Engineering skills shortage looms

The UK will face a chronic shortage of vital engineering skills unless private-sector employers develop a “joined-up approach” with the government and education sector, a Siemens HR director has told PM .

Fostering an interest in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) among school pupils and developing training facilities will be crucial to meet the growing demand for technical skills, and to tackle a declining number of entrants into the industry, said Mike Jones, Siemen’s HR director for the energy sector in the UK and north-west Europe.