🎉 Neon is 5! Neon has helped more than 1,600 teachers bring #STEM to life with inspiring, quality-assured activities. Huge thanks to our partners and educators! Here's to deepening impact https://www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/news-articles/happy-birthday-neon/ #STEMeducation #TeachersMatter

Our Head of EDI will speak at #WISE2025 tomorrow! She'll focus on our gender pathways work, and our collaborations to build change so more girls enter STEM🔗Read more https://www.engineeringuk.com/driving-change/growing-the-future-workforce/gender-pathways-into-engineering-and-technology/

The #BigBangCompetition is open! Young people aged 11 to 18 can enter the UK’s top science & engineering contest to build #STEM skills and get feedback from professionals. Know a budding innovator? Spread the word! Enter by 4 March 26 thebigbang.org.uk/the-big-bang-competition/ @eukeducation.org.uk#BigBangCompetition

Worked on something that didn’t go to plan? Dared to discover the unexpected? Tomorrow’s Engineers Week is calling for stories to show young people it’s OK to take risks. Interested? https://www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/news-articles/tomorrows-engineers-week-2025-call-for-stories/ #TEWeek25

Strong business-college partnerships build a thriving #FutureWorkforce. Kendal College & Like Technologies show how #SMEs host #TLevel students. Read more https://www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/blog-articles/inspiring-smes-to-take-on-t-level-students/ Thanks to Gayle & Kate #collaboration

We’re proud to support @edgeuk.bsky.social’s #ApprenticeshipsWork campaign to boost opportunities for young people in small businesses. SMEs need a simpler, fairer system. https://www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/news-articles/new-campaign-to-unlock-apprenticeships-in-small-businesses/

We are joining organisations across the country to celebrate National Inclusion Week 2025. #OurFutureWorkforce2025 https://www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/news-articles/celebrating-national-inclusion-week/

Launching today! We partnered with @mediaplanetukie.bsky.social for the #OurFutureWorkforce2025 campaign – aiming to educate on how we can prepare the next generation of talent to meet the evolving skills demands. Visit https://bit.ly/3Vg3pwR or find a copy inside today's @theguardian.com#OurFutureWorkforce2025

#NationalInclusionWeek 2025 is here! The theme #NowIsTheTime is a call to act now for a more inclusive future in engineering & tech. Explore the data: https://bit.ly/46npajl Let’s celebrate progress while pushing forward #NationalInclusionWeek

In the first of a new series of bi-monthly policy round-ups, EngineeringUK Public Affairs Officer James Gordon blogs about what our policy and public affairs team have been up to recently. https://www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/blog-articles/policy-and-public-affairs-round-up-september-2025/

The theme for the 13th #TEWeek25 will be Dare to discover, showing young people that trial and error is at the heart of engineering and technology and something they can learn to lean into. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

We attended the T Levels APPG chaired by Sam Rushworth MP this week. We heard from grads, the Gatsby Foundation, and #SME Ajar Technology who shared experiences working with 19 T Level placements. Read our #TLevel 2025 results analysis. Work to do around uptake from girls https://bit.ly/4njT4fi

Following the launch of foundation apprenticeships in England, we have published a new report 📌 Pathways to success: shaping foundation apprenticeships in engineering and technology. 👉 Read the full report here: www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

The theme for #TEWeek25 has been announced as Dare to discover, showing young people that you don’t have to get it right the first time. Find out more www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

A new report, published today by the @instituteofphysics.bsky.social‬, calls for action on the dire shortage of around 3,500 specialist physics teachers in England. https://www.iop.org/about/publications/physics-teacher-shortage-and-addressing-it-through-3rs

Could T Level industry placements help future-proof your business? 👉 Swipe and see how electronics engineering firm R&B Switchgear Group successfully used T Level industry placements as a means to recruit 5 new staff members AND boost productivity. https://employers.tlevels.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

Pleased to see the #Engineers2030 video from @raeng.org.uk. It’s the product of extensive consultation & an important step in shaping how we'll all embark on equipping UK engineers with the skills needed for the future. Find out more: nepc.raeng.org.uk/engineers-2030 www.youtube.com/shorts/XqRkd...

Do you know a young innovator? The Engineer magazine’s 2025 Collaborate to Innovate awards #C2IAwards is on the look-out for the UK’s most inspiring young engineers and school engineering projects. Find out more here awards.theengineer.co.uk and share with your networks!

📢Calling all small business owners! ‪@fsb-uk.bsky.social need YOUR views on the future of skills, whether it’s apprenticeships, in-work training or engaging with schools. Your insights will help shape key policy recommendations. Take the 10 minute survey now 🔗 www.unbrandedfsbbigvoice.uk/c/r/Skills

It's International Women in Engineering Day! Women make up just 16.9% of the engineering & tech workforce. We surveyed women engineers. Read the findings, including the importance of networks, and their thoughts on how to inspire the next gen www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/... #INWED25

We respond to the Spending Review speech made earlier today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

As part of the #FutureofManufacturing2025 campaign Our Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Beatrice Barleon, argues that closer cross-collaboration and smarter hiring processes will help garner more and new talent into manufacturing. Read more: www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

Share with your networks! Secondary schools which meet our priority schools criteria can apply for £650 bursaries to put towards Neon activities or to run a Big Bang at School. They can find out more and apply here: eukeducation.org.uk/latest-news/...

