While engineering and technology employs 6.3 million people in the UK, accounting for 19% of all jobs, the sector continues to face a huge skills and labour shortage. More young people from all backgrounds are needed to create a diverse workforce and more need to be made aware of the wide range of STEM roles available to them as well as the many different routes into these careers.
The EUK Education site is a ‘one stop shop’ and brings together STEM programmes and best free STEM education and career resources previously hosted by the charity, EngineeringUK.
Head of Careers, Eleanor Eyre, commented, “Teachers and career leaders are at the heart of everything we do. We know from our close work with schools and colleges the many challenges out there. We want to support you in the vital STEM work you do.
“We hope having all our fantastic free resources in one place from our flagship annual event, The Big Bang Fair, to our new Climate Schools Programme and careers and STEM resources will really help in your role of inspiring more young people into rewarding, interesting and lucrative STEM careers.”
The EUK Education website offers:
- Up-to-date information about careers in engineering and tech, how to get into them and what skills employers need.
- Careers resources and activities to get young people thinking about a possible future in technology and engineering.
- Free programmes to support teachers deliver engaging lessons that help embed curriculum content while showing how it links to real jobs.
- Opportunities to meet and hear from inspiring people working in STEM jobs and the companies they work for.
- Funding to run STEM drop down days, access costed programmes and give students more opportunities.
- Role models and inspiring professionals, school students can relate to.
- Signposting to quality assured outreach activities, available online and in person.
Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, the EUK’s annual celebration of engineering, science and tech, takes place once again between 11 to 15 November with the theme ‘Power up your passion’ showing young people engineering isn’t just hard hats and construction but about problem solving, innovation, creativity and making a difference in a wide range of careers.
The event links young people to STEM employers and the week-long campaign features resources from ‘Day in the Life’ films on engineers to a panel where young people can chat to engineers about their work.
Commenting EngineeringUK Chief Executive Dr Hilary Leevers said, “We hope having all our fantastic free resources and programmes like our new Climate Schools Programme, Energy Quest, and Tomorrow’s Engineers plus STEM resources and careers on one site, will really help the teaching and careers community – and ultimately the sector - in inspiring more young people into rewarding, interesting and lucrative STEM careers.”
