Dates for your diary

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

9 to 15 February 2026

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A group of girls doing an energy quest session

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

11 February 2026

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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

2 to 6 March 2026

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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

2 to 7 March 2026

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The six winners of The Big Bang Competition UK Young Technologists of the Year stand in an exhibition area displaying a model of their product along with sketches and working drawings to show how their idea developed. They all face the camera

The Big Bang Competition closes

4 March at 5pm

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

World Engineering Day 2026

4 March

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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


6 to 15 March 2026

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

International Women's Day

8 March 2026

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Summer term

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

Earth Day


22 April 2026

Embrace the Earth

National Numeracy Day

20 May 2026

Celebrate numeracy
Fly agaric mushroom

World Environment Day

5 June 2026

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Industrial greenhouse

Great Big Green Week

6 to 14 June 2026

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Close up of someone working with complicated apparatus or machinery

International Women in Engineering Day

23 June 2026

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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

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Autumn term

Primary school pupils in a classroom setting. The pupils have small model wind turbines on their desks along with text books and pencils. Two students are interacting with their model.

Climate Schools Programme opens

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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

September 2026

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Deep space, a galaxy or constellation

World Space Week


4 to 10 October 2026

Go into space
Silhouette of a person writing maths formulae on a whiteboard

Ada Lovelace Day


13 October 2026

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Wind turbines in water at sunset

Green Careers Week

November 2026

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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 2026

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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 2026

 

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A secondary school student is in a classroom in a practical lesson. They are wearing protective goggles and apron as they work with electronic equipment, focusing on the materials on their workbench.

Scottish Careers Week

November 2026

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A picture of the Earth from space

COP31

November 2026

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

Big Bang at Parliament

November 2026

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

Protecting our Planet Day

November 2026

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