MACH 2018 brings Education & Development Zone to budding engineers

Just under a fifth of the UK’s total workforce is employed in the engineering sector and in the 20 years to 2014 the number of high-skilled jobs rose by 2.3 million.

Despite this, employers are already struggling to fill positions and many fear that they won’t be able to hire enough high-skilled candidates to fill future job vacancies.

According to Engineering UK, shortages in highly skilled labour are likely to be exacerbated by the growth of new industries, some of which scarcely yet exist, emerging from new technologies and knowledge.

Whilst the outlook looks challenging, the Education & Development (E&D) Zone at MACH 2018  is seeking to help reverse this trend with a series of special exhibits for students aged 11-19.

The E&D Zone brings together some of the leading advanced engineering companies and educational institutions from across the UK, with the aim of shining a light on the vocational education and training that is key to closing the skills gap.