There is a fundamental problem for the UK.  Our participation in, and leadership of, technological advances is being limited by a chronic skills shortage in Electronic Engineering. Over a number of years, too few students have been studying Electrical & Electronic Engineering and this means that there are insufficient Electronics graduates to drive forward innovation and progress. This shortage is particularly acute in the sphere of ‘chip’ design and verification, where the situation is compounded be a lack of awareness among students. The UKESF is working with higher education institutions,
industry and schools to tackle this problem.