Neon platform celebrates first birthday
CELEBRATING ITS first birthday, the Neon platform was launched by EngineeringUK with the aim of providing teachers with a one-stop-shop for quality assured online and offline engineering outreach experiences and resources.
Previous research from EngineeringUK showed that young people who have taken part in a STEM careers activity were three times more likely to consider a career in engineering. Since its launch, Neon has made a great impact; below are some of the key stats from the past 12 months:
- 65,000 visitors have come to the site, looking at over 220,000 pages
- 1750 teachers and careers advisors from 1100 schools are now registered users
- The careers resources have been downloaded over 26,000 times
- 890 teachers and careers advisors subscribed to the weekly email
Neon features a range of content, including:
- 146 experiences from 79 STEM outreach providers
- 123 case studies
- 33 careers resources, including the most recent Engineer your future presentation
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These figures only represent a portion of Neon’s success in providing engineering outreach activities to teachers and students and EngineeringUK expects the next 12 months to be even bigger and better.
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