The Brave New World post 16.3.05Following the Brown Budget for Science:Where are we today & what is our natural constituency?What are our goals and ambitions?How can we afford to achieve them?But first

.. this?.or this?So what is engineering?

or this?or this?

My problem is that..having spent timebuilding this..to accomplishthis...I cant see the boundaries any more!

So whats our market?Can we any longer talk about just E, or S, or T?And what about M for Mathematics?Has fragmentation had an impact on the following issues..?

2004

Long-term Decline in Maths, Physicsand Chemistry at A Level Entry

In thirteen years there has been a:48% decrease in physics A-level43% in maths28% in chemistry11% increase in biology A-level.

Year

Source:AQA Assessment & Qualification Alliance (Data applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Pupils Taking Maths, Sciences, Design and Technology at A or AS Level

Increase dominated by Biosciences (+75%).5% increase in Physical Sciences.16% drop in Maths & Comp Sci7% increase in Engineering and Technology.

Source:UCAS Annual Reports & Datasets

UK Students Entering University to take Engineering, Technology or Science Degrees

Varied Increase in UK SET Students Entering University

ACADEMICS WARN OF FINANCIAL CRISIS THREATENING CHEMISTRY TEACHING IN UNIVERSITIES As scientists hail the government's success in shoring up research laboratories, they say a new crisis is threatening university science teaching - with chemistry facing the greatest threat.Financial Times 30th November 2004BUT:

and its an international issue :Korea Times, 19th July 2004Currently in Korea, the talk of the town is the growing crisis in science andengineering. A sense of urgency is beingsharply felt after a survey of 33% of KAISTstudents said they intended to switch to secure careers, such as medicine, pharmacy and lawKorean Scholastic aptitude test for maths, science and engineering down from 43% in 1994 to 27% today

Can we really seek to influencethese choices?

Or should our prime focus be the needs of industry and their skills agenda?

Source:Engineering Council UK) and Engineers for Britain, Digest of Engineering Statistics.

Number of Registered Engineers

i.e. isnt the UK economy the real agenda?What would they think?*ETB Corporate Partners

ETB report to Treasury April 2004Follow up report 05/06 SET & City

But its a Changing Landscape: Lombard, FT, January 2004 : Creative Capitalist Destruction in Action Only four* of the FTSE100 Engineers survived on 20th anniversary of Index.*BAe, GKN, Rolls Royce + Vodafone (new)But SET-related sectors produced 252.3 billion, 27.3% of total UK value added 2002.

Wealth Creation and SET : how to measure?FTSE 100

But the Dot Com legacy lives on..techMARK FTSE 100 FTSE 250

And even thoughTech has beatenthe rest since1997..We still pay toomuch in dividendsvs. R&D

UK productivity levels lag behind those of many of leading G8 with output per employed worker around 30% below the US and 15% below France and GermanyAnd.

However..PolicyRole models & CareersCultural barriersIf SET is key to future industrial competitiveness, how to tackle issues?

EducationalSupply & theyoungSETCommunityGovernmentWhere do we start?Businessneeds

Fixing the Problem :InstitutionsTrade associationsSSCsCpeBusiness LinksSETNETWISENESTAEEFHEFCEUUKLSCRDAsCRACDemand for SET SkillsRAEngBritish AssociationRoyal SocietySupply of SET SkillsDfESETB

South East Asian Model :Demand for SET SkillsSupply of SET SkillsGovernment

UK Government role?Taxation effects on demand sideProcurementBUTKey role on supply side, e.g. educationHE funding issuesTeacher supply

The mostimportantrole modelof all.But only 10%careers staffhave any SETexperience

Almost the Greatest Briton.. And half French!!

Michael Faraday : from bookbinder...to foundation of the worlds industries

Engineering or Art?

Role models or. iconicobjects e.g. in thebuilt environment

The Great Exhibition, 1851

Ruskin on The Crystal Palace: The quality and bodily industry which the Crystal Palace expresses is very great. So far it is good. The quantity of thought it expresses is, I suppose, a single and admirable thought . that it might be possible to build a greenhouse larger than ever greenhouse was built before. This thought and some very ordinary algebra are as much as all that glass can represent of human intellect.

CP Snow, The Two Cultures, 1959 A good many times, I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and who have with considerable gusto been expressing their incredulity at the illiteracy of scientists. Once or twice, I have been provoked and have asked the company how many could describe the second law of thermodynamics. The response was cold; it was also negative.

Vannevar Bush*:The impact of science is making a new world, and the engineer is in the forefront of this remakingHe builds great cities, and also builds the means whereby they may be destroyed. Certainly there was never a profession that more truly needed the professional spirit, if the welfare of man is to be preserved *1945 report Science the Endless Frontier set vision for NSF

The end Product : SET Captains of Industry and their skills base

populated by the people of tomorrow

We need to be competitive

Productivity levels lag behind those of many of our competitors.

Output per employed worker is around 30% below the US, and 15% below France and GermanyMarket dynamicsMarket dynamics