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Electrical
From here:
"A top engineering scholarship is struggling to attract applicants in the latest example of the severe difficulties faced by industry in its attempts to reduce skill shortages.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has extended until the end of next month the deadline to apply for 10 Whitworth Scholar awards, worth £3,500 a year, to cover the cost of studying for a degree-level engineering course.
Applications for the scholarships had been due to close today but this was extended after only 10 people applied. This compares with about 120 applicants in the mid 1990s."
Are things really this bad in the UK, or is this just an obscure set of scholarships which nobody knew about?
What caused the huge drop in applicants over the past decade?
Is it lack of jobs, low pay, low prestige, competition from cheaper foreign workers, or something else?
Britain was the workshop of the world in the 19th century. America held that title for most of the 20th century.
I'm an American and I'm wondering if the US is next in line for deindustrialization.
"A top engineering scholarship is struggling to attract applicants in the latest example of the severe difficulties faced by industry in its attempts to reduce skill shortages.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has extended until the end of next month the deadline to apply for 10 Whitworth Scholar awards, worth £3,500 a year, to cover the cost of studying for a degree-level engineering course.
Applications for the scholarships had been due to close today but this was extended after only 10 people applied. This compares with about 120 applicants in the mid 1990s."
Are things really this bad in the UK, or is this just an obscure set of scholarships which nobody knew about?
What caused the huge drop in applicants over the past decade?
Is it lack of jobs, low pay, low prestige, competition from cheaper foreign workers, or something else?
Britain was the workshop of the world in the 19th century. America held that title for most of the 20th century.
I'm an American and I'm wondering if the US is next in line for deindustrialization.