UK To Benefit From £250 Million To Create New Wave Of Scientists And Engineers

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Article Date: 08 Dec 2008 - 1:00 PDT

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Its biggest ever investment in training the scientists and engineers Britain needs for the future was announced 5th December 2008 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Science minister Lord Drayson will announce a £250million initiative which will create 40 new training centres across the UK and generate over 2000 PhD students. The new centres will tackle some of the biggest problems currently facing Britain such as climate change, the energy crisis, our ageing population, crime and terrorism, and more. These new EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training represent a brand new approach to training scientists and engineers, focussing on the key challenges facing society and also equipping them with the business skills they need to turn pioneering ideas into products and services, boosting their impact on the UK's economy.

At a media briefing Lord Drayson was joined by students from some of the pilot centres for this scheme and members of the academic and business communities.

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Source: Press Office
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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