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- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
- Careers Inspiration
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
- Research & Evaluation
- 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.
- Careers Inspiration
Science Museum: 10 Top Tips for Exploring STEM Careers Through Museums
Added Jan 2024
This blog highlights ten ways to make STEM career links in an out of school setting, such as a museum. It presents actionable ways to maximise the impact for young people to help make informed choices about their futures.
- 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.
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
Education Landscape
Added Nov 2023
This guide provides a simple overview of the education and training system in England. This includes primary and secondary education to age 16, further education options for 16+ and 18+, and higher education options.
- Careers Inspiration
Talking Futures Toolkit
Added Oct 2023
This downloadable pdf is a detailed toolkit for schools, colleges and organisations to support families, parents and carers to have constructive careers conversations with their children.
- 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.
- Research & Evaluation
STEM Ambassador Impact Tool
Added May 2023
The STEM Ambassador Impact Tool provides a quick and easy method of collecting impact data. STEM Ambassador Hubs, STEM Ambassadors and educators are encouraged to use the tool to evidence the impact of engagement on young people.
- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit
Added Apr 2023
This toolkit produced by the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education, aims to help employers put equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at the heart of the creation of occupational standards and apprenticeships.
- 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.
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
Engineering habits of mind
Added Mar 2023
Engineering has never mattered more in today's world. So too with creativity. Yet schools are organised by timetables in which engineering and creativity are invisible. In this webinar, Professor Bill Lucas shares insights from his role as the co-chair of the new PISA 2021 Test of Creative Thinking and argues that schools need to rethink their approach to engineering and creative thinking.
- 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
- Careers Inspiration
Engaging your Senior Leadership Team
Added Jan 2023
A presentation you can use with your institution’s Senior Leadership Team to explore how to embed parental engagement in your careers programme.
- Research & Evaluation
Proportionate evaluation
Added Dec 2022
This workshop helped participants identify the most appropriate approach to gathering data about their programmes.
- Careers Inspiration
Disruptive thinkers video series
Added Dec 2022
UCL have released a series of videos showcasing a different side to engineering, explaining how their researchers are innovating and helping to make a difference in the world from.
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
The primary science capital teaching approach
Added Nov 2022
Guidance for primary teachers on how to make science meaningful and inclusive for all children
- Careers Inspiration
My World, My Future – Where can STEM take me
Added Nov 2022
Neon have produced a 4-page downloadable guide for students of all ages, with suggested STEM inspiration content for young people to explore at home
- Research & Evaluation
Evaluation using qualitative methods
Added Nov 2022
Evaluation shared practice guide
- Careers Inspiration
Spring into STEM video lectures
Added Oct 2022
The UCL annual lecture series, sees academic hosts highlight and share their cutting edge knowledge on STEM subjects, perfect for inquisitive minds.
- Careers Inspiration
Books for curious minds and budding engineers
Added Oct 2022
UCL's list of books for introducing and inspiring young people to engineering and STEM.
- Careers Inspiration
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
IOP Limit Less - school careers activities
Added Oct 2022
Use this guide as a starting point to help you deliver a successful careers event
- 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.
- Careers Inspiration
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
Tomorrow's Engineers Engineer Your Future PowerPoint
Added Sep 2021
A PowerPoint presentation designed to inspire 14 to 19 year olds to consider a career in engineering.
- Careers Inspiration
CEC: giving young people experiences of your workplace
Added Sep 2021
A guide for employers on providing virtual and blended work experiences for young people.
- Careers Inspiration
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
Tomorrow's Engineers careers resources
Added Jul 2021
A comprehensive collection of freely available engineering careers resources
- 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
- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
EngineeringUK EDI language guide
Added Jun 2021
A guide on recommended language relevant to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion produced for EngineeringUK's staff
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
- Careers Inspiration
CEC and STEM Learning: an employer’s guide to supporting STEM careers education in England
Added Jun 2021
A guide for employers for to STEM careers education
- Research & Evaluation
EngineeringUK evaluation approaches and causality
Added Apr 2021
A guide to evaluation approaches and their ability to demonstrate the causal effect of a programme or activity.
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
STEM Learning STEM Ambassador handbook
Added Mar 2021
A guide to volunteering for new and experienced STEM Ambassadors
- Research & Evaluation
- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
How to manage research and participation projects: The ethics according to young people
Added Mar 2021
A summary of interviews exploring the ethical considerations of involving young people in participation, research and coproduction.
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
NUSTEM implementing the TE Code
Added Mar 2021
A practical guide to implementing the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code.
- Research & Evaluation
EngineeringUK impact framework for engineering outreach webinar
Added Mar 2021
In this 20 minute webinar, EngineeringUK’s Head of Research, Steph Neave, walks through our impact framework for engineering outreach.
- Careers Inspiration
Neon case studies of engineers
Added Dec 2020
A diverse selection of case studies of engineers, working in different careers across the sector
- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
YE STEM equity compass
Added Dec 2020
A tool developed by YESTEM for supporting socially just practice in informal STEM learning
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
NCCPE online engagement: a guide to creating and running virtual meetings and events
Added Dec 2020
Tips for planning and delivering online events
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
STEM Learning STEM Ambassador employer handbook
Added Dec 2020
An employer guide to engaging in the STEM Ambassador programme
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
Big Bang Digital 2020 learnings
Added Dec 2020
Reflections on learnings gained from delivering the first Big Bang Digital event in July 2020
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
NSPCC safeguarding standards and guidance
Added Dec 2020
Guidance for non-statutory organisations to strengthen safeguarding and child protection arrangements for children and young people aged 0-18
- Research & Evaluation
EngineeringUK evaluating using surveys
Added Nov 2020
This guide will help STEM engagement providers to design effective surveys for evaluating their programme or activity.
- Research & Evaluation
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
EngineeringUK evaluations with young people
Added Nov 2020
A guide to designing, planning and conducting evaluations with young people
- Careers Inspiration
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
This is Engineering image library
Added Nov 2020
This is a library of free to use images that represent what engineers and engineering really look like
- Careers Inspiration
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
CEC careers in context 2020: a can-do guide for employers
Added Nov 2020
A guide for employers delivering in school activities in this academic year in the context of Covid-19
- Careers Inspiration
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
CEC careers in context: a can-do guide for providers
Added Nov 2020
A guide for providers of careers programmes in the context of Covid-19
- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
EngineeringUK demographic data question bank
Added Nov 2020
A set of questions EngineeringUK uses to collect demographic data about the young people participating in its programmes
- Equality Diversity & Inclusion
- Delivering Inspiration Activities
EngineeringUK inclusive & accessible events guide
Added Nov 2020
A checklist to help organise inclusive and accessible events
