NetRegs-a free environmental website designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) throughout the UK understand and comply with key environmental legislation. The site explains, in plain English, the legal environmental obligations to businesses in the mining and quarrying sectors.

Safety and Health in Mines Research Advisory Board SHMRAB

Science Museum

SET Statistics 2000 - The Handbook of Science, Engineering and Technology Indicators

SME TechWeb

Trade Association Forum

UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

Patent Offices

British Library Patent Information Service

Chartered Institute of Patent Agents

Derwent Search Services

European Patent Office

Europes Network of Patent Databases

Recruitment

The Biomaterials Network

Careers Development Service

Foundry Online.com

Graduate Recruitment Bureau

Matchtech Engineering Ltd

Materials Edge - Specialist recruitment consultancy to the materials science, engineering, manufacturing & technology markets

MaterialsJobs.com

Materials World

Misco Jobs

Morgan REM - Recruitment in Engineering and Manufacturing

Nature

ProfessionalCareers.Net

Thomas Mining Associates Ltd

Research Councils

EPSRC - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

RESCOLINLC - The Research Council Libraries and Information Consortium
It is the focal point of the Library and Information Services (LIS) of the UK Research Councils. Its aim is to obtain optimum information service supply benefits in support of researchers across the entire research council sector.

SIMONET - The Structural Integrity Monitoring Network
A joint venture between Industry and the EPSRC. Managed jointly by University College, London and Cranfield University Network for those involved in crack growth monitoring and fatigue assessment.

UK Research Councils

Standards Information

British Standards Institution (BSI)

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)

American National Standards Institution

American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) also European Office

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

French Standards Institution (AFNOR)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Metallurgy Division

Praxiom Research Group Limited - ISO 9000 Translated into Plain English

Educational Resources

aluMatter - Offers innovative and interactive multilingual e-learning resources on aluminium technology

Earth Science Education Forum (England and Wales) ESEF(EW) - The aim of the Forum is to promote Earth Science in education at all levels and to bring together all relevant organisations to pursuit of this

Explore for More - the Canadian mining industry’s attraction and recruitment brand

Federation of European Minerals Programs (FEMP)

Find a PhD - A searchable database of PhD's available in major universities and institutions in the UK and Ireland. "Already a market leader in Life and Chemical Sciences and fast becoming a major resource in the physical and materials science sector"

GCSE in Engineering - website for the new GCSE double-award exam in engineering - free

Halo Training Ltd. International Training Solutions (packaging)

The International Council on Materials Education (ICME) - The Council deals with all aspects of education in the field of Materials Science and Engineering and publishes the Journal of Materials Education (USA)

Printing Education and Training Forum, Promoting Skill in Print and Packaging

Science and Engineering Courses and Colleges UK - Features lists of colleges and universities currently recruiting students for science and engineering courses, a collection of articles and a free online application service.

Scottish Earth Science Education Forum SESEF - is an association of educators and scientists established to promote understanding of planet Earth in Scottish schools and colleges.

SETNET (Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics)

The Smallpeice Trust - Founded in 1966, The Smallpeice Trust has provided residential courses since the early 1980s to promote engineering as a career to young people.

Steel Matter - British Steel (now part of Corus Group) and MATTER have collaborated on the development of this new series of interactive educational software resources aimed at helping students understand the key concepts and relationships in ferrous metallurgy.

Steeluniversity.org - Comprises a series of advanced and sophisticated educational modules which support traditional teaching and learning practices. Some modules are available in Spanish and Chinese _ produced by International Iron and Steel Institute. http://www.worldsteel.org/

Student Guide to Engineering Information Resource Centres

UK Centre for Materials Education - The centre aims to support and promote, good and innovative learning and teaching practices as informed by research, in the disciplines related to, and using, materials. Links are provided to related sites for schools and students. The centre is a member of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LSTN).

The UK Research Councils' Graduate Schools Programme (RCGSP) - Provider of personal skills training to postgraduate students. Its mission is "to be the outstanding, innovative and cost effective provider of personal and career skills training for postgraduate students and to make a significant contribution to transferable skills training in postgraduate education as a whole." The work of the Graduate Schools Programme falls into six main areas: Programme of National Courses, National Workshops, Materials Development, Prime Skills for Engineer, Collaborative Programmes, Facilitation Training

Virtual Quarry

Why Study Materials? Information for Students and Information for Teachers

Careers

Information on Careers in Materials

Information on Careers in Minerals and Mining

Women Scientists and Engineers

Association for Women in Science AWIS (USA)

Association for Women in Science and Engineering AWISE (UK)

Association of Women in the Metal Industries AWMI (USA)

Celebration of Women in Engineering (USA)

Society of Women Engineers SWE (USA)

The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology - is the latest development in the UKRC strategy to raise the profile of thousands of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment. The Get SET Women database is publicly accessible and will provide access for media, government, public bodies and many other organisations to women at all stages of their careers within SET. The Get SET Women database works with and has links to SETNET, the Science and Engineering Ambassador Scheme (SEA) and the ETB Scenta Role Models scheme.

WiTEC (Women in Science, Engineering and Technology) (UK)

Women's Engineering Society WES (UK)

Women into Science and Engineering WISE (UK)

Women in Technology International WITI (USA)