Dyson Announces School to Promote Engineering

BBC News, 10 Jul 2006 British inventor and entrepreneur James Dyson has announced plans to start a new school for students between the ages of 14 and 18 to promote the study of engineering. According to Dyson, British schools do not provide sufficient instruction in engineering to students who want to study it. As a result, he said, the country stands to lose out to nations including China and India in science and engineering. The Dyson School of Design Innovation in Bath would cost an estimated 22 million pounds, of which half would come from the Dyson Foundation and half from the British government. The school would also enjoy the support of several leading engineering firms -- Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Williams Racing, a Formula One team. Engineers from these companies would visit the school and speak to students, who would in turn be allowed to visit the companies' offices. Read more