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The biggest ever investment in training the scientists and engineers Britain needs for its future was announced today (5 December 2008) by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council – the UK funding body for science and engineering.
Minister of State for Science and Innovation, Lord Drayson, announced the £250 million initiative which will create 44 training centres across the UK and generate over 2000 PhD students. They will tackle some of the biggest problems currently facing Britain such as climate change, energy, our ageing population, and high-tech crime.