Semta, the Sector Skills Council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies, in its UK Science Industries (Bioscience) Report has projected a net requirement of 50,000 people to cover employment growth and retirement within this sector in the UK.
Current sting in the tale: The report also found that 31% of graduates, postgraduates and doctorates hired in the last 12 months were recruited from overseas. To read the full report see: http://bit.ly/dS3TRJ
For further commentary about overseas competition for graduate jobs in the UK see my blog on 21 June and the following report - Brown, P., Ashton, D., Lauder, H (2010) Skills are not enough: the globallisation of knowledge and the future UK economy, PRAXIS No4, March 2010, UKCES (UK Commission for Employment and Skills.http://bit.ly/bH7EyX
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