Birmingham City University investing £10m in attempt to plug STEM skills gap
Industry faces a shortfall of 80,000 skilled workers within the next two years, according to Semta
Birmingham City University (BCU) is to invest £10m to add "extra capacity" to teach science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects, in order to tackle a skills shortfall that could have a damaging...
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