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Sir James Dyson backs £50m plan for 'technical universities', warning Britain risks falling behind China and the EU

Sir James Dyson backs £50m plan for 'technical universities', warning Britain risks falling behind China and the EU

More than a million 16-to-24-year-olds are neither studying nor working, yet 250,000 skilled jobs go unfilled. A Policy Exchange report identifies Hartlepool, Grimsby, Barnsley and Blackpool as prime locations for new institutions, which would follow the model of NMITE in Hereford, offering a two-year degree. Lord David Blunkett has added his support alongside Sir James Dyson.

'Britain doesn't produce enough engineers,' Dyson said. Just one in 11 graduates chose the subject.

The share of people questioning whether a degree is worthwhile climbed from 14 per cent in 2005 to 34 per cent.

Andy Burnham has vowed to 'value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap'.

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