China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

The important thing is to learn from mistakes - something graduates are adept at. Our graduate engineers are working on new technology - from uncharted applications for our digital motor, to a new take on the hand dryer. With an unhindered mind, nothing is off limits.

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

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.