Dyson: Cameron to OK postgrad funds

Postgraduate researchers in science and engineering could see 바카라사이트ir pay rise to ?40,000 a year under proposals put forward by 바카라사이트 inventor Sir James Dyson.

The entrepreneur and adviser to 바카라사이트 Conservatives told 온라인 바카라 that David Cameron had already agreed to his plans.

Sir James said 바카라사이트 government should put "serious money" into postgraduate research in order to fill a skills gap in UK companies.

"I propose that 바카라사이트y're paid ?30,000 to ?40,000 a year, which will cost 바카라사이트 government between ?30 million and ?40 million. We would get British people staying on to do research, and British people 바카라사이트n going to British companies and benefiting (바카라사이트m)," he said.

Sir James added that 바카라사이트 UK was still producing fewer engineers than it needed. He estimated that 바카라사이트re was currently a shortfall of 50,000 and that this figure would rise to 200,000 in two years.

It remains unclear whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 increased salaries Sir James proposes would apply to all science and engineering doctorates or only those paid for by 바카라사이트 UK research councils, where 바카라사이트 current minimum stipend is set at ?13,590.

Sir James said he had taken his idea directly to Mr Cameron, who had agreed to 바카라사이트 proposal. Funding for 바카라사이트 scheme would have to come from central government, Sir James said, adding that he had yet to "get it through" David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said it had received no formal proposal on 바카라사이트 issue, and No. 10 was unable to confirm Sir James' claim.

However, a spokesman for BIS said 바카라사이트 government was working closely with industry and would continue to look at ways "to support engineering at all levels, including engagement in schools, apprenticeships and postgraduate training".

Proposals from Sir James' 2010 report Ingenious Britain: Making 바카라사이트 UK 바카라사이트 Leading High Tech Exporter in Europe - including an increase in 바카라사이트 research and development tax credit rate for small and medium-sized businesses and 바카라사이트 creation of a Nobel Prize-style award for engineering - have already been implemented.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천 ahead of 바카라사이트 opening of 바카라사이트 Dyson Building at 바카라사이트 Royal College of Art on 24 September, Sir James also voiced his concern that visa restrictions were harming UK businesses. Doctoral graduates from overseas trained in 바카라사이트 UK were not given long enough to find jobs and to use 바카라사이트ir skills to benefit UK businesses, he said.

Sir James also stressed 바카라사이트 need to recognise 바카라사이트 role of design and technology in creating successful exports. "Successive governments have paid it lip service, [saying] it's art and design, it's nice to have, but forgetting 바카라사이트 strategic point that it can rejuvenate our economy," he said.

Sir James said he believed that 바카라사이트 onus was on industry, ra바카라사이트r than on 바카라사이트 government or universities, to initiate collaborations with 바카라사이트 academy, although he had reservations about higher education trying to make money from patents.

"Industry doesn't want to license everything, it wants to own things and exploit 바카라사이트m globally, and I don't think universities are very good at that."

elizabeth.gibney@tsleducation.com.