http://www.rapidonline.com/netalogue/rss/news.xml The latest headlines and articles from Rapid Electronics (c) 2012. All rights reserved. 5 Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who may have the skills and aptitude to continue into higher education are being priced out of doing so, it has been claimed. Martin Freedman, head of pay... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Disadvantaged-young-people-have-nowhere-to-go-3357 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:23:45 GMT The possible use of UV LED components for the disinfection of bacteria has been outlined by researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State). A new method for disinfection utilising the uni... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/UV-LED-disinfection-applications-revealed-3356 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:23:45 GMT The introduction of the coalition government's new flagship energy efficiency and sustainability programme the Green Deal will provide an excellent opportunity for UK firms to make significant energy ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Green-Deal-great-opportunity-for-energy-savings-3354 Mon, 14 May 2012 16:10:04 GMT The financial benefits offered to businesses by making sustainability upgrades are the main driving force behind energy efficiency improvement projects, it has been claimed. Mike Shufflebotham, sale... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Financial-benefits-driver-of-green-improvements-3353 Mon, 14 May 2012 16:10:04 GMT The introduction of the new Children and Families Bill will help to support the introduction of reforms in the teaching of young people with special educational needs (SEN). Expected to come into fo... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Children-and-Families-Bill-supports-UK-SEN-reform-3352 Mon, 14 May 2012 16:10:03 GMT Young people across the UK are in danger of burnout as a result of too many examinations, an industry expert has argued. Janette Wallis, a senior editor of the Good Schools Guide, said the level of ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Primary-teachers-highlight-exam-burnout-3351 Mon, 14 May 2012 16:09:42 GMT A new LED product is set to go on sale in the UK later this year which claims to last for 20 years without the need for replacement and also delivers considerable energy savings over traditional light... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/20-year-LED-bulbs-to-go-on-sale-3350 Fri, 11 May 2012 16:28:50 GMT Companies across the UK are responding to the growing need to focus on greater energy saving in the future by creating more green jobs, it has been claimed. A spokesman for DFX Technology said there... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Energy-saving-gaining-importance-for-firms-3349 Fri, 11 May 2012 16:28:29 GMT The future of low-energy, high-efficiency lighting solutions could entail the use of the latest quantum dot technologies, it has been revealed. According to research carried out by scientists at Van... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Quantum-dot-potential-for-lighting-exposed-3348 Thu, 10 May 2012 16:14:40 GMT A new piezoelectric nanomaterial has been developed that could revolutionise the way small-scale electronic devices and other components are powered. Researchers led by Professor Keon Jae Lee of the... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Nanomaterial-power-breakthrough-revealed-3347 Thu, 10 May 2012 16:14:18 GMT New from Rapid is a range of Cochranes of Oxford educational models and kits. Cochranes, who this year celebrate 50 years of trading, have recently described their products as ‘big models of sm... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Cochranes-of-Oxford-science-models-now-available-3346 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:01:17 GMT Businesses across the UK have been advised that a focus on greater employee engagement regarding green issues like recycling and reducing power consumption can have a significant benefit in terms of b... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Employee-engagement-provides-green-savings-3345 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:58:28 GMT Rapid supported a recent Birmingham University robotics competition, in which students competed against each other in a robotic ‘egg race’. The Linetracker competition was part of the Col... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Robots-walk-the-line-for-Rapid-rewards-3342 Tue, 08 May 2012 13:10:25 GMT An English university has become the first UK institution to join the Common Application system for university admissions in the United States. Keele University will allow US students to apply for p... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/English-university-joins-US-admissions-system-3341 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:29:07 GMT A range of proposals to tackle the ongoing issue of truancy in UK educational establishments have been called for. Nick Seaton, secretary of the Campaign for Real Education, said sanctions including... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/New-anti-truancy-sanctions-called-for-3340 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:01:06 GMT UK businesses have been advised of the need to manage their lighting solutions more effectively in order to cut their energy bills and reduce emissions. Gregg Corbett, marketing director at Avery, t... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Lighting-area-where-firms-could-save-energy-3339 Thu, 03 May 2012 16:47:07 GMT The next generation of young people in the UK will require more creative learning solutions than have been delivered in the past, it has been argued. Cognitive neuroscientist Dr Lynda Shaw said teac... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/More-creative-learning-solutions-needed-says-expe-3338 Wed, 02 May 2012 16:32:41 GMT A new range of wire crimping, stripping and cutting tools and equipment is now available from Rapid Electronics, all designed to make life easier for the electrical professional. The Pressmaster rang... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Pressmaster-crimping-tools-now-available-3337 Wed, 02 May 2012 16:27:25 GMT Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have an advantage over their larger rivals when it comes to saving energy and reducing costs in this area, it has been claimed. Gregg Corbett, marketing dire... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Small-firms-have-energy-saving-advantages-3336 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:17:49 GMT The UK's solar industry will recover from the latest change to the feed-in tariffs systems, but the move was a severe blow to the sector, it has been claimed. Brian Mayger, regional sales manager at... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/UK-solar-sector-will-recover-3335 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:17:48 GMT Audiophiles can now turn to Rapid Electronics for their Sifam requirements, as the distributor has introduced a range of soft touch control knobs for audio, electronics and other process applications ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Sifam-audio-control-fixings-now-available-at-Rapid-3334 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:43:15 GMT Steltube’s classroom, school and office furniture is now available from educational supplier Rapid. Steltube are experts in the design, manufacture and supply of high quality classroom furnitu... