• Question: what would you like to add to the school curriculum to promote more engineers

    Asked by nine022gas to Tom, Sanjeev, Orla, Fiona, Eimear, Cillian on 2 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Fiona Malone

      Fiona Malone answered on 2 Mar 2020:

      Software and coding for sure!! There are so many jobs right now that we cannot fill because we don’t have enough engineers for the jobs!

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      Eimear O'Hara answered on 2 Mar 2020:

      Definitely more coding, and ideally offering Engineering as a subject in all schools. It’s the reason I became an engineer!

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      Tom Hodgkinson answered on 2 Mar 2020:

      I would give a lot more information on all the different types of engineers, the different disciplines where engineers are needed and the diverse problems they help to solve.

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      Orla McGee answered on 2 Mar 2020:

      I studied physics, maths and applied maths and felt I was really prepared when I started engineering in college. I do think coding should have more of a focus but I think that has changed already since I was in school.
      I do think it is very important to have engineers visit schools and talk to pupils if teachers get in contact with colleges they will only happily send out speakers. I didn’t know much about engineering and what was involved when I was in school and I think all the different types can be confusing so having invited speakers can really help.

    • Photo: Cillian Thompson

      Cillian Thompson answered on 5 Mar 2020:

      I think some sort of programming should be added because the world is moving more and more towards needing to be able to code to make something work! But even more design classes would be good or some sort of 3D printing!

    • Photo: Sanjeev Kumar

      Sanjeev Kumar answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      If possible, I would like to add more science (especially physics) related hands-on experiments to the curriculum. I believe that the students would really enjoy these activities. In some way, this will be fun, but at the same time, more students will attract towards engineering.

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