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4 October A group of 30 students aged 9-10 will participate in a factory tour and will learn about how robots in Body Construction weld panels together to make car bodies. The students will then programme miniature robots during classroom…

2 October A group of 20 pupils aged 8-9 will look at the Solihull site to find out why Jaguar Land Rover chose to establish its factory there. They will look at the manufacturing processes in the plant and the…

15 October A group of 27 young people aged 10-11 will take part in a full day programme, looking at computer control, devising plans in software that will operate moving individual motorised items, operate lights and sounds. These will be…

10 October New Jaguar Land Rover graduates will participate in a half day event which will see them become STEMNET ambassadors. The programme includes lectures and examples of how ambassadors can use their knowledge to support Jaguar Land Rover’s award-winning…

9 October A group of 30 students aged 13-14 will participate in a vehicle build challenge using construction sets which will require team work and ingenuity to complete. During the full day activity, they will also visit key parts of…

1. Liberal Democrats pass policy motion on green transport
2. SMMT hosts Liberal Democrat breakfast roundtable event
3. UK car manufacturing grows 16.2% in August
4. EEF publishes analysis of industrial strategy
5. Visiting Fellowship scheme launched by EPSRC
6. CBI: Manufacturing recovery continues to strengthen
7. Week ahead

1. European new car registrations fall 5% in August
2. EU and Singapore present text of comprehensive free trade agreement
3. EUCAR publishes research and innovation priorities in “Sustainable Propulsion”
4. Single Market Month to kick off with debates on jobs
5. Week ahead

Representatives from the UK automotive supply chain were given an insight into the opportunities presented by the industry’s continued growth at the SMMT Open Forum this week.

UK manufacturers built 91,282 cars in August, up 12,705 units on 2012.

New figures released by VOSA, the government body that oversees MOT tests, show that of the 8.1 million MOT failures in 2012, a significant proportion were caused by easy-to-spot issues.