Make an Impact
Engineers make a huge impact by finding solutions to the issues we face as a society.
Why study engineering?
Engineering is at the heart of mankind's greatest innovations.
It connects us globally, transports us across cities and oceans, prolongs our lifespan, improves our healthcare, increases our productivity and performance and improves our understanding of the world. It's the phones we carry around, the cameras behind the pictures we take, the cars we drive, the trains we get onto daily, the bridges we walk across, the trainers and perfumes we wear, the buildings we live in, the software we use. Engineering is everywhere.
We are on the cusp of a technological revolution, which is changing the way we work, live and interact with each other. The things our society needs and how they need to be made is changing, requiring an even greater number of engineers. This increasing need for engineers in today's ever-changing world has resulted in an annual shortfall of over 50,000 engineers in the UK*.
*(IET Skills Survey 2019)
Tackle Global Problems
Engineers tackle global problems such as poverty, climate change, disease, overpopulation of cities and water sanitation.
Advance Humankind
Engineers move humanity forward by creating innovations that improve the way we live, work and connect.
Careers in Engineering
There are many career paths in engineering – robotics, designing smarter cities, improving special effects for movies, inventing new types of food, creating new scents, designing advanced sporting equipment, creating artificial body parts, improving renewable energy technologies or developing the use and capability of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
TEDI-London will support students in discovering and developing skills in the type of engineering that best fits them.
Qualities and Skills of an Engineer
TEDI-London's aim is to develop professional engineers who are equipped with skills for the future job market. The core skills gained while training and working in engineering set engineers up for an incredible horizon of career experiences and opportunities.
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Curiosity, Creativity and Innovation
Engineers make things, both by updating existing technologies and inventing new ones. This requires a curiosity for how things work, creative thinking around problems and issues, and innovation in doing things better, or differently,
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Complex Problem Solving
Engineers develop excellent problem-solving skills through a continuous process of identifying, understanding and designing solutions to improve how we live.
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Social Awareness and Collaboration
In order to design and make products and solutions that people will use and interact with, engineers need to be able to collaborate across multiple disciplines and cultures.
“TEDI-London is a really exciting new proposition for the engineering sector. The hands-on, project-based approach to learning in partnership with industry, coupled with a focus on developing graduates equipped with the skills to solve 21st Century challenges has the potential for really powerful impact. We were delighted to host their inaugural and hugely successful summer school at Canada Water last year and look forward to continuing our partnership.”
For future engineers
