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Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2024

An annual celebration to inspire young people with modern engineering and technology, spark ideas and explore how they could tackle local and global challenges in their future careers.

Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2024

Interested in helping young people discover their passions and explore future career paths?

Get ready for the 12th annual Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, taking place from the 11 to 15 of November! The annual celebration shines a spotlight on engineers and technicians, showcasing the variety of engineering careers available to young people. The 2024 theme, Power up your passion, aims to help students aged 11 to 14 discover their passions, and learn how to align them with a career in engineering and technology.

Register now and explore a variety of free resources to help students learn how their interests and passions can translate into a career in engineering. The week kicks off with an assembly, followed by a 'Day in the life’ film series, offering behind-the-scenes insights from real-world engineers across diverse career pathways. These films are supported by a lesson plan designed to ignite students' passions and guide them towards future STEM careers. 

Additionally, the ‘Match your passion’ panel, featuring early-career engineers and technicians as well as experts from a variety of sectors, will provide valuable guidance and expertise throughout the week. When registering for Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2024, you will have the opportunity to submit any questions about the industry, roles and opportunities. 

Learning outcomes

  • Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

  • Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects

  • Learning what the engineering workplace is like

  • Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

  • Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Subjects and topics

    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Computing
    • Design and Technology
    • Engineering
    • Maths
    • Physics
    • Design, art and fashion
    • Electronics, robotics and programming
    • Energy and environment
    • Entertainment, sound and lighting
    • General engineering
    • Humanitarian aid
    • Space and aerospace engineering
    • Sport and fitness
    • Transport

Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:

  • Learning from career and labour market information
  • Linking curriculum learning to careers
  • Encounters with employers and employees

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

  • Aiming high - the ability to set clear, tangible goals and devise a robust route to achieving them.

  • Creativity - the use of imagination and the generation of new ideas.

  • Listening - the ability to listen and understand information.

  • Problem solving - the ability to find a solution to a complex situation or challenge.

  • Teamwork - working cooperatively with others towards achieving a shared goal.

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