Nearly half of young people pursuing careers in manufacturing chose this path because of the influence of their school or an employer, with a similar number saying a family member was key to the decision, according to a Made Here Now study. [This article, followed by others in the series, was published in Made Here […]
21st century manufacturing
Writing & lectures
Peter Marsh is a journalist and lecturer specialising in modern manufacturing. In recent years Peter has given talks on this topic in 16 countries including China, South Korea, Italy, the US, Germany, Qatar, Lithuania, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil. His best known book is “The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalization and the End of Mass Production”.Over a long career, Peter has visited some 3,000 factories in 30 countries.
In 2014 Peter started Made Here Now, a website covering innovation in UK manufacturing. The website closed in 2025. Covering subjects away from industry, he has conducted radio interviews on a range of topics with the radio station Soundart Radio and written a series of articles in Totnes Pulse, a Devon online magazine. The main part of Peter’s career was from 1983 to 2013 when worked as a journalist at the Financial Times, most recently as manufacturing editor, while also covering technology and economics.
Peter has a degree in chemistry from the University of Nottingham and went to school in Hove, Sussex. His other books have included The Silicon Chip Book (Abacus), The Robot Age (Abacus) and The Space Business (Penguin).
He started his journalistic career at the Evening Post in Luton, later working at Building Design and New Scientist. He lives in London and Devon.
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Observations
YOUNG MANUFACTURERS: Inspiring teachers and access to companies have “profound impact” on career choices
YOUNG MANUFACTURERS: Teachers inspiring fascination with the world of making things
The factor most likely to propel a young person towards a career in manufacturing or engineering is the influence of a family member. But not far behind come the teachers who inspire fascination with technology, science and the world of making things. [This article was published in Made Here Now on June 29 2021. The […]
YOUNG MANUFACTURERS: UK ‘not doing enough’ to attract young people into industry, say academic leaders
Efforts to attract more young people into manufacturing and engineering continue to fall short of what is needed to arrest skills shortages, say academic specialists, following a Made Here Now study of how people move into these careers. [This article was published in Made Here Now on June 15 2021.] The research examines the career […]
