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Annual Review 2016-17 AnnualReview 2016/2017 Strategic challenges As the UK’s national academy for engineering, we bring together the most successful and talented engineers for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering. We provide analysis and policy support to promote the UK’s role as a great place to do business. We take a lead on engineering education and we invest in the UK’s world-class research base to underpin innovation. We work to improve public awareness and understanding of engineering. We are a national academy with a global outlook and use our international partnerships to ensure that the UK benets from international networks, expertise and investment. We have four strategic objectives, each of which provides a key contribution to a strong and vibrant engineering sector and to the health and wealth of society Make the UK the leading nation for Address the engineering engineering innovation skills crisis Supporting the development of successful Meeting the UK’s needs by inspiring a engineering innovation and businesses in the generation of young people from all UK in order to create wealth, employment and backgrounds and equipping them with the benet for the nation. high quality skills they need for a rewarding career in engineering. Position engineering at the heart of society Lead the profession Improving public awareness and recognition Harnessing the expertise, energy and of the crucial role of engineers everywhere. capacity of the profession to provide strategic direction for engineering and collaborate on solutions to engineering grand challenges. Royal Academy of Engineering Incorporated by Royal Charter HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE Senior Fellow HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO QSO Royal Fellow HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO Royal Fellow Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS President Front cover image courtesy of the University of Birmingham c2 Royal Academy of Engineering Contents Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS, President 2 Philip Greenish CBE, Chief Executive 3 Highlights of the year 4 Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation 6 Address the engineering skills crisis 10 Position engineering at the heart of society 14 Lead the profession 19 Greatly enhance the Academy’s delivery capability 22 Trustee board 25 New Fellows 2016 26 Awards 29 View the online version of the Annual Review along with the full Financial Report and Accounts at: www.raeng.org.uk/publications/strategy-and-nance Annual Review 2016/2017 1 Forewords It is the Fellowship, with its broad range of expertise, that gives credibility and authority to our activities. Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS President In June 2016, the Academy celebrated Over the year, two critical and signicant Not surprisingly, a critical issue highlighted in 40 years since our founder Fellows developments in policy called for a profession- both reports is the shortage of people with were brought together for the rst wide response. Following the results of engineering skills. The causes of this are time by HRH Prince Philip The Duke the EU referendum, the Academy led a long running and complex, and the Academy of Edinburgh to create the Fellowship collaborative study that was published in the has identied seven factors that we are name of the 38 organisations that make up of Engineering. Since then, as our addressing in dierent ways under the banner the engineering profession. Together, we Senior Fellow, Prince Philip has given of the Engineering Talent Project. Key among undertook a very broad consultation right these is the need to address the perception of, his time to the Academy tirelessly across the UK that provided the evidence and attitudes towards, engineering careers. and generously and, as he steps back for our report, Engineering a future outside There are many excellent programmes aimed from public duties, we remain deeply the EU, which I handed personally to the at bringing engineering into the classroom grateful for all his encouragement Secretary of State for Exiting the EU. The but these are not having an eect at the scale report, which sets out the issues that are of and support. needed, and the connections with schools concern to the engineering community, has are complicated – the Academy’s UK STEM The 40th anniversary gave us a good been very well received in the profession and Education Landscape study identied that opportunity to take stock, assess our progress across government, and we have had a steady there are over 600 organisations involved in and look ahead to the next phase of our stream of meetings with key ministers and STEM education. So many options can make development. One theme became very ocials to discuss the points that it conveys. it dicult for schools to nd out what is on evident: everything the Academy achieves oer and limits the opportunity to transfer is rooted in the leadership and enthusiastic Later in the year, the government published best practice. To address this, the Royal participation of our Fellows. It is the a Green Paper on industrial strategy, Academy of Engineering and EngineeringUK Fellowship, with its broad range of expertise, another issue of great importance across that gives credibility and authority to our the engineering profession. We again joined are exploring how we might best work activities. Whether helping identify the next forces to respond to the consultation, with together to simplify and streamline our cohort of new Fellows, mentoring budding workshops and a survey with some 1,200 outreach to schools, for example through entrepreneurs, framing our policy advice to individual responses providing the evidence common messaging, a central education government, guiding our communications for our submission. Again, the fact that the portal, and a focus on what teachers and with the public through the media, supporting profession has spoken with a single voice on students want. No one underestimates the our vibrant research programmes, or steering such a signicant topic has been well received challenge that this might present but, if the our schools outreach – Fellows are the core by ministers and we have had a number of engineering profession works collaboratively of everything we do. I am very grateful to our meetings and workshops to follow up on our once again, the increase in impact could have Fellows who so generously give their time. recommendations. be signicant. 2 Royal Academy of Engineering Forewords Our education and skills and research programmes are greatly valued by schools, colleges and universities and continue to attract new support from engineering businesses and other partners. Philip Greenish CBE Chief Executive In her foreword, the President the issues that might constrain the UK’s Prince Philip House and have completed the refers to two important reports ability to compete successfully on a global nal phase of its refurbishment with the to government in what has been stage as we leave the EU. opening of the Taylor Centre. This provides a seminal year for the UK. Both us with a secure, high-quality home for Collaboration underpins all that the the foreseeable future, which is close to were led by the Academy with the Academy does and is integral to the Whitehall, Westminster and many principal support of the larger engineering profession. The Trustee Board has been partner organisations. Fellows have institutions, but presented in actively considering how the Academy can contributed signicantly to this project the name of all 38 bodies in step up to the next level of effectiveness, over the years for which the President and the professional engineering impact and influence across all of the I are most grateful. You will read within this community. Academy’s activities. We have already report of the wide range of work that the made considerable headway in expanding Academy delivers within and from Prince This reflects the growing need for our our global reach through our role in major Philip House. profession to speak with a coherent new international programmes such as the voice if we are to achieve real impact Newton Fund and the Global Challenges The Academy has stepped up to many new with policymakers on matters of Research Fund, all of which are delivered challenges this year while consolidating its strategic importance. This was also a key through partnerships. Our education and position. We look forward to working with recommendation made by John Uff CBE skills and research programmes are greatly our partners to increase the in¤uence and QC FREng in his independent review of UK valued by schools, colleges and universities impact of our profession in the challenging professional engineering, commissioned and continue to attract new support from times to come. early in the year by the three largest engineering businesses and other partners. engineering institutions. Throughout its relatively short life, The Academy has convened the profession the Academy has worked to secure its and provided policy leadership for several permanence. While it is the dierence we years but the events of the last year and make through our activities across the UK our response to them have provided added and beyond that matters, we need a well impetus to place this on a more strategic located and eective base from which we can and systematic footing. This is critical if we plan and deliver our programmes. This year, are to contribute effectively to addressing we have secured a new 125-year lease on Annual Review 2016/2017 3 Highlights
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