"Academics up and down the country pore over these results to see how they are performing and how what they are offering can be improved, " Mr Rammell had said about the survey.

BBC: University staff faking survey

The net migration target was designed to usher in a more efficient, fairer system but the government had to be honest with the public about "what it meant and how it can be improved".

BBC: UK Politics

There was some discussion on what can be done about this, in the context of improved engineering education, training and capacity building and the promotion of the public understanding of engineering.

UNESCO: Basic Sciences