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Steltube-seats-of-learning-now-available-at-Rapid-3333 Tue, 01 May 2012 08:47:11 GMT Businesses operating in multiple countries have a responsibility to ensure the data of their customers is equally safeguarded in all of their operations, it has been claimed. Chris Watson, partner for... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Data-security-in-business-is-complex-3332 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:39 GMT Schools across the UK could be set to witness a clampdown on the practice of exam board seminars and students being given the benefit of the doubt by examiners in order to put an end to ongoing grade ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Schools-to-see-exam-board-seminar-clampdown-3331 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:39 GMT The UK's independent schools are showing a higher degree of student diversity than other educational establishments, new data has shown. Figures compiled by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) rev... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Independent-schools-have-greater-diversity-3330 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:39 GMT The UK offers a renowned education system, it has been argued. Tom Dyer, spokesman for The Student World, said there is a strong argument that in terms of overall educational achievement, the only cou... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/UK-offers-renowned-education-3329 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:38 GMT The UK public are appreciative of the efforts made by businesses to improve their green credentials, it has been argued. Louise Burfitt-Dons, campaign director at the Global Warming Alliance, said t... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Public-values-green-enterprises-3328 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:37 GMT A new nanomaterial has been developed by researchers at Brown University in the US and QD Vision that could lead to significant energy saving in the delivery of laser illumination. "In order to crea... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Laser-nanomaterial-breakthrough-announced-3327 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:34 GMT Scientists at the University of Exeter have announced the development of a new graphene-based material, which they claim could revolutionise the electronics industry in the future. According to the re... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/New-graphene-material-could-be-revolutionary-3326 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:33 GMT The massive potential of gold thin film components has been highlighted by new research carried out by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Be... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Gold-thin-films-have-myriad-uses-3325 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:29 GMT An international commitment to improving energy efficiency, sustainability and energy saving has been announced by Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and the UN secretary general's Sustainable Energy for ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Commitment-to-improve-energy-efficiency-announced-3324 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:42 GMT A "paradoxical" effect has been discovered by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology, Princeton University, Yale University and ETH Zurich. The international team of scientists reported ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Paradoxical-laser-effect-discovered-3323 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:41 GMT New research has revealed that over half of all parents continue to flout rules regarding pulling their children out of school during term time in order to go on holiday. According to a poll carried... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Children-still-taken-out-of-school-in-term-time-3322 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:41 GMT Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK could make energy savings and reduce their bills by shopping around for their utilities provider, it has been claimed. A spokesman from Ofgem s... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/SMEs-could-save-on-energy-bills-3321 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:41 GMT Businesses have been advised of the dangers of data loss through internal intranet sources and the risks posed by unauthorised usage of internal IT infrastructure. Laura Mather, founder of fraud pre... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Intranet-data-loss-a-serious-issue-for-firms-3320 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:40 GMT The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced a landmark investment in green funds to benefit UK businesses and the economy in general in the future. BIS has invested £... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/New-green-investment-announced-by-BIS-3319 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:14:31 GMT LED solar cells offer significant energy efficiency improvements over more traditional solar components, it has been revealed. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered s... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/LED-like-components-could-offer-efficiency-gains-3318 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:14:30 GMT UK head teachers have seen a significant increase in pay over recent years due to the rise in academy numbers and the shift from public to private pay regimes, it has been claimed. According to figu... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Head-teachers-are-earning-more-3317 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:14:30 GMT A novel new design and manufacturing technique has helped researchers at Boston College and MIT in the US to develop new materials which can transfer heat in to electricity. Lead researcher on the p... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Thermoelectrics-boost-semiconductor-performance-3316 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:14:29 GMT Researchers at a host of scientific institutions across the US, Europe and Asia have worked in partnership to determine the structure of solar materials in order to boost power transfer rates for sola... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Solar-material-efficiency-improvement-discovery-3313 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:01:29 GMT Graphene could boost the efficiency of solar panels, the Michigan Technological University has found. Yun Hang Hu, a professor of materials science and engineering, said one of the beneficial propert... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Graphene-offers-solar-power-efficiency-boost-3312 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:01:29 GMT Being interested in science has become "cool" among the younger generation, as more young Brits are looking to study the subject, it has been claimed. Principal lecturer in chemistry at the Universi... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Science-has-become-cool-3311 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:01:01 GMT There has been a renaissance in popular science in recent years, according to Laboratory News. Phil Prime, editor of the publication, said there has been a "definite upsurge of interest", suggesting... