David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, gives tips on how postgraduates and early-career scientists can make themselves more attractive to commercial organisations
Matthew Dale reports from a panel discussion at Photonics West, where experts gave advice to young people starting their career
Finding investors and recruiting skilled staff are two key areas the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) will focus on this year, says Carlos Lee
The UK government has announced a new fast-track visa scheme to increase Britain's STEM talent pool after Brexit
A new survey has found that 100 Horizon 2020 photonics projects will create 3,500 high-tech jobs in Europe over the next three years
The SPIE Endowment Matching Programme will enhance educational capacity in optics and photonics
A European project is targeting the underrepresentation of women in photonics, science and engineering fields through organising events in 10 countries across Europe
Professor Matthieu Roussey of the European Optical Society details how Finland is addressing the challenge of sourcing skilled workers
Carlos Lee speaks with Thomas Zettler, co-founder of LayTec, on how the firm’s growth relies on keeping a good balance between industry and academia
Jessica Rowbury reports from the European Photonics Industry Consortium's annual meeting, where the ongoing struggle to recruit skilled engineers was discussed
FormFactor's fast photonic wafer probers enable rapid tests through faster photonic alignment than previously possible. (Credit: FormFactor Inc)
Integration, automation, collaboration, customisation and designing for testing and manufacturability will help component and system makers lower costs and increase production, finds Andy Extance
Credit: THOR Biomedicine
Several different light-based treatments that have relied on lasers are now finding uses for LEDs, finds Andy Extance
In Electro Optics’ most recent webinar, career flexibility and interdisciplinary skills were highlighted as important traits in the future workforce
Carlos Lee talks to Maik Müller, chief executive officer at Nynomic, a holding company of nine photonics enterprises operating in the life science, clean tech and green tech sectors
