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Engineering the Future

For decades the UK has not produced enough engineers. What has been going wrong? Ruth Sunderland visits businesses with innovative schemes aimed at reversing the trend.

For decades the UK has not produced enough engineers. What's been going wrong? Is education at fault or does engineering have an intractable image problem? Engineering is a very male world. If that changes, might its recruitment problem disappear? Ruth Sunderland visits businesses with innovative schemes aimed at reversing the trend, and meets students, teachers and industry leaders. Who will be the engineers of the future?

Producer: Rosamund Jones
(Image: Ruth Sunderland. Credit: Mark Richards).

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27 minutes

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Sun 30 Jul 2017 14:06GMT

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  • Sat 29 Jul 2017 02:06GMT
  • Sat 29 Jul 2017 10:32GMT
  • Sat 29 Jul 2017 21:32GMT
  • Sat 29 Jul 2017 22:32GMT
  • Sun 30 Jul 2017 02:06GMT
  • Sun 30 Jul 2017 14:06GMT

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