School-industry links - 'must try harder'

摘要

"UK manufacturing faces such a ferocious onslaught from foreign competition that only the brightest and best companies have the skills it needs to survive and thrive. Only they are capable of developing the wealth-creating products it needs to sell, of seeing and nurturing the high value services those products can support and of managing the enterprises that successfully deliver those products and services. And the only way to develop and encourage high calibre young people like Neil Butler (see page 16 of this issue) is to catch them early, firing their imagination by visiting them at school. But too many companies treat the issue lightly, failing to push the benefits to youngsters of working in the manufacturing sector with the seriousness and commitment it deserve.