Engineering and technology employs 6.3 million people in the UK, accounting for 19% of all jobs, but the sector is facing a huge skills and labour shortage. More young people from all backgrounds are needed to create a diverse workforce and made aware of the wide range of STEM roles available and the many different routes into these careers.
Bringing together all the STEM programmes and resources offered by EngineeringUK, the EUK Education website is full of high-quality careers resources, curriculum-linked lesson plans, inspiring role models and bursary information.
EUK Education 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, schools students can relate to.
- Signposting to quality assured outreach activities, available online and in person.
- EUK Education brings together everything EngineeringUK does for teachers, career leaders and young people - the engineering and tech professionals of the future.
Head of Careers, Eleanor Eyre, commented “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 schools and career leaders inspire more young people into rewarding, interesting and lucrative STEM careers.”
