Research & Evaluation

Motivators and barriers for STEM club engagement

Added Jul 2024

This brief paper outlines key motivators and barriers for student and teacher engagement in STEM clubs, based on Everfi's research. It also shares how EngineeringUK plans to apply these insights to enhance school engagement with STEM activities.

Research & Evaluation

STEM clubs and their ability to increase students’ aspirations for engineering and technology careers

Added Dec 2023

This rapid-evidence review, brings together the available evidence on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) clubs and their ability to increase students’ aspirations for engineering and technology careers.

Equality Diversity & Inclusion

EngineeringUK EDI criteria

Added Sep 2023

A series of criteria EngineeringUK has developed to identify those schools likely to have the highest proportion of young people from groups who are under-represented in the engineering profession

Research & Evaluation

Interventions to increase girls’ aspirations for engineering and technology careers

Added Jun 2023

The report is designed to inform programme design and delivery for STEM engagement practitioners and funders, and to highlight gaps where more evidence is needed.

Careers Inspiration
Delivering Inspiration Activities

Inspiring young people in environmental sustainability in engineering

Added Apr 2023

This webinar has been produced to support practitioners to inspire young people in designing and delivering STEM engagements for young people of secondary school age. Demonstrating how environmental sustainability can be used to inspire more young people to consider a career in engineer.

Research & Evaluation

Calculating reach for STEM engagement activities

Added Mar 2023

This paper offers a short introduction to the challenges and principles around calculating and reporting the reach of STEM outreach activities. It is intended to help organisations to consider the best way to define, calculate and report the numbers of schools, teachers and young people their activity reaches.

Delivering Inspiration Activities
Research & Evaluation

Implementing co-ordinated STEM engagement in schools

Added Feb 2023

Research tells us that one-off activities and events have limited impact on young people’s longer-term aspirations towards STEM careers. In this brief paper we present findings from some research by Everfi to explore how schools are currently working to provide a more sustained engagement with STEM activities and inspiration, and what support they might want to do more.

Careers Inspiration

All routes into engineering webinar

Added Feb 2023

Watch a webinar recording hosted by EngineeringUK's careers and policy teams as they take you through some of the different educational and vocational routes a young person can take into engineering

Research & Evaluation

Proportionate evaluation

Added Dec 2022

This workshop helped participants identify the most appropriate approach to gathering data about their programmes.

Research & Evaluation

Evaluation using qualitative methods

Added Nov 2022

Evaluation shared practice guide

Research & Evaluation

EngineeringUK theory of change webinar

Added Sep 2022

In this 20 minute webinar, EngineeringUK’s Senior Evaluation Manager, Dr Sarah Hamilton, walks through how to use a Theory of Change to guide effective evaluation of a STEM outreach programme. This is part one of two presentations.

Equality Diversity & Inclusion

Making your outreach more accessible to disabled young people

Added Sep 2022

In this 45 minute webinar, EngineeringUK’s Head of Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Emma Diserens, shares advice on making your outreach more accessible to everyone.

Research & Evaluation

EngineeringUK measures bank tutorial video

Added Aug 2022

In this 12 minute tutorial, EngineeringUK’s Evaluation Manager, Jess Di Simone, walks through our Measures Bank and gives an example of how to navigate this interactive tool.

Careers Inspiration

How to talk about engineering careers workshop - with Q&A

Added Mar 2022

EngineeringUK Head of Careers Eleanor Eyre leads a workshop, with a Q&A, on how to talk to young people about engineering careers

Equality Diversity & Inclusion
Research & Evaluation

The impact of the EngineeringUK EDI Criteria 2020/21

Added Feb 2022

EngineeringUK’s programmes led to an increase in the proportion of EDI Criteria schools accessing our programmes. Discover our report on the impact of the EngineeringUK EDI Criteria for 2020/21.

Careers Inspiration

Talking about careers webinar

Added Feb 2022

Eleanor Eyre, Head of Careers at EngineeringUK, presents a free webinar for practitioners, STEM ambassadors, Code signatories and STEM outreach providers, offering practical guidance and top tips for talking about engineering careers with young people.

Delivering Inspiration Activities
Equality Diversity & Inclusion
Research & Evaluation
Careers Inspiration

EngineeringUK top tips for delivering engineering activities

Added Dec 2021

Getting the message across: top tips for delivering engineering activities

Research & Evaluation

EUK measures bank

Added Sep 2021

The Measures Bank offers STEM engagement providers a range of example questions that can be included in surveys to evaluate outreach activities. The questions can be filtered by audience, type of measure and topic.

Delivering Inspiration Activities
Careers Inspiration

EngineeringUK inspiring young people in environmental sustainability in engineering

Added Jul 2021

A guide for practitioners to inspire young people in environmental sustainability.

Equality Diversity & Inclusion
Delivering Inspiration Activities

EngineeringUK EDI considerations in engineering engagement activity

Added Jun 2021

A webinar highlighting key considerations in incorporating equality, diversity and inclusion in engineering engagement activity

Equality Diversity & Inclusion
Delivering Inspiration Activities

EngineeringUK: making engineering engagement content inclusive

Added Jun 2021

A webinar highlighting how engineering engagement content can be made inclusive for young people from groups currently under-represented in the engineering profession