The Engineering UK report was produced with The engineering sector the support of the members and fellows of the Key facts about the needs collaborative action: following Professional Engineering Institutions: state of Engineering This year’s Engineering UK report, which presents BCS The Chartered Institute for IT Institution of Engineering Designers new demand and supply analyses from previously British Institute of Non-Destructive Institution of Fire Engineers unavailable data sets, confirms that the long-term Testing Institution of Gas Engineers recommendations (up to 2022) remain broadly the Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Managers same as the recommendations in last year’s report & Heating Engineering Institution of Lighting Professionals (up to 2020). New analysis shows we need: Chartered Institution of Water Institution of Mechanical Engineers 2015 & Environmental Management • Either a doubling of the number of engineering graduates or a Institution of Railway Signal Engineers Energy Institute 50% increase in the number of engineering and technology and Institution of Royal Engineers other related STEM and non-STEM graduates who are known to Engineering Council Nuclear Institute enter engineering occupations. This is vital to meet the demand Institute of Acoustics for future engineering graduates and to meet the additional shortfall Royal Aeronautical Society Institute of Cast Metals Engineers in physics teachers and engineering lecturers needed to inspire future Society of Environmental Engineers generations of talented engineers. Institute of Highway Engineers The Chartered Institution of Building • A doubling of the number of young people studying GCSE physics Institute of Marine Engineering, Services Engineers Science and Technology as part of triple sciences and a growth in the number of students The Chartered Institution of Highways studying physics A level (or equivalent) to equal that of maths. This Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining & Transportation must have a particular focus on increasing the take-up and Institute of Measurement & Control progression by girls. The Institute of Healthcare Engineering Institute of Physics and Estate Management • A two-fold increase in the number of Advanced Apprenticeship Institute of Physics & Engineering The Institution of Engineering and achievements in engineering and manufacturing technology, In Medicine Technology construction planning and the built environment, and information and communications technologies. Institute of Water The Institution of Structural Engineers Institution of Agricultural Engineers The Royal Academy of Engineering • Provision of careers inspiration for all 11 to 14 year olds. This should include opportunities for every child between 11 and Institution of Chemical Engineers The Royal Institution of Naval Architects 14 years old to have at least one engineering experience with an Institution of Civil Engineers The Society of Operations Engineers employer. This inspiration must highlight the value placed on STEM Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine The Welding Institute skills and promote the diversity of engineering careers available. Engineers It must be backed up, when required, by (face-to-face) consistent careers information, advice and guidance that highlights the subjects needed and the variety of routes to those careers. • Support for teachers and careers advisors delivering careers EngineeringUK partners with business and industry, Government and the information so that they understand the range of modern scientific, wider science and engineering community: producing and sharing evidence on the state of engineering, inspiring young people to choose a career in technological and engineering career paths, including vocational/ engineering and matching employers’ demand for skills. EngineeringUK technician roles. It is vital that our education system recognises the leads two programmes: The Big Bang and Tomorrow’s Engineers. employer value placed on STEM subjects and that young people have www.EngineeringUK.com the opportunity to experience a 21st century engineering workplace for themselves. @_EngineeringUK #EngUK15 Britain is great We need more young people Over 11–14 year olds see a career at engineering studying STEM subjects in 4 10 in engineering as desirable.

11-14 year olds said they Engineering Of a cohort of 11 year olds, around... 1in 4 knew what people working £1.17 turnover grew trillion in engineering do. 6.7% to over the 12 months to March 2013 one in five will achieve a GCSE physics A*-C grade, But there is more to do: In 2014, only 52% of 18-24 Whilst almost six out of ten year olds could cite the STEM teachers felt that career in …which is 24.9% of all UK turnover. engineering development engineering was desirable to their of the last 50 years that has pupils one in six STEM teachers one in twenty five had the greatest impact thought a career in engineering will obtain a physics A*-C grade A level and on them. would be undesirable. 5.4 people are employed parents know what people 3 in 10 million across 576,440 enterprises. in engineering do.

only one in fifty ...but we need many will obtain an engineering degree. Great prospects more engineers The number of girls gaining physics GCSE at A*-C is Engineering employers are projected now almost equal to the number of boys, and the £26,536 achievement rate for girls is higher than for boys. Average graduate Over a fifth more to need 1.82 million people with than for all graduates engineering skills from 2012-2022. starting salary for engineering and + This means we will need Filling the demand for NEW technology. double the number engineering jobs will generate of engineering an additional £27 billion Nearly two thirds of engineering & technology apprentices per year from 2022 and graduates for the UK economy – graduates who went into employment went to entering the equivalent to building work for an employer whose primary activity industry. 1,800 schools or In 2014, 61,641 girls achieved an A*-C grade GCSE, was engineering and technology. Just one in 110 hospitals. yet only 5,916 achieved an A*-C grade at A level. fifty go into the financial services sector.