In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having something that's unusual and better.

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.

Reality TV is anything but.

Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are.

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.

I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from my 20s and onwards we've had to use fans. And I've always loathed them. Everything about them. The way you adjust them, getting them at the angle you want. Carrying them. Cleaning them. The danger of putting your finger in them.