Off topic23 Nov 2025 10:24
i’ve just watched an outstanding behind-the-scenes video from rr’s engine facility—and it’s nothing short of electrifying. real engineers, sleeves rolled up, explaining how they’re reinventing trent engines so they can survive sandstorms. it’s proof that britain’s genius for engineering and breakthrough tech is alive and kicking.
but here’s the problem: while our engineering giants keep innovating, too many universities are churning out degrees that lead nowhere. whole departments obsessed with ideology instead of industry, enterprise, and employability. aside from powerhouses like imperial, much of the sector needs serious defunding, accountability, and a reality check about job prospects.
i spoke recently with a 26-year-old who ditched a three-year computer science degree after just three months—because the content could have been delivered in a single year. james dyson saw this coming years ago, which is why the dyson institute is booming.
so what’s the real solution?
britain’s engineering titans—rr, bab****, bae systems and more—should join forces to build a world-class engineering university on the scale of mit. a flagship institution attracting global talent, world-leading lecturers, and spinning out high-impact products. a harvard of engineering and tech—a statement to the world that the uk is serious about reclaiming its position as a powerhouse of innovation.
such a university wouldn’t just educate; it would energise the entire sector, pull investment into the uk, and mark the rebirth of british engineering and technology excellence.
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