Another 19 Centres for Doctoral Training announced

According to Willetts, pictured right: "The government will be investing in a further 900 students through an additional 19 CDTs, bringing our total investment in CDTs to £390million. "In addition, universities, industry and other charitable partners will be adding a further £124m to support the training of tomorrow's scientists and engineers. The combined public and private investment amounts to £764m." Professor David Delpy, EPSRC chief executive, added: "The support of the academic and industrial communities has been tremendous and we would not have been able to fund these new centres without their cooperation. These new CDTs will provide training and advances in research in many areas of science and engineering including quantum technologies, manufacturing, robotics, energy and sustainability and brings the total number of Centres funded in this round to 91. Included in the latest announcement are a CDT for plastic electronics at Imperial College, a CDT for delivering quantum technologies at University College London, and a CDT at the University of Surrey focused on micro and nanomaterials and technologies.