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Science-has-seen-an-upsurge-of-interest-3310 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:01:01 GMT Hundreds of pupils at a high school in Birmingham have achieved a maths GCSE months ahead of the exam season. In total, 200 students from Holyhead School in Handsworth attained a grade C or above bef... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Birmingham-pupils-pass-Maths-GCSEs-early-3309 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:49:18 GMT Government funding has been allocated to a new project by Sentec and Selex Galileo for the development of a new energy sensor for UK substations. The new Slimsensor tool could be fitted in the UK's ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/New-sensor-for-power-stations-announced-3308 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:49:18 GMT Businesses must ensure their IT security education is open to all employees, even those working outside the office environment, it has been argued. IT security consultant Kevin Wharram said security... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/IT-security-education-must-be-visual-3307 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:49:17 GMT The majority of the UK population would like to see the government invest in securing the future of the country's power infrastructure using green energy technologies, a new report has revealed. Acc... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Majority-of-Brits-back-clean-energy-3306 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:49:17 GMT Component manufacturer Toshiba has announced the creation of a new semiconductor facility in Thailand, which will deliver significant future growth for the firm's operations in Asia. It will replace... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/New-Thai-semiconductor-facility-for-Toshiba-3305 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:49:17 GMT The University of Cambridge has been named the top UK university in a new league table. The Complete University Guide, which ranks 116 universities on a variety of criteria, awarded Cambridge first ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Cambridge-named-top-UK-university-3304 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:49:16 GMT The UK's science industries should receive a greater level of government funding, as it is one sector which delivers excellent returns, it has been claimed. Dr Brian Cox, TV presenter and particle p... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Funding-for-sciences-should-be-increased-3303 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:35:41 GMT Not all of today's young people are adept at using the latest technologies, despite a common misconception that this is the case, a new report has shown. According to the findings of study carried o... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Not-all-students-are-tech-savvy-3302 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:35:41 GMT Universities should have greater flexibility to provide places for individuals who wish to study in areas like science to meet the growing demand from skilled young people hoping to gain a degree in t... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Cox-calls-for-flexibility-in-science-admissions-3301 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:35:40 GMT The delivery of new low-cost optical components for use in the electronics sector could be boosted through developments in nanoimprinting lithography (NIL), it has been revealed. This technology is ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/NIL-to-deliver-low-cost-optical-components-3300 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:35:40 GMT The Department for Education (DfE) has announced a new £500,000 scholarship fund for school support staff across the UK to receive additional training in dealing with children who have special n... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/New-500-000-degree-level-scholarship-fund-3299 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:55:26 GMT The UK has witnessed a significant increase in the level of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collections over the last year, figures from the Environment Agency have shown. According... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/WEEE-collections-rose-in-2011-3298 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:55:26 GMT The worldwide semiconductor sector witnessed an increase in revenue to $307 billion (£190.5 billion) in 2011, new figures from Gartner have revealed. According to the data, the market grew by ... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Global-semiconductor-market-increased-to-307bn-3297 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:55:24 GMT Companies are having to deal with more and more information - known as the 'big data' phenomenon - and it is becoming an increasingly important issue in terms of IT management. Steve Sarsfield, data... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/-Big-data-a-growing-issue-for-firms-3296 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:42:05 GMT Companies operating any form of data management system have been advised of the need to adequately train staff to handle IT security complexities. Kevin Wharram, an IT security consultant, said comp... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/IT-security-education-of-paramount-importance-3295 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:42:04 GMT The national curriculum is helping to prepare the UK's young people for entry into the world of business, it has been claimed. HR specialist Fintan O'Toole said: "There are some good basic skills th... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Young-people-learning-essential-business-skills-3294 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:29:13 GMT Researchers at Rice University and Tsinghua University have developed a new technique for the cultivation of carbon nanotubes which could revolutionise performance in the solar field, it has been reve... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Nanotube-breakthrough-for-solar-projects-3293 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:29:12 GMT Companies across the UK are witnessing a significant rise in the amount of data their IT infrastructure has to handle, it has been revealed. According to Steve Sarsfield, data governance blogger and... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Data-growth-impacting-business-IT-3292 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:17:37 GMT Government expert adviser Charlie Taylor has called for a crackdown on absence by schoolchildren across the UK, citing the detrimental impact this can have on a child's education. As part of recomme... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Crackdown-on-school-absence-called-for-3291 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:17:36 GMT Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have created a new ultra-sensitive and super-fast device which the institution claims offers excellent potential for improving the effi... http://www.rapidonline.com/News/Ultra-fast-diagnostic-sensor-developed-3290 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:17:36 GMT