Want to build a robot or a plane? Study mechanical engineering

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We make things move,” says Dr Helen Meese, head of healthcare at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. “We think that people will be better placed for the workplace that way,” says Professor David Towers, head of mechanical engineering at the University of Warwick. “We’re trying to educate people to go on to the professional level of engineering and that means we need to put students on the route to become chartered,” says Professor Towers.