05 November 2015
A poll carried out by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers of a cross-section of a 1,000 members of the UK public said that they would prefer a young person to become an engineer rather than a doctor, accountant or banker. Of the four professions, 86% of the public said they would encourage a young person into engineering, closely followed by a doctor at 80%. The poll was released ahead of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2015.
Read more here: http://www.imeche.org/news/engineering/majority-of-uk-public-would-encourage-young-people-into-engineering