Industry Partnership Programme
Industry’s gateway into engineering education.
NFEC connects schools, colleges, universities, awarding organisations and government across twelve regional networks. One partnership lets you shape what is taught, put your engineers in front of learners and teachers, and build the talent pipeline your business depends on.
Tell us who you are trying to reach and we will put a package together around it. Partnerships are built to fit, not bought off a shelf.
Our partners
The organisations backing the work of NFEC and its members.
What partners receive
Curriculum influence
Brand visibility
Talent pipelines
Event presence
Research access
Why partner with NFEC
Reach the people who decide
Our members are principals, heads of engineering, curriculum leads, teachers and the employers who take on their learners: the people who shape what is taught and how.
Shape the curriculum
Through the Employer Advisory Board and the Resource Hub, partners influence what learners are taught, so they arrive with the skills industry actually needs.
Inspire the next generation
Back the Electric City Car Cup, the National Engineering Grand Prix or the Formula 1 programme and put your brand where the country's most able young engineers are competing.
Ways to work together
Six routes in, from national competitions to a single region. Most partners combine two or three, and we are happy to build something that does not appear on this list.
Strategic Partner
A year-round relationship across the whole of NFEC's work.
- A seat on the Employer Advisory Board
- Curriculum influence through the Resource Hub
- Presence at the national summit and regional conferences
- Named in the annual State of Engineering Education Report
Competition Sponsor
Back the Electric City Car Cup, the National Engineering Grand Prix or the Formula 1 programme.
- Your name on a national competition and its finals
- Engineers on judging panels and mentoring teams
- First sight of the most able learners in the country
- Year-round visibility as teams build and race
Event Sponsor
Back the Engineering Education Summit, a regional conference or a masterclass series.
- Your name on the event and its materials
- Keynote, masterclass or demonstration slots where they fit the programme
- Delegate engagement in line with data protection
- Follow-up through the member newsletter
Exchange & Live Lesson Partner
Open your doors to educators, or put your experts in front of hundreds of learners.
- Host lecturers on the NFEC Engineering Exchange
- Fund exchange backfill so teachers can take part
- Teach a Live Lesson Network session in your specialism
- Second your engineers into colleges
Resource Collaboration
Put your expertise into the materials schools and colleges actually use.
- Co-produce lessons, industry videos or virtual factory tours
- Support the Engineering Discovery Box for primary schools
- Reviewed by NFEC before publication and credited to you
- Useful first, promotional second
Regional Network Sponsor
Support one region, or a handful, where your workforce and market actually are.
- Sponsor a named regional network for the year
- Attend that region's conferences as a partner
- Work directly with the regional Chair and Deputy
- A route in that does not start with a cold call
Twelve regional networks. One conversation.
Rather than working a region at a time, a partnership reaches all of them through the national office, the regional Chairs and the member platform.
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Worth a conversation?
No pitch deck required. Tell us what you are trying to achieve and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.