Calendar of events

Dates for your diary

Browse our events as well as national campaigns and awareness days we should all celebrate. They’re a great way for schools and colleges to spark curiosity and embrace STEM.

EngineeringUK events

A science classroom in a secondary school. A teacher talks to a group of students who are sitting and standing around a work bench, listening. On the work bench is scientific equipment and workbooks.

Tomorrow's Engineers Week

A nationwide celebration of engineering and technology careers! This annual campaign shows young people how their passion for STEM can lead to a career.

9 to 13 November 2026

 

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Awareness days and key dates

Summer term

Scottish National 5 Results Day

4 August 2026

Read 2025 briefing
A group of young people smiling and chatting informally in school

Scottish Highers Results Day

5 August 2026

Read 2025 briefing

Vocational Celebration Day

A new national day to shine a light on vocational pathways. Championing the skills we urgently need to thrive. From Enginuity and EAL.

6 August 2026

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A group of young people look at results smiling and sharing

A Level and T Level Results Day

13 August 2026

Read 2025 A Level briefing Read 2025 T Level briefing
A group of young people look at their exam results

GCSE Results Day

20 August 2026

Read 2025 briefing

Autumn term

Two people at work shaking hands in an office environment

National Inclusion Week

14 to 20 September 2026

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The Big Bang Competition's UK Young Scientist of the Year winner stands and smiles at the camera surrounded by her working boards and sketches that show how her winning idea developed

The Big Bang Competition opens

September 2026

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Deep space, a galaxy or constellation

World Space Week

4 to 10 October 2026

Go into space
Silhouette of a person writing maths formulae on a whiteboard

Ada Lovelace Day

13 October 2026

Find Ada
young male student working on equipment with his mentor

T Levels Week

19 to 23 October 2026

More info
Wind turbines in water at sunset

Green Careers Week

2 to 6 November 2026

Explore green careers
A person in a glass walled boardroom surrounded by post it notes. They are writing on a large sheet of paper. Two people stand the other side of the glass.

National Engineering Day

5 November 2026

Explore the day
Engineering Students at an exhibition

Scottish Careers Week

November 2026

Discover the week
A picture of the Earth from space

COP31

9 to 20 November 2026

Reflecting on COP30
Big Bang Parliament 2023 competition winner showcases their project

Big Bang at Parliament

Big Bang Competition finalists showcase their ideas and innovations to MPs, peers and business leaders.

November 2026

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Close up of a part of a globe, focused on Europe

Protecting our Planet Day

19 November 2026

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Spring term

An engineer at their desk working with tools all around them. They are writing and concentrating

National Apprenticeship Week

February 2027

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Tomorrow's Engineers Live

The must-attend conference for STEM outreach professionals. 

 

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A group of girls doing an energy quest session

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

February 2027

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Four engineers stand in a workshop around a large piece of equipment

Chartered Week

February 2027

Chartered Week
A young person stands in an office in front of an empty boardroom. They smile and look at the screen in their hands.

National Careers Week

March 2027

National Careers Week
In the foreground a young person sits at a workbench looking at electronic circuit boars. Two people are doing the same in the background,

Scottish Apprenticeship Week

March 2027

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Engineer in hard hat and high vis walks past a wind turbine

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

4 March 2027

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Several pupils and one teacher working around a science bench in a school classroom. The students are working with scientific equipment such as microscopes. They are studying different plants,

British Science Week

March 2027

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Two people in an office environment work at a whiteboard, smiling

International Women's Day

8 March 2027

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