News from Institute of the Motor Industry

• 17 Aug 2010

  • Painting their way to success - women step up to skills challenge

    Institute of the Motor Industry | 2010-08-17

    There is a significant gender bias within most occupations in the automotive retail sector with men outnumbering women in almost all occupations. Women make up the majority of workers only in administrative and secretarial roles where they account for 70% of workers.  In an initiative designed to address this, six women took part in a ground breaking challenge designed to encourage females to consider more technical roles within the industry.

• 28 Jun 2010

  • Sussex technician claims top spot in the Skillauto competition

    Institute of the Motor Industry | 2010-06-28

    Eighteen year old Alex Knight who works for Gatwick Honda in Crawley, West Sussex, has been crowned the Automobile Technology (light vehicle) winner in the national skills competition.

• 26 Aug 2008

  • Industry clocks up over 30,000 SkillMiles in first six months

    Institute of the Motor Industry | 2008-08-26

    A pioneering way of recognising contributions to skills development in the automotive sector has seen more than 100 businesses plus another 100 individuals sign up since the initiative was launched six months ago by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), the automotive retail industry's Sector Skills Council and professional association.

• 22 Aug 2008

  • ATA public campaign fires on all cylinders with Top Gear

    Institute of the Motor Industry | 2008-08-22

    One of the UK's most popular motoring websites is being used by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) to promote the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme, following the launch of a major public awareness drive at the British International Motor Show.
    

• 11 Aug 2008

  • Additional regional centres strengthen VDA accreditation process

    Institute of the Motor Industry | 2008-08-11

    Increasing the opportunities for Vehicle Damage Assessors to achieve Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) is a major focus of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), which governs the scheme.
    

• 18 Jun 2008

  • Celebrating excellence and achievement - IMI Awards outstanding achievers are a credit to the industry

    Institute of the Motor Industry | 2008-06-18

    From almost 50,000 students registered on qualifications awarded by IMI Awards, the qualifications subsidiary of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), 10 were short-listed as finalists for the 2008 IMI Awards Outstanding Achievers, held at the IMI in the presence of its Patron, HRH Prince Michael of Kent.

• 10 Mar 2008

  • Re-used and recycled - cars find a new use in training tomorrow's technicians

    Institute of the Motor Industry | 2008-03-10

    Vehicles that have been written-off due to rear-end accident damage are being given a new lease of life in colleges across the UK as part of a unique initiative to aid the training of young technicians.

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