Government urged to tackle £1.5bn engineering skills shortage through primary and secondary education drive

Posted on 7 Dec 2022 by The Manufacturer

A new report endorsed by over 150 engineering leaders and celebrities, led by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), is today calling on government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage by embedding engineering into the current curriculum.

The IET’s new Engineering Kids’ Futures (EKF) report – which includes signatories from the likes of Major Tim Peake, Carol Vorderman MBE, will.i.am, and representatives from Vodafone and the MOD – leads with a series of recommendations to the UK government to embed engineering and technology within primary and secondary learning. It is estimated there…

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