Help teachers across the UK discover your brilliant engineering experiences

Neon brings together the UK's best engineering experiences and inspiring careers resources to help STEM teachers bring their subject to life with real-world examples. We aim to make life easier for teachers by curating the best experiences so they can be confident they are high quality with clear learning outcomes, they are engaging and inclusive, they support careers education and highlight real-world application of engineering.

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Quality matters to us

We want STEM teachers and their students to enjoy the very best engineering experiences, so we only feature experiences that meet our quality criteria.

Featured experiences should:

Include positive and contemporary messaging about engineering
Include an explicit engineering careers dimension and aligns with at least 2 of the Gatsby benchmarks
Be designed and delivered so it's inclusive for students
Be committed to embedding learning and improvements
Clearly articulate expected learning outcomes
Set expectations around cost and time to the end-user
Meet safeguarding, health and safety and data protection standards and have public liability insurance

A variety of experiences

Experiences can take place either in schools or at other venues

Workshops

One-off practical activity sessions

Speakers

Visitors with inspiring stories to tell

Projects & Competitions

Challenges for individuals, teams, or schools

Events

Fairs, festivals and exhibitions for learning away from the classroom

Trips

Inspiring visits for students to immerse themselves in engineering

Select your target area

Neon connects schools to experiences in their local area

As a contributor you can say where your experience is available. This can range from particular areas of a city or a 50-mile radius from your office to the whole of the UK.

TOP TIPS for delivering engineering activities

Getting the message across

In this guide, you will find top tips for planning and delivering impactful activities that inspire as many students as possible with positive messages about careers in engineering.

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