Purpose and strategy

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Our purpose

EngineeringUK drives change so more young people choose careers in engineering and technology.

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Our strategy

Our strategy from 2023 to 2028 is to deliver our mission in 4 ways. Through research and evidence to understand workforce needs and how to inspire the next generation. By working in partnership and leading efforts to improve our collective impact. Also, by running activities for schools to ignite a passion for engineering and technology. And through advocacy to ensure all students have the STEM careers education they need and deserve.

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Our vision

We want the UK to have the diverse workforce needed for engineering and technology to thrive and to drive economic prosperity, improve sustainability and achieve net zero.

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Our mission

To really thrive, we need a stronger, more representative workforce and for that we have to do things differently to make engineering more attractive. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to enable more young people, from all backgrounds, to be informed, inspired and progress into engineering and technology.

Environmental sustainability

We’re committed to reducing our carbon footprint. We have targets and policies in place that underpin our work and our programme development.

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Equity, diversity and inclusion

Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to everything we do as an organisation. We want everyone at EngineeringUK to feel they belong and thrive. It's also at the heart of our work with schools and young people as we want a future engineering and tech workforce to be more representative.

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15.7%

of the engineering workforce is female (compared to 48% of the workforce as a whole)

11%

of the UK engineering and technology workforce are people from minority ethnic backgrounds

24%

of the UK engineering and technology workforce are people from lower socio-economic backgrounds

16%

of engineering apprentices are female

16%

of girls think engineering is suitable for them

23%

of physics A level students are female