The system is still hampered by much historical baggage, not least of which is the dichotomy between university courses and employment based or apprenticeship training, a dichotomy still attended by ill-informed prejudice and snobbery, despite many of the most influential members of the profession having qualified by the latter route. It needs to be recognised that engineering requires a combination of theoretical knowledge and its practical application, coupled with many other skills.
Not forgetting, the public perception that an Engineer is the guy with a toolbox who turns up to service your boiler, or install a phone line or fix the lift.
The system is still hampered by much historical baggage, not least of which is the dichotomy between university courses and employment based or apprenticeship training, a dichotomy still attended by ill-informed prejudice and snobbery, despite many of the most influential members of the profession having qualified by the latter route. It needs to be recognised that engineering requires a combination of theoretical knowledge and its practical application, coupled with many other skills.
Not forgetting, the public perception that an Engineer is the guy with a toolbox who turns up to service your boiler, or install a phone line or fix the lift.
