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More on an engineering front, maybe there are some numbers ion the latest document from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE):

Boost innovation spending to secure jobs and growth, says Academy - Royal Academy of Engineering

http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2015/september/boost-innovation-spending-to-secure-jobs-and-growt

But Wendy probably knows about that.

From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Peers
Sent: 30 September 2015 09:45
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Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] convincing data linking economy to STEM graduates?

Hi Wendy

There is data out there: essentially data from companies saying they cannot progress on projects, deliver services, lose out on global contracts, because they have not got the skills and people.

Search for CBI data; also EngineeringUK summarises some of the economic arguments that come from the PEIs:

http://www.engineeringuk.com/Research/Engineering_UK_Report_2015/

If the engineering (only one part of STEM) were filled, this would result in companies being able to generate a further £27bn a year from 2022.

More to follow, I am sure!

Sarah

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On Wednesday, 30 September 2015, Wendy Sadler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear Scicomm hive mind…

I’ve been doing a fair bit of trawling online but haven’t been able to find any convincing data that an increase in STEM graduates correlates to a better economy for a country?

The best analysis I’ve found is the criticism of the statistical misunderstanding of the data from Prof Peter Coles here:
https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/political-correlation/

Can anyone point me to anything convincing, or is this a reason for STEM recruitment that we all speak about without real evidence?

Thanks
Wendy

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