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| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Description | Journal: Physics World The importance of physics to the UK economy has increased significantly over the past 10 years, according to a report published by the Institute of Physics last month. The report shows that the total number of companies in physics-based industries (PBI) increased by 165% between 1989 and 2000. However, investment in these companies is not keeping pace with other manufacturing sectors and there is "overwhelming evidence" of an increasing shortfall of trained physicists to meet the demands of industry, especially as about half of all new physics graduates find jobs outside the so-called traditional PBI sector. The challenges identified by the report are familiar: the low levels of investment in PBI companies; the "indiscriminate shunning" of technology companies by the investment community since 2000; the low rate of commercialization of academic physics research; the shortage of physics graduates; and the poor image of science- and engineering-based industry. |
| Related Links | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/16/4/21/pdf |
| Ending Page | 13 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Starting Page | 13 |
| ISSN | 09538585 |
| e-ISSN | 20587058 |
| DOI | 10.1088/2058-7058/16/4/21 |
| Journal | Physics World |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Publisher Date | 2003-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Physics World History and Philosophy of Science Physics Graduates Based Industries Trained Physicists |
| Content Type | Text |
| Subject | Physics and Astronomy |
