‘The real stuff’: R&D internships as real-world learning environment for science, engineering and technology students

Attracting more young people into science, engineering and technology (SET) careers is a challenge for many industrialized nations on the way towards the knowledge-based economy. Large-scale studies such as PISA show a severe lack of young people´s interest in science and engineering-related subjects and even less motivation to pursue an SET-related career for many industrialized countries.