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Parliamentary praise for Power Academy
Bill Olner MP, Chairman of the Associate Parliamentary Engineering Group, has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) congratulating all those involved in joining forces to create The Power Academy.
Bill Olner MP, Chairman of the Associate Parliamentary Engineering Group (APEG), has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) congratulating all those involved in joining forces to create The Power Academy The IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers), the UK's electricity networking companies and three leading engineering universities have launched the academy, which is backed by the Government, and is an attempt to reverse the decline in students opting for degree courses in "power engineering" disciplines
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Olner said: "We all rely on the skill and expertise of engineers to keep the country's electricity networks running".
"We need to be confident that enough younger people are entering the profession to replace those approaching retirement".
"This initiative is most welcome and deserves Parliament's backing, which is why I have tabled a motion which I hope will attract wide cross party support".
The motion reads: "That this House congratulates the IEE, the UK's electricity networking companies and the Universities of Strathclyde, Southampton and Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), for joining forces to create The Power Academy; notes with concern that a significant number of the industry's most experienced and senior engineers, who keep the country's electricity networks running, will retire within the next 5-10 years, creating a potentially serious skills deficit; wishes to support The Power Academy which, in its first year, will recruit around 40 undergraduates, rising up to 60 students in a year's time, who will be sponsored throughout their course by the academy, including the payment of tuition fees, a GBP 2000 bursary, GBP 250 to spend on course materials, an IEE membership and a summer school in core business and management skills designed to enhance students' career prospects, and thanks all those involved in this initiative for taking positive steps to encourage young people to study engineering". Request free introductory details about products from Institution of Engineering and Technology ...
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