The government needs to do more to promote science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects to create future engineering talent, according to Richard Hamer, education director & head of early career programmes at BAE Systems.

Hamer told Recruiter: “Government can help with the future by continuing to prioritise funding for STEM education at school, further education and higher education levels. The recent evidence has shown small improvements in the numbers studying STEM subjects at A level and we hope this will see more people studying engineering at university.”

For more from Richard Hamer, see Recruiter’s engineering sector focus, out next Wednesday (9 June).