Aug 6, 2024
EngineeringUK’s annual impact survey of The Tomorrow’s Engineers Code has been published.
The Code is a commitment to increase the number and diversity of young people entering engineering and technology careers.
Impact is assessed across 10 areas and saw improvements across all of them. There were 6 key areas that saw the greatest improvement:
- 76% agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved the way their organisation understands how its activities relate to other STEM outreach
- 61% agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved how they collaborate with other organisations involved in STEM outreach
- 59% agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved the way their organisation evaluates its STEM outreach activities
- 64% agreed or strongly agreed that being a member of The Code has improved the way their organisation shares learnings, evaluation findings or resources with others
There has been an increase in activities that Signatories have done to meet the 4 pledges since last year. This includes areas that have been historically lower such as collecting feedback outreach (81% said they have done so this year, compared with 61% last year); evaluating the impact of their STEM outreach (68% have done so this year, compared with 54% last year); and sharing learnings from evaluation findings with other members of STEM community (42% now compared with 29% for the past 2 years).
Looking forward, Signatories told us they'd like support with the following areas:
- Engaging with underrepresented groups
- Evaluation and impact
- Greater collaboration and evidence sharing
- Accessing funding
- Resources to support your engagement
We also take on board that you'd like the community to work together more: to connect and share best practice, support each other regionally and understand what works and doesn’t work. This feedback helps us plan the next Tomorrow’s Engineers Live event, webinar series and resources.
Read the full report. The results from the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code 2024 check-in
If you’re interested in becoming a Code signatory and want to know more about the benefits, contact Catherine Sturman.
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