£400m boost for engineering
09/10/2013 Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) responds to the £400m investment, to be announced by David Willetts MP, to encourage more young people and women into engineering.Nigel Fine, Chief Executive, said: "This £400 million cash injection is a great start - and one that the IET has been seeking for some time. But it will take a concerted effort from the engineering industry as a whole to fix the problem and achieve a meaningful rise in the number of young people, and women in particular, who chose engineering as their career.
"The IET has a series of initiatives to try to address the problem, such as our Young Woman Engineer of the Year award and our student awards, grants and scholarships, which this year totalled £2 million.
"Our 2013 Skills Survey found that over a third of employers are not taking any action to attract women into engineering whilst the average age of the engineering workforce continues to increase, with 56 per cent over the age of 40.
"We still need to do more to attract young people in to the profession as they make a vital contribution to energy, transport, IT and so many other parts of the national infrastructure that everyone takes for granted. I hope today's announcement will add further impetus to attract the future generation of engineers."
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