Profession ‘must engineer enthusiam’

20 September 2007
 
Two out of three young people know little about engineering, according to the first-ever nationwide survey into public attitudes towards the profession.

The report, by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Engineering and Technology Board, also revealed that almost three-quarters don’t understand what engineers actually do.

‘This is the first real data we have ever gathered of public attitudes to engineering, and it’s given us a very clear message that we need to do more to demonstrate our role in society,’ said Dr Scott Steedman, vice president of The Royal Academy of Engineering.

‘If the Government is to achieve its vision of a knowledge economy, it’s vital that we enthuse young people. We need to be more joined-up across the profession, our campaigns must be much more visible, and we personally should be more outspoken about the value we bring and the contribution we make, both to improving people’s lives and to the economy.’

Worryingly, younger people gave engineers the lowest score for their participation on resolving major world issues, such as climate change. And despite 16 to 25-year-olds being more likely to know specifically what ‘civil’ engineering involved, awareness was not universal, with certain participants suggesting they had not heard of civil engineering and assumed it must be related to the civil service.

Positive attitudes towards engineering were based on a belief that engineers were responsible for providing many of the things people rely on in their everyday lives, such as transport, electricity and buildings.

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