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EngineeringUK Chief Executive Dr Hilary Leevers emphasises the vital role engineering skills play in achieving net zero and the need for more clarity around green job forecasts and skills needs.
Randstad’s latest Employer Brand Research (REBR) report shows that engineering has topped ‘most desirable sector to work in’.
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People into these things. what's the influence of space on that? >> well, we have to realize that the space program generates jobs. it generates new activity in the economy. a huge chunk of the world economy is now done in outer space. the internet, telecommunications, gps, all of it is done in outer space. we have to realize that's our future. our future means that there's going to be economic activity in outer space. jobs not just for astronauts, but jobs that require engineering skills, mathematical skills and, of course, a imagination to take you forward. and just remember that nasa used t...
Dearth of women in leadership. our expectations need to be much higher. >> sheryl sandberg, author of "lean in." >> the world is very heavy on math skills, engineering skills. d women stayed away from those for a longime. that going to change, do you think? >> well, it has to change. and it is going the wrong direction, as you say. women were 35% of computer science degrees s. but now women are 17%, 18%. we expect boys to be better at math and science and computer science. therefore, teachers give them more encouragement. therefore they see the models. therefore, they can continue to go into t...