Just 45% of people think engineering is a key industry for the UK economy

Posted on 3 May 2012

Disappointing, isn't it?
President of Bosch in the UK, Peter Fouquet, says that despite an optimistic rise in engineering graduates, more needs to be done to raise awareness of the big impact that engineering has on the UK economy.

“Results from the Higher Education Statistics Agency for 2010/2011 demonstrate that the number of engineering students has continued to rise year on year with 92,580 full time undergraduates enrolled on engineering courses in 2010, a 3%  increase from 2009/2010. However, we shouldn’t be complacent – there is still a job to be done in keeping…

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