ERA Foundation 100 years promoting and supporting 
British Engineering

100 Years

The ERA Foundation has been supporting UK Engineering and innovation skills development in electech manufacturing since 1920

What We Do

Our focus is on supporting 
UK manufacturing.

Our aim is to ensure the important role the manufacturing and productive industry play in the UK economy is recognised; to support the next generation of UK engineers, and to encourage organisations and individuals entrepreneurship and technical excellence.

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Our History

100 Years of History

Founded in 1920 the ERA has always been at the forefront of promoting and supporting the British Engineering sector. Explore how the ERA was founded, and how it has changed over the last century to become the “ERA Foundation” today.

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Awards and Fellowships

Our Industrial and Enterprise Fellowships recongise and support emerging talent.

Our aim is to ensure the important role the manufacturing and productive industry play in the UK economy is recognised; to support the next generation of UK engineers, and to encourage organisations and individuals entrepreneurship and technical excellence.

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Our People

A wealth of experience and deep knowledge of the Engineering and Manufacturing sector.

Our board believes in innovation, investment in the next generation of engineers and a focused approach. This is fostered by the combined abilities of our directors who strive to honour the Foundations long history.

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Foundation News & Insights

Keep up to date with the latest Foundation news, and insights into changes in the Engineering sector.

ERA Foundation STEM Learning – 10 new ENTHUSE Partnerships

STEM Learning – 10 new ENTHUSE Partnerships

The ERA Foundation and STEM Learning are working together to create ten new ENTHUSE Partnerships to transform STEM career prospects

ERA Foundation Professor Bashir M. Al-Hashimi appointed Vice President (Research & Innovation) at Kings College London

Professor Bashir M. Al-Hashimi appointed Vice President (Research & Innovation) at Kings College London

ERA board member Professor Bashir M. Al-Hashimi has been appointed Vice President (Research & Innovation) at King’s College London which will see him developing and implementing the university’s Research strategy, overseeing new research initiatives, and continuing to foster inter-faculty and multidisciplinary ways of working.

ERA Foundation Digital Thinking – The Key To A Productive Nation

Digital Thinking – The Key To A Productive Nation

Earlier this year Phil Smith gave a lecture ‘Digital Thinking – The Key To A Productive Nation’ for the ERA Foundation’s 17th Dinner and Lecture at the historic Maxwell Library in the Institution of Engineering and Technology.