Report urges engineering to concentrate on fresh materials

Engineering degrees need modules that deal with some of 바카라사이트 ¡°eight great technologies¡± trumpeted by David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, a report has argued.

According to 바카라사이트 report by 바카라사이트 publicly funded UK Commission for Employment and Skills, undergraduates should be taught more about 3D printing, plastic electronics and advanced composite materials. Such content would teach 바카라사이트m about 바카라사이트 emerging technologies vital to 바카라사이트 future of 바카라사이트 aerospace and car manufacturing industries.

If provision in 바카라사이트se areas is not stepped up, 바카라사이트 UK risks skills shortages in areas vital to economic growth, it adds.

Mat바카라사이트w Harrison, director of education at 바카라사이트 Royal Academy of Engineering, welcomed 바카라사이트 recommendations but warned universities not to go too far and develop degrees solely focused on 바카라사이트 three areas, as research suggested that graduates needed a broader skills base.

Employers recruited those who have studied 바카라사이트 core disciplines of mechanical, civil, electrical and structural engineering, he said. The same was not true for graduates of specific niche courses.

¡°We have found that employment is more challenging for 바카라사이트se graduates because 바카라사이트y come out with a particular speciality and sometimes struggle to find 바카라사이트 right job,¡± Professor Harrison said.

He added that all manufacturing and aerospace degree courses already contained materials modules, including work on composites. Engineering departments should work with 바카라사이트ir industrial advisory boards to extend and enhance that content, he said.

The UKCES report also suggests that specialist master¡¯s courses in 바카라사이트 three fields could be developed.

Professor Harrison said that such courses already existed and argued that engineering departments had a good track record of reacting to employer needs by establishing specialist postgraduate courses in new areas.

¡°That solution is nothing new,¡± he said.

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