News, careers guides and opportunities for 14 to 18 year olds, and the parents and teachers helping them.
Aerospace, Defence & MarineOpportunities
A new scheme funded by the ERA Foundation and Ufi VocTech Trust connects strong apprenticeship applicants who just miss out at BAE Systems and Babcock with smaller engineering firms that need their…
Construction & Infrastructure
University of Hull tests for Flood Re found that duct tape on the outside of a front door cut flood leakage by up to…
Health
Bristol start-up Siloton wins £8.4 million from Innovate UK to develop GiraffeOCT, a handheld retinal scanner built on a photonic chip. It could bring…
The main branches of engineering: what engineers in each one do, what they earn and how to get in.
Degrees, apprenticeships, T Levels and vocational qualifications: how each route into engineering works and who it suits.
The A levels, IB and Scottish qualifications that lead into engineering, and why each one helps.
Work experience, competitions, clubs, scholarships and applications: how to stand out and pay for your studies.
Automotive & Transport
Automotive & TransportInnovation
ManufacturingBreakthroughs
Automotive & Transport
The jobs behind the story: The jobs in this story are not one job.
Automotive & Transport
Construction & Infrastructure
The jobs behind the story: Notice how many different jobs are involved in one repaint.
Electronics & Communications
Tutor pack
How to run it in 10 minutes Minutes 0 to 3: one slide per story (slides 2 to 4). Read the three lines, then…
For studentsReal engineer
Ebony Allison is an electronic engineer. She joined fellow engineers Mimi-Isabella Nwosu and Minal Patel for the Born to Engineer roundtable, an honest conversation…
For studentsReal engineer
Minal Patel is an engineer. She joined fellow engineers Mimi-Isabella Nwosu and Ebony Allison for the Born to Engineer roundtable, an honest conversation about…
For studentsReal engineer
It took just one day at a race track for Nina Parsons to know that she wanted to be an engineer. At Oxford Brookes…
For studentsCareers guides
What chemical engineers do, what they earn, which subjects help, and how to get in by degree, apprenticeship or T Level.
Careers guides
The guide is aimed at students considering a career in engineering and at parents and carers assisting them with their decision. It explains the…
Careers guides
This guide is for students planning their next year, parents and carers helping them, and teachers and careers leaders building a calendar. It lists…
For teachersCareers guides
The guide is aimed at career leaders, teachers and anyone planning careers education in a secondary school or college in England. It sets out…
Automotive & Transport
Ever watch a Formula 1 race and wonder, "How do those cars even exist?" We just did a deep dive into the engineering beneath the bodywork, and honestly? It’s wilder than you…
SpaceOpportunities
Construction & InfrastructureBreakthroughs
Energy & EnvironmentInfographics
FilmMimi-Isabella, Ebony and Minal
FilmEngineering Myths
FilmA risk worth taking
FilmSimple solutions for a cleaner, better world
FilmWhy would I want to do anything else?
FilmSystems Engineer
FilmEngineer and Entrepreneur
FilmAeronautical Engineer and Extreme Sportsman
FilmAvionics and Aerospace Systems Engineer
FilmApprentice Engineer
FilmInnovation Design Engineer
FilmNuclear Fusion Engineer
Ages 16–19 (A level / post-16)
“When you tell people you make stars for a living, their heads turn and their mouths open.”
Ages 14–16 (KS4 / GCSE)
Explore the biology of cancer, and how a targeted approach avoids some of the damaging side effects of traditional chemotherapy
Ages 11–14 (KS3)
Explore different ways of extinguishing a flame with some surprising results