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We are ambitious and seek to make the UK the place to be a modern engineer and the place to do successful business.The scope of the Academy’s work is set out here – we look forward to working with you.”Philip Greenish CBE, Chief Executive Royal Academy of Engineering

We passionately believe that engineering is an aspirational career choice for young people and key to addressing the challenges that face people and society, including providing a secure energy supply, resilient infrastructure and building a sustainable rebalanced economy. By working together with our partners and supporters, we can create the climate that will enable the engineering across all sectors to flourish for the benefit of the UK.”Professor Dame Ann Dowling DBE FREng FRS, President Royal Academy of Engineering

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The Royal Academy of Engineering provides leadership and promotes excellence across all fields of engineering, to the benefit of society. The Academy’s activities are shaped, led and delivered by its exceptional Fellowship, which represents the nation’s best practising engineers, innovators and entrepreneurs, often in leading roles across business and academia.Engineering is at the heart of our nation and our future, transforming ideas and materials into global infrastructure, products and services that in turn increase the wealth and health of our economy and society.

Through practical actions, most often with partners, we are:g increasing the quantity and quality of engineering skills in the UKg supporting engineering innovation and entrepreneurshipg bringing real awareness of the value of engineering to society and

the rewards of engineering jobsg advising policymakers on issues with an engineering dimension.

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We can best support sustainable economic growth by investing in research and creating a climate in which research, innovation, entrepreneurship and investment flourish. We are firm in our belief that the UK is a great place from which to do business – but that more can be done. Actions include:g investing alongside industry in leading-edge research with high

growth potential, being undertaken in UK universities

g building productive relationships between industry and universities across the UK

g working to secure a step change in the success of high-potential UK-based entrepreneurial technology businesses

g influencing the conditions needed to produce the very best engineering and engineers that can successfully address major national and global issues

g celebrating engineering achievements.

There are 30 Academy Research Chairs in post, each with the support of an industrial co-sponsor.

Professor Li He’s Research Chair is one of five jointly funded by the Academy and Rolls-Royce and is focused on computational modelling development to better understand and predict aerodynamics and heat transfer in jet engines and other rotating machinery to improve their reliability and efficiency.

Professor He’s research in developing advanced

computational fluid dynamics capabilities for jet engine gas turbine applications and novel methods for analysing blade cooling has led to five new patents with Rolls-Royce.

Mark Jefferies, Head of University Research Liaison at Rolls-Royce says “We are looking to the Academy to help us to develop the research leaders of the future”.

Investing in world-class engineering research

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The engineering sector makes up at least 28% of the UK economy and employs over 5.4 million people.

For every £1 the Academy spends on Research Chairs, industry and other sources provide an additional £11.

Academy-backed researchers collaborated with over 300 companies last year.

The £50,000 MacRobert Award is given every year for the UK’s top engineering innovation that has achieved commercial success and benefited society.

Six Enterprise Fellowship awardees, mentored and supported with £500k, established five spin-out companies and attracted an additional £1.5m in investment in their first year.

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Rolls-Royce civil aero engine at the new Heathrow facility

Dr Andy Harter FREng, CEO of software company RealVNC, winner of the MacRobert Award 2013, the premier prize for UK engineering innovation

Despite recent improvements, only half of 16-year-olds in England achieve the combination at GCSE level of at least a C grade in mathematics and two sciences required for progression in science or engineering and only one in ten continue to study science or mathematics at A level – this is a threat to the future of the UK economy.

The Academy’s Connecting Teachers programme, supported by BG Group, is tackling these problems head-on by working with a network of excellent science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers and helping them work with a significant number

of teachers in other secondary schools. There are more than 330 teachers involved from over 250 schools, all of which are now providing imaginative STEM learning experiences for their pupils, to encourage higher attainment and retention.

