Building confidence in the future of British engineering: the skills bedrock Question Title * 1. How old are you? 18-24 25-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Question Title * 2. Which region of the UK do you live in East East Midlands London North East North West Northern Ireland Scotland South East South West Wales West Midlands Yorkshire And The Humber Outside of UK (please state country) Question Title * 3. What is your employment status? Employed Unemployed Retired Question Title * 4. What industry sector do you work in? Aerospace Automotive Biomedical Building services Computers and IT in engineering Local government Control & instrumentation Defence Environmental management Gas industry Government Health and safety Higher education Maintenance Manufacturing industries Mining and quarrying Nuclear Oil industry Power / Non-nuclear Process industries Railway Shipping Telecommunications Water industry Question Title * 5. Which of the following engineering sectors do you believe offer the most opportunity for growth for the UK? Aerospace Automotive Biomedical Defence Energy ICT & Software Manufacturing (others) Pharmaceuticals Question Title * 6. What type of infrastructure projects do you believe will add the most economic value to the UK between now and 2025? Airports Energy ICT Rail Road Shipping Space Question Title * 7. Which of these R&D areas do you think that the UK should focus on to drive economic benefits (apart from your own)? Artificial intelligence Autonomous driving Construction and buildings Energy and power IoT Life sciences and biomedical Manufacturing technologies Materials Question Title * 8. Will the UK’s education system fulfil the needs for the engineering sector in 2025? Yes No Don't know Question Title * 9. What would you focus on in the secondary school education system to improve the numbers entering the engineering profession? Business management and leadership skills Hands-on work Industry and vocation Maths, physics and theory Programming and other IT skills Research Question Title * 10. Are there skills particularly lacking from the resident UK population that you currently source from the EU? CAD Design and product development Management skills Software development skills Technical skills such as machining, craft, welding Test, measurement and validation skills Question Title * 11. With the rapid pace of technological change how much of your current skillset do you think will still be used in 2025? All of it Some of it Not much of it - I will train and reskill before then None Question Title * 12. Are your still using the skills and engineering capabilities you learnt in your qualifications in your job today? Yes No Question Title * 13. Given a choice, which of these technical areas would you upskill in today? Analytical skills Artificial intelligence Computer programming and networking Electrical / Electronics Project / team management R&D Skills Software tools, e.g. CAD, CAM, Simulation Question Title * 14. What aspects of digital skills will be most important going forward? Artificial intelligence Connectivity Data analytics IOT Social mobility Other (please specify) Question Title * 15. Have you ever considered leaving your career in engineering and why? Yes No Question Title * 16. If yes, why? Prospects in an alternative profession Lack of opportunities Lack of recognition Pay and conditions Question Title * 17. What can be done to make cities and engineering hubs outside of London more attractive locations for new talent? Attraction of leading companies Better international air links Better access to high speed internet Development of sector-specific niches Greater spread of government spending and funding opportunities Improved transport infrastructure Links to key universities More housing opportunities Weighting of salaries Question Title * 18. What do you believe are the biggest barriers to young people beginning a career in engineering? Amount of quality graduate opportunities Difficulty of the subject to study Image of industry and engineers Length and cost of studying Understanding of an engineer’s job Question Title * 19. What countries do you think have the most effective industrial strategies? Brazil China France Germany India Japan Russia South Korea UK USA Other (please specify) Question Title * 20. Why do you think these countries have the most effective industrial strategies? What specific elements make their industrial strategy so successful? Question Title * 21. What country, apart from the UK, do you believe develops the best engineers? Brazil China France Germany India Japan Russia South Korea USA Other (please specify) Question Title * 22. Why do you believe this country develops the best engineers? Question Title * 23. Rank the following things in order of importance (1-6) which you consider necessary to supply the engineers of the future: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Increasing recognition of engineers’ value to society 1 2 3 4 5 6 Industry placements and apprenticeships 1 2 3 4 5 6 Inspirational science and engineering projects 1 2 3 4 5 6 An improved immigration policy for appropriately skilled engineers 1 2 3 4 5 6 A secure and prosperous industrial sector 1 2 3 4 5 6 Emphasis on STEM subjects in secondary education Question Title * 24. What can we do to inspire more diversity in the engineering profession? Question Title * 25. If you wish to be entered into our prize draw, please enter your email address here Done