Engineering Cultures

British model
1. Public Schools
  1. focus on classical literature
  2. Lack of technical training
    1. Finniston Report
      1. need for improved standards for engineers
      2. Better accreditation and licensing
      3. More government led incentives
      4. More theoretical education
      5. Diversification of education, goal to produce more well rounded engineers
      6. Leads to Engineering Technical Standard, 2003
    2. Samuelson Committee
      1. "relationship between industrial decline and lack of adequate technical education"
  3. Accessible to wealthy only
  4. Class division Rich vs Poor
2. apprenticeships
  1. more hands on, lack of respect due to "look" of manual labor
  2. Specialized in one field, very early on
French model
1. Pre-French Revolution 1789
  1. Ancien regime
    1. clergy
    2. nobelmen
    3. third etat
  2. Corps des Pointes et Chausses 1716
    1. Ecole Polytechnique
      1. Grand Ecoles
        Limited access to poor and foreigners
        Technical methods, pure mathematics
        Ecole Centrales des Artes et Manufactures
        Even higher tuitions
        more industrial orientation
        entrance exams less strict
        second tier
        Ecoles d"Arts et Metiers
        third tier
        artisans, mechanics, supply of mechanical engineers
        not recognized as engineers until twentieth century
        Three tiers create class structure within fields
2. Technocracy
  1. Big ideas more acceptable to public (Nuclear power in France)
3. Less emphasis on sciences, labs

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