The Engineering Council welcomes Sir James Dyson's report on UK engineering and technology, commissioned by the Conservative Party, which looks at how to make the UK the leading high tech exporter in Europe.  We are pleased to see that the problem of raising the profile of science, design & technology and engineering in the UK is addressed. Dyson also recommends "Promoting technical qualifications and apprenticeships as a route to better jobs and degrees."

In particular, we welcome the report's proposal to make "Changes in the way we exploit new knowledge, so that the UK becomes world-class in taking the best new ideas out of universities and onto the market. Proposals include more focused funding for knowledge transfer in universities and new ways of promoting collaboration through public-private research institutes."

This serves to strengthen the Engineering Council's work on the newly developed MSc in Professional Engineering, which integrates learning in the workplace, to Masters level, with supervised work-based professional development.  (See: www.engc.org.uk/engineeringgateways )

The full report can be found on: http://www.dodsmonitoring.com/downloads/Misc_Files/Ingenious_Britain_Support.pdf