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Dyson launches skills centre in Singapore
15th February 2017
James Dyson has announced that he's opening a $400m research centre in Singapore, in part because of a lack of UK-based engineers. If he's correct, this has worrying implications for our supply-side and thus potential growth.
Dyson opens new Singapore tech center with focus on R&D in AI and software https://t.co/pAJONN8IZo by @etherington pic.twitter.com/Scl6GKHtYv
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 13, 2017
In Singapore 40% of grads are engineers. In England it's 4%. What happened to our great engineering heritage? https://t.co/1giMUgV1GD
— Alan Woodward (@ProfWoodward) February 15, 2017
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