Showcase your engineering outreach

Neon helps you reach new audiences

Neon proudly supports more than 120 outreach providers. We showcase their inspiring engineering and technology activities, promoting their work to thousands of teachers across the UK through social media and regular teacher communications.  

As a Neon provider, you can target your audience based on school age/year group, location and whether the school is an EngineeringUK Priority school. It’s completely free to list your activities on Neon – we just ask that you comply with our quality standards so schools get only the best experiences. 

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A variety of experiences

Neon experiences vary but they must all include an engineering and technology element and help students understand more about careers in engineering and tech.

Here are some examples of the different types of experiences we feature on Neon:

Workshops: Practical activity sessions (as a one-off or a series)

Speakers: Visitors with inspiring stories to tell

Projects: Challenges where students research and display their findings on a specific topic

Competitions: Challenges with a time limit, a set of criteria for judging and a winning team or individual

Events: Fairs, festivals and exhibitions for learning away from the classroom

Trips: Inspiring visits for students to immerse themselves in engineering

Experiences must be classed as ‘informal learning’ which enriches or complements the curriculum. You can host activities online, in schools or at other venues. 

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Choose your target audience

Neon contributors can specify where their activity is available and which schools can access it. This can be by postcode, town, region, local authority – even by country or nationwide.  

You can also add search criteria such as student age, experience type, length, cost and how you deliver. Plus, Neon lets you to target your audience based on whether a school is an EngineeringUK Priority school, so your efforts are directed where they’re needed most. 

By targeting your audience you’ll only get referrals from schools where you deliver your activity.

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Quality matters to us

We want STEM teachers and their students to enjoy the very best engineering experiences, so we only feature experiences that meet our quality criteria.

Experiences that meet Neon quality standards:

  1. Include positive and contemporary messaging about engineering
  2. Raise young peoples’ aspirations:
    For primary: Broaden horizons, challenge career stereotypes, and put curriculum subjects into a real-life context
    For secondary: Include an explicit careers dimension and align with at least 2 Gatsby benchmarks
  3. Are designed and delivered so they are inclusive for students
  4. Are committed to embedding learning and improvements
  5. Clearly articulate expected learning outcomes
  6. Are transparent on cost and time
  7. Meet safeguarding, health and safety and data protection standards and have public liability insurance

 

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GUIDE for featuring your experiences on Neon

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Everything you need to know to get your brilliant interactive engineering activities featured as experiences on Neon!

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