Campaign seeks to encourage young people into engineering

To mark the start of the Talent 2030 campaign the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) has published a report entitled Great Expectations.

It warns that the UK is failing to harness the whole of its talent base and is at risk of losing its competitive edge.  

According to a statement, the first wave of the campaign will focus on attracting more girls to consider careers in engineering and manufacturing when making their subject choices. Fewer than one in 10 engineering professionals are women and this is the lowest proportion across the EU. Talent 2030 warns that so few women in these industries means that the UK is at risking of letting half its talent pool go to waste.  

Aaron Porter, director of the Talent 2030 Campaign, said: ‘Our campaign will encourage young people to look at the compelling evidence, which shows that not only can jobs in manufacturing and engineering make a huge contribution to our society, but they also deliver a bigger earnings premium than many other careers.’