According to research conducted by Cook Medical among more than 500 students at this year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition, only one-fifth of students surveyed study engineering at secondary school level.

The research also found that a lack of access to engineering as a subject choice is the main reason that students don’t study the subject (48%), increasing to more than 51% for female students.

These stats have been released as part of Engineer’s Week 2020, where Paul Clancy and Patrick Denning, Engineers from global medtech company Cook Medical, visited Monaleen National School to educate and excite students about pursuing a career in engineering.