The government's white paper on expanding nuclear energy is generating power for the higher education sector.

"...there is widespread concern about how the UK will be able to meet the skills needs involved with building new nuclear power stations.

'In the short term, we have to face the fact that we just won't be able to train people in time and we will have to look overseas to get this expertise,'..."

Read the full article at http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,2241673,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=8 .

Note: But the new National Skills Academy Nuclear  - the skills and training body recently created to meet the British nuclear industry's needs - has chosen the universities of Central Lancashire and Portsmouth to provide "up-skilling" foundation degrees for school leavers, new entrants and individuals retraining. Go to http://www.nuclear.nsacademy.co.uk/ to find out more.