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EngineeringUK launches EUK Education to inspire STEM careers
EUK Education – a new brand fromEngineeringUK– has launched tooffer the teaching and careers community support and resources to inspire more young people to get intoSTEMand the many diverse career paths available.
New research highlights higher interest in tech careers amongst SEND students
Research by EngineeringUK and The Royal Society, published during National Careers Week (3-8thMarch), has found young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a higher interest in technology careers than non-SEND pupils.
The Big Bang Fair open for registration
The UK’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM)for young people – the popular Big Bang Fair – is returning this summer and registration is now open.
47,000 youths to benefit from Big Bang at School blueprint
EngineeringUK is partnering with The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust (RAFCT) to expand the reach of its Big Bang at School Blueprint programme, where secondary schools can host their own exciting science and engineering days.
Energy Quest with the Volvo For Life Fund
EngineeringUK is partnering with Volvo Cars to expand the reach of its Energy Quest schools programme to help get young people ‘thinking like engineers.’
19.2% of the UK employed in engineering and technology
A UK workforce report by EngineeringUK has been published and reveals around a fifth (19.2%) of the UK workforce (both employed and self-employed) were working in an engineering and technology occupation in 2023.
Tomorrow’s Engineers Week inspiring young people into engineering
Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2024, hosted by EngineeringUK, is set to spark a nationwide wave of enthusiasm among young people aged 11 to 14 with acelebration of engineering and technology careers.
More needed to improve STEM career guidance in schools
Hundreds of thousands more people need to pursueSTEM careersin the coming years if the UK is to meet its net zero targets and achieve sustainable growth.
UK young engineer and young technologists of year announced
An inspiring student hasbeaten hundreds to clinch the coveted title of UK Young Engineer of the Year in this year’s Big Bang Competition and a group of teens from Liverpool have been crowned as the first UK Young Technologists of the Year.
Worrying spike in women leaving engineering
Data on the engineering and technology workforce revealed that the proportion of women working in engineering and technology roles had declined in the past year from 16.5% to 15.7%. This decline was concentrated among women aged 35 to 44.