News, careers guides and opportunities for 14 to 18 year olds, and the parents and teachers helping them.
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
China's rare earth dominance is forcing jet engine manufacturers to revisit ceramic thermal barrier coatings abandoned in the 1970s. Researchers believe modern tools might close the performance gap, but Prof Sanjay Sampath…
Opportunities
A free national competition for 11 to 18 year olds, with mentoring, work experience at Samsung and a national final in London. Entries close…
Energy & Environment
Pacific Fusion has completed four successful pulsed power fusion tests at Sandia's Z facility, demonstrating a target design that could unlock a third path…
The main branches of engineering: what engineers in each one do, what they earn and how to get in.
Degrees, apprenticeships, T Levels and vocational qualifications: how each route into engineering works and who it suits.
The A levels, IB and Scottish qualifications that lead into engineering, and why each one helps.
Work experience, competitions, clubs, scholarships and applications: how to stand out and pay for your studies.
Automotive & Transport
Construction & Infrastructure
The jobs behind the story: Notice how many different jobs are involved in one repaint.
Electronics & Communications
Electronics & CommunicationsInnovation
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Automotive & Transport
For studentsReal engineer
John Wheal is a systems engineer at NATS, which provides air traffic control services in the UK. He is part of a team designing…
For studentsReal engineer
Orla Murphy grew up in rural Ireland, where she remembers how exciting it was when the family tractor was upgraded with a radio. As…
For studentsReal engineer
Ebony Allison is an electronic engineer. She joined fellow engineers Mimi-Isabella Nwosu and Minal Patel for the Born to Engineer roundtable, an honest conversation…
Careers guides
The guide is aimed at students considering a career in engineering and at parents and carers assisting them with their decision. It explains the…
Careers guides
This guide is for students planning their next year, parents and carers helping them, and teachers and careers leaders building a calendar. It lists…
For teachersCareers guides
The guide is aimed at career leaders, teachers and anyone planning careers education in a secondary school or college in England. It sets out…
Guide
For the 2026 entry, the UCAS personal statement has been altered and this change is more significant than many people think. Rather than writing…
Automotive & Transport
Ever watch a Formula 1 race and wonder, "How do those cars even exist?" We just did a deep dive into the engineering beneath the bodywork, and honestly? It’s wilder than you…
SpaceOpportunities
Construction & InfrastructureBreakthroughs
Construction & Infrastructure
Energy & EnvironmentInfographics
FilmMimi-Isabella, Ebony and Minal
FilmEngineering Myths
FilmA risk worth taking
FilmSimple solutions for a cleaner, better world
FilmWhy would I want to do anything else?
FilmSystems Engineer
FilmEngineer and Entrepreneur
FilmAeronautical Engineer and Extreme Sportsman
FilmAvionics and Aerospace Systems Engineer
FilmApprentice Engineer
FilmInnovation Design Engineer
FilmNuclear Fusion Engineer
Ages 16–19 (A level / post-16)
“When you tell people you make stars for a living, their heads turn and their mouths open.”
Ages 14–16 (KS4 / GCSE)
Explore the biology of cancer, and how a targeted approach avoids some of the damaging side effects of traditional chemotherapy
Ages 11–14 (KS3)
Explore different ways of extinguishing a flame with some surprising results