Increasing the pipeline of prospective engineers

We are a vocal and determined advocate for the need to plug the engineering skills gap and broaden the talent pool at all levels. We set the agenda for education in UK engineering and technology, providing leadership, policy advice and on the ground action across the UK. Our stakeholders include employers, government, schools, colleges, universities, teachers, lecturers and professional institutions. Actions include:g redeveloping the 14–19 Diploma in Engineering, ICT and Design

and Technology curricula, making them the centre of a 21st century technological curriculum in schools

g conducting robust research and producing high-impact reports that change government education and skills policy

g identifying, inspiring and nurturing talent through multi-year, bespoke activities in schools, colleges and universities

g bringing frontline industrial experience into teaching in colleges and universities

g striving for a diverse engineering profession that reflects the society it serves.

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Around 1.25 million new science and engineering professionals and technicians are needed by 2020, (80% engineers), to maintain the UK’s capabilities and support economic recovery.

Just 13% of engineering undergraduates, 8% of professional engineers and less than 5.5% of engineering apprenticeships are women.

We need a carefully targeted 50% increase in engineering graduates to plug the engineering skills gap.

40 engineering companies and 28 professional engineering bodies are collaborating with the Academy on increasing diversity in engineering.

250+ industrial engineers have been placed into universities as Visiting Professors and Teaching Fellows.

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The Academy develops education resources for schools

Students engaging with Academy engineering exhibits at the Big Bang Fair, the UK’s national science and engineering fair for young people

As the UK’s national academy, we span the whole engineering spectrum and are the natural entry point into the profession for government and others in the UK. Actions include:g providing authoritative, impartial, expert engineering advice that

is highly respected and acted on by government

g developing international networks; increasing knowledge transfer and driving awareness of engineering’s pivotal role in emerging markets

g championing the need for engineering advice and expertise in policymaking

g fostering close working relationships with government, and harnessing the collective strengths of the engineering institutions to provide a unified voice for policy with an engineering dimension

g bringing together the most successful and talented engineers from across all disciplines to work together on issues of national and global importance.

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Government accepted all 10 recommendations of the Academy/Royal Society study into UK shale gas extraction.

Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure – this study generated nearly 3,000 downloads, articles and broadcasts.

Our first international Global Grand Challenges Summit for 450 leading practitioners and policymakers explored mutual challenges and solutions.

36 engineering institutions participate in two policy alliances led by the Academy: Education for Engineering (E4E) and Engineering the Future.

The Academy works closely across government, particularly with the departments of Business, Innovation and Skills; Energy and Climate Change; Education and Transport.

The Academy’s Enterprise Hub takes ‘the best of the best’ early stage companies and provides them with a long-term package of mentoring, training and support to ‘get going’ and to ‘get growing’.

The Hub harnesses the extraordinary expertise, insight and networks of Academy Fellows, who include some of the UK’s most successful technology entrepreneurs and business leaders.

As with all Academy activities, the Fellows give their time

and expertise on a pro bono basis, making the Hub a unique proposition – more than 70 Fellows have pledged over 800 mentoring days a year.

To date the Hub is supported by Fellows, the ERA Foundation and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

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Dr Daniel Elford received an Enterprise Fellowship to develop his noise barrier technology and form a new spin-out company

Bill Gates on video link addressing the Global Grand Challenges Summit audience with moderator, Professor Jim Al-Khalili

Increasing the profile and visibility of engineering in wider society to reach young people’s influencers is just as important as engaging young people directly. The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering aims to do just that.

Backed and funded by industry, this new global £1 million prize recognises world-changing advances in engineering that have made a difference to humanity. The first prize was awarded in June 2013 to the creators of the internet and the World Wide Web.

The announcement reached over 100 million people globally with UK coverage including Sky, Channel 4 and BBC primetime news.

The QEPrize is supported by: BAE Systems; BG Group; BP; GSK; Jaguar Land Rover; National Grid; Shell UK Ltd; Siemens UK; Sony; Tata Consultancy Services; Tata Steel Europe and Toshiba.

