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"Having a strategy allows governments to make timely, well-signalled, course corrections in markets rather than situations building up to a point at which there is a dramatic shift or U-turn"

IET sets out priorities for the industrial strategy ahead of Autumn Statement

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"Any airport expansion cannot be considered in isolation"

Think about technology innovation and wider transport infrastructure, urges Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

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"The UK’s technical education system is overly complex and this report not only highlights this, but also offers valuable insight into how to reform it."

Reform to overly complex technical education system will tackle engineering skills gap head on

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"Never in my lifetime has there been an issue that so emphatically requires strategic collaboration across the engineering profession"

The engineering profession unites to provide advice to government for EU negotiations

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"We are calling for the Government to reconsider the EBacc to ensure its introduction doesn’t result in a decline in the number of engineers in the UK"

EBacc reforms will damage engineering

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"There are a series of trials taking place around the world where driverless cars have covered millions of miles without major incident"

Driverless vehicle crash won’t stop increased autonomy in our vehicles

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"Shale gas has some potential to increase energy security, but will only bring climate change benefits if it is used instead of coal"

IET fracking comment

Chair of the IET Energy Policy Panel says North Yorkshire fracking decision will see fresh debate on shale gas extraction

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Government’s transport apprenticeship drive must focus on quality not quantity

The Government’s new transport skills strategy, which sets out how it will create 30,000 apprenticeships in the road and rail sector by 2020, must focus on quality and not just be a numbers game, warns the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

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