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Support to bring STEM to life for primary school teachers

Primary school teachers can now access quality and inspiring engineering resources | EngineeringUK's Neon platform broadens out offering #STEM #Engineering #Education

Primary school teachers can now access quality and inspiring engineering resources through the Neon platform. Neon is home to a wide variety of experiences, with some online, in-school and offsite. The Butterfly Effect by Jacobs is an online primary experience designed to create lasting behaviour change and habit formation. It covers topics such as plants, seasonal changes, materials and living…

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Equality and Diversity bursary scheme helps bring engineering to children

Schools recieved equality and diversity bursary's to help bring engineering to more children | Sector needs more diversity #engineering #engineeringuk

Schools recieved equality and diversity bursary’s to help bring engineering to more children. In autumn 2020, EngineeringUK created a set of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) criteria to identify schools with larger proportions of students from groups underrepresented in engineering. An EDI bursary scheme was established for schools that meet the EDI criteria. Bursaries were intended to…

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Increase of women working in engineering

Women in engineering roles increases according to EngineeringUK | More women needed to create equality #engineeringuk #womeninengineering

New research from EngineeringUK finds that 16.5% of those working in engineering are female, compared to 10.5% as reported in 2010. The increase in the number of women in engineering roles continued to rise even when the total number of people working in engineering fell in 2020 and 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Historically women have been underrepresented in engineering and the report…

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Biggest ever assembly inspires kids to consider engineering career

Biggest ever assembly inspires kids to consider engineering career | The UK faces a shortfall of up to 59,000 engineers in core roles every year. #STEM #careers #engineering

Over 57,000 young people tuned in to the biggest ever Big Assembly late last year.

The UK faces a shortfall of up to 59,000 engineers in core roles every year.  The Big Assembly was part of the seventh Tomorrow’s Engineers Week which aims to inspire a generation of future engineers. 

Streamed to more than 500 schools the assembly showcased #EngineersOnAMission to help people’s health and…

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Engineers inspire new generation by focusing on nation's health and wellbeing

Engineers inspire new generation by focusing on nation's health and wellbeing | Tomorrow's Engineers Week starts today. #TEWeek19 #Engineering #Careers

Today marks the beginning of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week – this year it shines the light on engineers that make the world a better place.

Engineers are key to helping the nation keep healthy and well – from helping find cures for cancer and keeping people safe at sea to helping dementia patients.

Five engineers from across the UK were handpicked to front #EngineerOnAMission for Tomorrow’s Engineers…

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Inspiring engineers set to star in new campaign

Inspiring engineers set to star in new campaign | UK-wide assembly set to focus on engineers on a mission to help health and wellbeing. #TEWeek19 #Careers #Health

Hundreds of engineers are set to inspire young people to become engineers this November.

The engineers from a range of backgrounds all have one thing in common: their incredible work on exciting projects that make a positive difference to people’s health and wellbeing.

The engineers on a mission will be the stars of social media, films and a unique Tomorrow’s Engineers Week Big Assembly, which…

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App set to help kids decide on a future career

App set to help kids decide on a future career | 'Meet the future you' profiles inspiring role models. #Careers #Engineering #TEWeek19

Students will have the chance to discover if they are Coding Legends or Future Lifesavers thanks to a new careers quiz that aims to help young people explore different engineering disciplines, skills and job roles.

‘Meet the Future You’ quizzes young people on their skills and interests to identify different areas of engineering they might enjoy working in and aims to highlight that engineering…

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Hundreds of schools set for Big Assembly

Hundreds of schools set for Big Assembly | #TEWeek19 set to showcase engineers on a mission to help health & wellbeing. #Engineering #Careers #Schools

A drive to showcase how engineers help people’s health and wellbeing is underway as plans for Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2019 have been revealed.

At the heart of the Week will be a “Big Assembly” where around 50,000 young people are expected to take part in the same school assembly at the same time. The Big Assembly will feature inspirational engineers on a mission to improve people’s health and…

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