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James Dyson: We Should Pay Students To Study Engineering

Posted by samzenpus on from the change-your-major dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "The inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner believes there is an engineering crisis in the UK and that 61,000 vacancies in the area will go unfilled in 2014. To address this Dyson believes says he wants the UK government to offer monetary incentives to students with an interest and aptitude in science — as well as changing the current visa system to make it easier for foreign students to remain in the country and get work once they have completed their education in the UK."

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  1. Scholarships, you mean by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The phrase he seems to be looking for is "we need scholarships for engineering students".

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  2. Worker shortage in 2014 by bluegutang · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...so we need to fund education for students who won't hit the job market until several years later?

    Give me a break.

    And trust the free market for once. If there's a worker shortage, then wages will rise until demand and supply equalize and there is no more shortage.

    All the whining about a shortage of engineers is simply a trick by employers to increase supply and decrease the wages they have to pay.