It's Volunteer's Week! Thanks to our #volunteers who help us reach more schools & more young people through our activities. Read our guide to STEM #volunteering opportunities that really make a difference to the future #STEM workforce www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/... #VolunteersWeek2025

New workforce data shows a small increase in the percentage of women working in engineering and technology - but there is still much work to do to close the gender gap. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

The third in our School report series, published today, looks the barriers teachers are facing when it comes to conducting practical science lessons. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

The finalists in The Big Bang Competition 2025 have been announced! A sustainable F1 helmet, an automated pill dispenser and an eco-friendly water filter are just some of the amazing STEM projects named as finalists. Find out who is in the running. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

Great news! We're pleased to announce our Climate Schools Programme classroom resources have been given the Royal Meteorological Society @rmets.org verification mark. This confirms they meet the Society's strict quality framework for educational materials. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

What happens after you win a big prize in the Big Bang Competition? Will Dally, who won the Stantec Developing Future Commnunities Award 2024 in the Big Bang Competition, shares his experiences of what happened next. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

We're pleased to announce the dates for #TEWeek25 later this year! Read more: www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

For #EarthDay read our recently updated Net zero workforce report. It summarises recent reports on the green jobs and engineering skills required to meet the challenge of meeting Net zero & presents recommendations for addressing some of the issues found. www.engineeringuk.com/research-and...

Our Corporate Members, the Nuclear Industry Association, write about how they will be helping explore the nuclear industry with the next generation of talent at The Big Bang Fair in June. www.niauk.org/explore-the-...

Could you inspire the next generation? The Big Bang Fair is returning 17 to 19 June, and we need your help! www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

Our brilliant Director of Business Development and Partnerships, Becky Everitt, will soon be going on maternity leave and so we are looking for someone brilliant to cover her position while she's away. Download the recruitment pack, and read more: www.engineeringuk.com/working-at-e...

This year The Big Bang Competition was delighted to invite Competition finalist Chloe Radford to attend the the International Swiss Talent Forum (ISTF) and represent the UK. Here she blogs about the experience. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

We welcome a new report by @engineeringuk.com into what teachers know and think about careers in engineering and technology. This report underlines how important a role schools have in promoting these essential and rewarding careers. Read more from IPEM lnkd.in/eRejEvN8

Our Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Beatrice Barleon, responds to the Spring Statement from Chancellor Rachel Reeves, by calling for more to be done to address the financial barriers young people face with vocational routes into engineering & technology. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

More #employers are exploring the benefits of #TLevels. To help navigate everything from legal responsibilities to internal business cases, the Department for Education & Strategic Development Network (SDN) have some FREE events to help. Find out more employers.tlevels.gov.uk/hc/en-gb/sec...

Our second 'School report' is out now! It's called ‘What teachers know and think about routes into engineering and technology’. When asked the best route into engineering, there was an even split: 36% said universities, 36% said apprenticeships. Read more www.engineeringuk.com/research-and...

Have you shared Unthink this! with your networks yet? It's our brand new classroom resource designed to get students thinking outside the box and being creative with engineering and technology #BSW25 eukeducation.org.uk/resources/sc...

We have a job opening for a Senior Careers Inspiration Manager. The position pays £50,000 - £55,000 per year, and the closing date for applications is 17 March at 12pm. Find out more and apply here: www.engineeringuk.com/working-at-e...

Read our joint letter with @raeng.org.uk in today's @financialtimes.com regarding the uptick in18 year-olds applying for UK engineering degrees. But as the letter highlights there is still much to do. www.ft.com/content/5e6f...

Our new research report, published today, reveals the barriers faced by STEM teachers in delivering outreach - with 90% of them facing issues. Read more and download the How teachers engage with STEM outreach report. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

Meet our WONDERFUL VIP Judges for The Big Bang Competition! This inspiring bunch work across #STEM & will decide the next UK Young Engineer of the Year, UK Young Scientist of the Year & the UK Young Technologist of the Year, supported by Siemens. Our VIPs: eukeducation.org.uk/latest-news/...

To celebrate National Apprenticeships Week, we attended the Parliamentary Apprenticeships Fair on Wednesday 12th February alongside two of our corporate members, Orsted and Leonardo. www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

Our Head of Public Affairs and Policy, Beatrice Barleon, gives our response to the government announcement today that functional skills exit requirements will no longer apply for apprentices aged 19 and over. #NationalApprenticeshipWeek2025 #NAW2025 www.engineeringuk.com/latest-news/...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Gender equality in science builds a better future for all. Our Science Education Tracker revealed a gender gap. Girls can jump start a passion for #STEM and enter The Big Bang Competition www.thebigbang.org.uk/the-big-bang...

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2025! #Apprenticeships are a game-changer for individuals and employers, helping develop a #SkilledWorkforce. This #NAW2025 we’re proud to support everyone taking part: apprentices, employers, educators, and our Corporate Members.

In today's @express.co.uk our CEO Dr Hilary Leevers writes on why its vital we get children into STEM, and why we need to step up our spending on CPD for teachers. www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2009...

🌟 Have you caught the first episode of the new season of #CoffeeGeogPod yet? 🌿 Kit Marie chats with Mike Hardisty from @engineeringuk.bsky.social! Tune in for an engaging and insightful discussion! 🎙️ Listen here: soundcloud.com/geogrambling... #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Podcast