Universities falling short on STEM, say employers

By Jack Grove. Universities are not producing enough science graduates to meet the needs of the UK economy, business leaders have claimed. Six in ten employers of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) graduates think there is a skills gap in the UK that will take more than 10 years to close, according to a YouGov poll of 300 senior managers at UK companies.
Some 83 per cent of businesses say the skills gap needs to be bridged in order for the UK to be competitive in the world economy, according to the research commissioned by Cambridge-based software firm MathWorks. More...