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News Release from: IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers)
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 November 2007
Commentary on skill shortages from the
IChemE
The Government is finally taking decisive action to tackle Britain's energy crisis with the announcement of planning reforms which will speed up the design and build of nuclear power stations
Dr David Brown, CEO of IChemE, welcomes the news in the recent Queen's Speech to Parliament, about the acceleration of nuclear power design work This is good news at last but will not be much use if we do not have the skill set to effectively run these new installations
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 2 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The nuclear industry isn't the only sector to be suffering from a chronic skills shortage.
The entire UK science and engineering industry is facing a skills black hole and we risk losing our position as a global leader if this is not remedied.
We are going to need 2.4 million science and engineering graduates by 2014 if we're to avoid the looming crisis.
In the chemical and process industries especially, future investment and growth will depend on keeping the talent pipeline flowing freely.
Enthusiasm for science needs to start at school.
Science and maths should be at the top of the curriculum and we need to attract further talent into teaching to ignite the interest of the next generation.
We have to address the skills shortage now - it is no good having state-of-the-art facilities if we do not have the talent to take them forward.
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