Illuminating engineering

We promote and celebrate engineering and its important contribution to the economy and to the nation. We raise the level of debate on engineering and its impact on society. Actions include:g celebrating and rewarding exceptional engineering and engineers

g reaching brand new audiences, changing their perceptions of engineers and raising awareness of the breadth, scope and diversity of engineering

g driving home the critical role and value of engineering

g working with the media to bring engineering to national and global audiences

g providing a national forum for engineering, to engage audiences that matter in the discussion of topics of national and global importance.

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Only 19% of 12-to-16-year- olds say they know what engineers do.

12 prestigious Academy prizes and awards recognise and celebrate great engineering.

Over 60,000 young people and their influencers are reached annually through our school-based projects and funded public engagement activities.

2012/13 media coverage included 1,152 online mentions, 345 print articles, 38 radio and 13 TV broadcasts.

12 high-profile partners, including government, have joined the Academy’s Engineering for Growth campaign to demonstrate the contribution of engineering to our economy and society.

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Early career engineers took part in Academy funded public engagement training at the Cheltenham Science FestivalThe Prime Minister at the launch

of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

one of the UK’s four national academies with a peer-elected fellowship (c. 1500), the vast majority also being members of the professional engineering institutions. The Academy selects and brings together these leading lights from all engineering disciplines, and employs their expertise and profile for the benefit of society and UK plc.

fellows are supported by some 60 staff based in central london in Prince Philip House. This forum for engineering is a high-quality venue used by the Academy and others for many activities which raise the profile of engineering and support current and prospective engineers.

leadership is provided by: Academy council and committees Senior fellow – HRH Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh Royal fellow – HRH Princess Anne, the Princess Royal President – Professor dame Ann dowling dBE fREng, fRS chief Executive – Philip greenish cBE

close working relationships have been formed with a wide range of companies and other organisations that recognise the mutual value of supporting, informing and taking part in our work.

The Academy is highly experienced at working in partnership and in using its extensive networks to achieve leverage and greater impact for supporters and beneficiaries alike.

opportunities are always available for charitable giving, sponsorship and in-kind participation.

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• Grants £7.9m

• Contracts £3.9m

• Gifts and donations £10.8m

• Investment income £1.1m

• Other income £1.3m

*In addition, £31.2m of third party income is attracted to Academy programmes and paid directly to the related projects.

funding is sourced from government, global industry, trusts and individuals. Consolidated income in year ending March 2013

Total = £25.0m*

Participants at the launch of the Academy’s Africa engineering capacity-building programme

Prince Philip House, the Academy’s home on Carlton House Terrace, London


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1 Apprentices from Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard who helped build the sinuous bridge entrance to Prince Philip House

2 The Senior Fellow with students from Lambeth College of Further Education at the opening and naming of Prince Philip House

3 Students from East Barnet School presenting their VEX Robot at our 2013 Teacher Coordinator celebration event

4 A car lent by McLaren for our Innovation in Automotive event5 A student involved in our Engineering Engagement Project which includes access to practising engineers6 Students testing our teaching resource which explores the STEM involved in the development of

equipment for disabled athletes7 Jennifer Leggett with her winning trophy design for the QEPrize for Engineering8 Testing innovative engineering at the QEPrize celebrations

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Royal Academy of EngineeringPrince Philip House3 Carlton House TerraceLondon SW1Y 5DGTel: +44 (0)20 7766 0600www.raeng.org.ukRegistered charity number 293074

As the UK’s national academy for engineering, we bring together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering.

We provide analysis and policy support to promote the UK’s role as a great place from which to do business.

We take a lead on engineering education and we invest in the UK’s world class research base to underpin innovation. We work to improve public awareness and understanding of engineering. We are a national Academy with a global outlook.

The Academy’s work programmes for 2016 to 2020 are driven by four strategic challenges:

Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation

Address the engineering skills crisis

Position engineering at the heart of society

Lead the profession

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