DocumentCode
461070
Title
Making It All Work: The Engineering Graduate of the Future, a UK Perspective
Author
Spinks, Nigel ; Silburn, Nick ; Birchall, David W.
Author_Institution
Henley Manage. Coll., Henley-On-Thames
Volume
3
fYear
2006
fDate
8-13 July 2006
Firstpage
1124
Lastpage
1132
Abstract
High skills are today seen as of vital importance to economies, industries, companies and individuals. The engineering industry is no exception and the graduate engineer has a key position in this regard. In the research reported in this paper, the authors use in-depth interviews with industry experts to investigate the provision of undergraduate engineering education in the UK. The current and future skill needs of industry are examined. A typology of future engineering roles and their requisite attributes is proposed. Implications for undergraduate engineering are also discussed
Keywords
engineering education; human resource management; qualifications; socio-economic effects; UK; economies; engineering graduate; engineering industry; in-depth interviews; undergraduate engineering education; Couplings; Drilling; Economic forecasting; Engineering education; Engineering management; Meeting planning; Natural languages; Personnel; Planing; Surgery;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Technology Management for the Global Future, 2006. PICMET 2006
Conference_Location
Istanbul
Print_ISBN
1-890843-14-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.2006.296679
Filename
4077501
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