Calendar of events

Dates for your diary

Browse our events as well as campaigns and awareness days marked in schools and colleges.

EngineeringUK events

A smiling delegate at Tomorrow's Engineers Live

Tomorrow's Engineers Live

The must-attend conference for STEM outreach professionals. Book your space now.

24 February 2025

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A young person at The Big Bang Fair is lit by theatrical lighting. They are holding a piece of equipment which is glowing. They stare into the foreground.

The Big Bang Fair 2025

The UK's biggest annual STEM fair for young people returns to the NEC. 

June 2025

Explore The Fair
Ranita Ariyibi, UK Young Engineer of the Year 2023 shows a guest at The Big Bang at Parliament her invention

Big Bang at Parliament

Big Bang Competition finalists showcased their ideas and innovations to MPs, peers and business leaders on 18 November 2024.

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4 secondary school students with their teacher looking at a model wind farm in a classroom

Code and Neon webinar

Exclusively for the Code and Neon communities. Explore how to promote engineering and tech careers through environmental sustainability.

23 January 2025

Don't miss out!  
Tomorrow’s Engineers Live –
24 February 2025

Hear from industry experts, STEM outreach providers and engineering role models. This is the perfect event for anyone delivering engineering and technology outreach activities.

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Awareness days and key dates

Spring term

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

National Apprenticeship Week

10 to 16 February 2025

Discover NAW
A group of girls doing an energy quest session

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

11 February 2025

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

Chartered Week

24 to 28 February

Chartered 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

3 to 7 March 2025

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

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

4 March 2025

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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

3 to 8 March 2025

Explore NCW
Two people in hard hats and protective clothing stand in a field of wind turbines.

World Engineering Day 2025

4 March

Explore the day
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


7 to 16 March 2025

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

International Women's Day

8 March 2025

Explore IWD

Summer term

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

Earth Day


22 April 2025

Embrace the Earth

National Numeracy Day

21 May 2025

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A young person at The Big Bang Fair is lit by theatrical lighting. They are holding a piece of equipment which is glowing. They stare into the foreground.

The Big Bang Fair 2025

June 2025

Explore The Fair
Fly agaric mushroom

World Environment Day

5 June 2025

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Industrial greenhouse

Great Big Green Week

7 to 15 June

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Close up of someone working with complicated apparatus or machinery

International Women in Engineering Day

23 June 2025

Discover INWED
Two people at work shaking hands in an office environment

Volunteers Week

2 to 8 June

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Autumn term

Silhouette of a person writing maths formulae on a whiteboard

Ada Lovelace Day


8 October 2025

Find Ada
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

October 2025

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Wind turbines in water at sunset

Green Careers Week


October 2025

Explore green careers
Deep space, a galaxy or constellation

World Space Week


October 2025

Go into space
A group of secondary school students sit around a big table with their workbooks and pens. A teacher sits at the head of the table and is talking.

Tomorrow's Engineers Week

November 2025

 

Register for TE Week
Close up of a part of a globe, focused on Europe

Protecting our Planet Day

November 2025

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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

November 2025

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A picture of the Earth from space

COP30

November 2025

Explore Cop29

Volunteer for The Big Bang 2025!

Do you work in STEM and want to inspire the next generation? We need you to help judge young people's amazing entries to The Big Bang Competition!

We're also looking for volunteers to inspire the next generation at The Big Bang Fair from 17 to 19 June. 

Can you help?

Apply now!