UKESF Impact Report 2024-25: Celebrating 15 Years of Inspiring Future Engineers

The UKESF is pleased to share its Impact Report 2024-25. 

Highlights from the year include: 

• A record number of UKESF Scholarship applications and awards 

• We announced Semiconductor: Skills, Talent and Education Programme, a major new initiative to equip more young people, undergraduates and early career engineers with the skills to thrive in the semiconductor industry 

• More than 500 girls attend Girls into Electronics events across the country 

• We launched our new Primary Electronics programme 

• We contributed to the discourse around work-readiness and demand for skills 

A heartfelt thank you for the generous support of our sponsors, university partners, employers, and volunteers, and the dedication of the students, scholars and educators who take part in our programmes.  

Read the report in full here. 

 

Celebrating our 15th year 

In May 2025, the UKESF turned 15. To celebrate this milestone, we have announced a number of new initiatives: 

• Launch of our new UKESF Strategy 2025-2030 

• Recognising Teachers and the vital role they have in shaping young minds and inspiring future engineers through The UKESF Award for Inspirational Electronics Educators Sponsored by Synopsys 

• Recognising employers for empowering young people to thrive in Electronics through the UKESF Skills Charter 

• Bringing together those involved in developing young engineers to share best practice through the Network of Early Career Professionals 

• Supporting our graduating Scholars with the transition to the workplace through an additional event focused on skills development and networking 

 

Get involved 

Are you interested to find out more about our mission to encourage more young people to study Electronics and to pursue careers in the sector? Do you think you could help? Get in touch to find out how you could be involved. 

 

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