COMMENTARY by Jonathan Newell, Editor


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GROWING SKILLS FOR A NEW ERA


reduced emissions in both the aerospace and automotive industry. The burgeoning UK space sector will also be placing a high demand on engineering skills. The world is changing rapidly and the skills base of the current and


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future generations will similarly have to change. Reacting to the Autumn Statement, Hilary Leevers, chief executive at Engineering UK, says: “We need a well-funded education, skills and careers system to ensure that we have enough engineers, scientists and technicians to achieve the government’s ambitions for net zero and energy independence along with ‘superpower’ status in science and innovation.” She believes that only by investing in the future of young people will we be able to tackle the chronic and increasingly acute skills shortages in the engineering and technology sector. The Royal Academy of Engineering has similar concerns around future skills shortages. According to the RAE’s president, Sir Jim McDonald, it was noticeable how many of the growth priorities announced by the Chancellor will rely on engineering skills and innovation. “More than eight million people work in the nation’s engineering economy and the profession is generating up to an estimated £645 billion gross value added to the UK’s economy annually – equivalent to 32 per cent of the country’s economic output. We must grow and nurture the right talent base if the government’s stated ambitions are to be achieved,” he says. The country is on a good footing to meet the technology challenges


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confidence to researchers that the UK remains a great place


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of the future – particularly in the automotive, aviation and space industries – but continued, and increasing, investment from government remains vital to economic growth across the UK. According to the CEO of the RAE, Dr Hayaatun Sillem, strengthening innovation capacity across the entire country will ensure the benefits from investment in research are shared more evenly. “We need to continue to give confidence to


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researchers that the UK remains a great place for them to bring their talents and build their careers,” concludes Sillem.


ducation unsurprisingly featured in the Autumn Statement last month with the Chancellor saying there are concerns that “not all school leavers get the skills they need for a modern economy”. One very important part of that modern economy is the new era of innovation in cleaner energy generation and


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