We base everything we do on evidence and we share our analysis and insight widely.
For more than 20 years, we've published a comprehensive report on the state of engineering in the UK – providing a detailed examination of engineering’s economic contribution and the composition of its workforce, as well as the extent to which the supply through the education and training pipeline is likely to meet future needs and demand for engineering skills. This year, instead of one report, we are breaking up the publication into a range of formats and will provide more timely information responding to sectoral needs.
Our new, interactive Engineering Insights dashboards which track the economic implications of the pandemic on engineering over time, drawing on statistics from the Office for National Statistics Business Impacts of Covid Survey and the Index of Production are now available.
We've also published a new report, Educational Pathways into Engineering (written before the pandemic) provides a comprehensive picture of the trends in STEM educational participation and attainment across academic and technical pathways into engineering up to March 2020.
In addition our Engineering Brand Monitor establishes the national benchmark for public perceptions of engineers and engineering.
We evaluate all our activity to help ensure our engagements with young people have as much impact as possible. It is through this evaluation that we have identified the degree to which we are winning hearts and changing minds through our programmes, with positive impacts on young people’s understanding of engineering, perceptions of a career in it, and the extent to which they view engineering as a career for both boys and girls. And we have learnt that if young people meet an engineer and know they have done so, they come away with higher levels of knowledge of what people working in engineering do and higher levels of perceived desirability of engineering careers.
Throughout the year EngineeringUK produces a range of briefing papers on key policy issues surrounding science, technology, engineering and maths. You can access these as well as archived interactive versions of the Engineering UK report here.
This is a research briefing on young people’s experiences and perspectives of careers provision and engineering.
This briefing presents the findings of a survey of young people (aged 11 to 19) undertaken in summer 2020.
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This is a research briefing on female underrepresentation in the industry.
This is a research briefing on social mobility in the industry.
You can download the Engineering UK 2020 Educational pathways report here.
You can download the 2018 report, the Excel resource, the synopsis, and the Annex from here.
This report compares the impact of vocational and graduate engineering education on productivity and lifetime earnings. The report also estimates GVA at sub-sector level.
We commissioned another report from the Cebr, exploring the job multiplier effect of engineering on the UK economy.
This report summarises the key results from the post event survey completed by students and teachers after participating in the Tomorrow’s Engineers funded activities. The objectives of the evaluation were to ascertain: - the perception and knowledge of engineering that young people have following the activity - the level of desirability amongst young people and recommendation amongst teachers of engineering careers - how attitudes towards engineering amongst young people and teachers compare to those surveyed in the EEBM.
This report summarises the key results from the post event survey completed by students and teachers after participating in the Energiser Event and Energy Challenge activities. The objectives of the evaluation were to ascertain: - the perception and knowledge of engineering that young people have following the activity - the level of desirability amongst young people and recommendation amongst teachers of engineering careers - how attitudes towards engineering amongst young people and teachers compare to those surveyed in the EEBM.
This report presents key findings from the 2013-2014 Tomorrow's Engineers evaluation, with particular emphasis on the impact the programme had on young people's perceptions of STEM.
Establishes the national benchmark for public perceptions of engineers and engineering.
Tracks the economic implications on engineering in - as much as possible - real time.
Take a look at the new interactive resource
Explores data from a range of sources which show the extent of the gender imbalance in the industry.
Take a look at the new interactive resource