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Dyson tech institute awards engineering degrees, pays a salary, guarantees a job – any takers here?

The Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology Roundhouse, where students socialise and relax over a drink at the bar or cafe. PHOTO: WILKINSON EYRE
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SINGAPORE - It is an often-told story that not enough bright young people are willing to become engineers and scientists. 

True to form, British inventor and billionaire entrepreneur James Dyson is tackling the problem head-on in a way that no one has tried before.

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