Science skills gap is Europe-wide - by David Meyer
The lack of young people taking up scientific careers is a pan-European rather than UK-specific problem, according to a senior Nokia executive. Speaking with ZDNet UK shortly after the announcement of a collaboration between Nokia's research team and Cambridge University ? with an initial focus on nanotechnology ? Dr Tapani Ryhanen said the same story could be told "in Germany or whatever leading EU country".
Last year Intel shut down its own Cambridge labs, which had covered fields from optical systems to wireless networking. Intel's European general manager, Gordon Graylish, subsequently complained that "there's an almost deliberate streaming by the schools out of mathematics and sciences, based on the fact that those are harder subjects" and said the issue should be a major priority for the government.
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