For too long our education system has has been churning out semi-educated 'media studies' and arts graduates, while 'productive' subjects such as engineering and the sciences have been given the cold shoulder. Now the chickens are coming home to roost.
As a country (read 'government') we have been totally naive and short-sighted in the interests of short-term gain and national prestige in a world full of countries wishing to emulate our past successes.
We give away our secrets and our skills. We train up people from competitors and licence products to overseas manufacturers (once we've trained them up
).
We permit foreign investors to buy up our manufacturing base while ignoring or not taking seriously enough the training of the young or the proper utilisation of those with existing skills (ie the many thousands of older workers on the dole).
The UK is a nation of polite gentlemanly fools in a world of cunning sharks.
Originally Posted by grahamw48
For too long our education system has has been churning out semi-educated 'media studies' and arts graduates, while 'productive' subjects such as engineering and the sciences have been given the cold shoulder. Now the chickens are coming home to roost.
