on 23 October 2019. Thank you Minister. Thank you ADS and Tom Rawlison in particular for organising this event, and of course to David Morris and Mark Gar...

UK Space Sector Review of 2019 Q3

October 21st, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

July It was a golden July for the global space industry as people around the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Appropriately, it was a very busy month for the UK space sector, demonstrating how far it has come ov...

The space industry could be key to the UK taking a stand on climate change

July 22nd, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

UKspace Chair, Graham Peters, writes ahead of a campaign launching shortly calling for a national space programme, backed by significant new funding because “the moment for the Government to act is now.” As climate change climbs the politica...

First steps towards a UK National Space Programme

July 18th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

UKspace Chair, Graham Peters, considers what the key initial steps are required towards developing a UK National Space Programme. In 1962, John F Kennedy made an historic speech about the United States’s ambitions in space. “We choose to go to the...

UK Space Sector Review of 2019 Q2

July 5th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

In the latest edition of our quarterly series, UKspace looks back on the second three months of 2019 and highlights some of the key activities coming out of the UK space sector. April The second quarter of 2019 began with news of the two health-re...

How Space is Helping UK Businesses

May 28th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

Space is enabling growth for the UK economy. This boost is being felt in many areas of our daily lives. From agriculture to transport, many sectors have been transformed, bringing us closer and closer to a space-enabled future. But, many are still...

Graham Peters at MTC Made for Space event

How can the UK Space Sector lead the world?

May 13th, 2019 Posted in Thought Leadership

UKspace Chair, Graham Peters, considers how the UK space industry is well-placed to be a global sector leader, thanks to its experience, creativity, scientific excellent and strategic partnerships. What’s all the fuss about? Why does “Space” matte...