GOVT SUPPORT FOR MORE UK AEROSPACE ENGINEERS

22 Feb 2013

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A new scheme sponsored by the UK govt and leading aviation companies is to promote careers in aerospace engineering.

The £6 million scheme will support 500 new graduates and employees as they study Masters (MSc) level degrees in aerospace engineering.

The goal is to encourage talented people who would like to build a career in aerospace. It will support both current aerospace employees who are already qualified to graduate level and BSc students currently studying at university. The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Aeronautical Society will allocate the bursaries.

Marcus Bryson, Chief Executive of GKN Aerospace, said, “This is a scheme UK industry and Government have been absolutely determined to introduce. It joins a number of initiatives now underway that, in various ways, address the serious engineering skills gap we face in this country. This bursary scheme will offer genuine financial support to individuals, extending the pool of people who are able to continue their engineering studies and who then move in to the industry.

“In the UK we can be proud of a world-leading aerospace sector that is second only in scale to the United States. Aerospace is a market predicted to grow significantly in the coming decades but there is increasing global competition - including from some new quarters. If we are to maintain and grow our market share then we must develop a new generation of engineers with the critical skills and the innovative thinking to help us compete and win new business.”

UK companies sponsoring the scheme are: BAE Systems, Bombardier Aerospace Belfast, EADS/Airbus, Finmeccanica UK, GKN, MBDA Missile Systems, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, Rolls-Royce and Spirit AeroSystems.

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