It is the intractable problem that refuses to go away. Engineering is in demand, intellectually rewarding and it is well paid but not enough people are doing it. Will Stirling reports on a new approach.
The stakes are high. EngineeringUK, organisers of the impressive Big Bang Fair, which enraptured my nine-year old daughter and her friend this year, says that the UK is producing 51,000 engineers a year but industry needs 87,000 engineers to meet projected demand. UCAS in January recorded about 127,000 applications in 2013 to study engineering at…
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