Industry giants back engineering growth campaign
Government and industry giants have pledged to support a major new campaign to increase the economic impact of engineering to the UK.
Engineering for Growth is a partner campaign led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, which aims to support growth in the sector and encourage more young people into it.
The partners, announced today, are Atkins, BAE Systems, EADS, Lucite International, Rolls-Royce, McLaren Group, National Grid, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Technology Strategy Board, Institution of Chemical Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Business Secretary Vince Cable, pictured, said: "Engineers are the perfect example of the sort of high skilled, long term jobs we want to encourage, jobs that will be critical to growing the British economy over the next decade.
"My ambition is that this decade becomes the decade of the engineer as we encourage more young people - and girls in particular - to study physics, maths and science at school as the gateway subjects to a career in engineering. The Engineering for Growth campaign will help us make this a reality."
