Proponents argue that such projects will greatly benefit materials science and engineering as a whole, by sustaining a workforce with varied skills, experience, and interests.
After all, only by nurturing a workforce with the right skillset will the public and private sectors be able to push ahead with such ambitious transformation programmes.
My advocacy, up to now, has focused on providing a vehicle for business to have a greater voice in driving college course offerings and degree programs in order to arm a workforce with the skills required by the employers.
The question is whether the growth in retirees as the baby boomers age can be met by a smaller workforce with a low participation rate in the labor pool.
Human workers are being replaced by a digital workforce with the unstoppable development of artificial intelligence.
"Health and safety issues, such as bacterial infection, cross contamination excessive line speeds and exploitation, such as low wages, all create a climate that strongly mitigates against best practice," says Singh, who added that the problems were compounded by a largely migrant workforce with poor training and language difficulties.
This is compounded by a variably qualified workforce with inconsistent access to clinician support, different regulatory approaches for long-term care providers, and differing systems of service delivery, coverage and reimbursement [ 13].
Last October, 11 years after El Condor Pasa ran the mighty Montjeu so close in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, his trainer and jockey lost out by just a head to Workforce with a 26-1 shot, Nakayama Festa, in the same race.
He stressed that the demands of the economy meant that 2.5m more employees with degrees or higher degrees would be needed by businesses along with a wider workforce with higher skills and more qualifications.
