Delivering this year's Mountbatten Lecture at the Royal Institution, Sir John argued that engineers should recognize the role of the arts in their work－among other benefits; this could attract more people into the profession.The lecture, Full Steam Ahead for Growth, advocated a wider adoption—Stem, or science, technology, engineering, arts and maths.Engineers should embrace the arts as being key to creativity and an important component of innovation(创新), vital to creating new products and boosting future competitiveness, he argued.“Engineering and technology is an increasingly diverse and creative field，” said Sir John.

　　Some university engineering departments already cooperated with art schools to develop understanding, he told the reporter.In particular he mentioned Cranfield University's Centre for Creative Competitive Design and Imperial College's work with the Royal College of Art.The two sets of people could work well together and more emphasis on the creative side of engineering could improve the success of products, he said.

　　“Aesthetics(美学) is part of it，” he told the reporter, adding that Apple's iPod was not the first digital media player, nor the only one that worked－but it came to dominate the market “because it was nice to have”．

　　Sir John said he was not suggesting universities started requiring A­level art from engineering applicants－the key subjects for admission would continue to be maths and the sciences.But an emphasis on creative skills would help “broaden the pool and attract more people in”．

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