I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree.

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.

Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.

People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.

Fear is always a good motivator.

When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.