An Engine for Change - A Chronicle of the Engineering Council

202A CHRONICLE OF THE ENGINEERING COUNCIL• Promoting, among employers and employees, the benefits of continuing education, trainingand re-training not only in the basic engineering disciplines but, increasingly, in managerialand linguistic skills.• Highlighting engineering careers for women and seeking means to retain and maximisetheir skills and experience beyond any career break, through the Women Into Science andEngineering (WISE) campaign.• Encouraging fresh approaches to educational courses and training programmes withparticular emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects.• Concentrating professional engineering resources and so strengthening their influence, bydeveloping co-operation between institutions.• Encouraging timely and advantageous Institutional mergers.• Stressing the need for a proper balance between efficiency, public safety and the needs ofthe environment when carrying out engineering activities..© Engineering Council UK 2004