Impact

We have measured the impact of events since 2008 and know there is a real shift in student perceptions, particularly amongst girls. Events run right across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, each with its own regional steering group. The event day is just part of the initiative with schools working on projects both pre and post event.

Feedback from teachers and companies is overwhelmingly positive with 98.5% schools who attended a TeenTech event saying they will definitely attend another.

It is estimated that more than three-quarters of the jobs that will exist in 2030 don’t yet exist! What we do know is that jobs in the future will have a technological or scientific component, and will require transferable skills such as creativity, teamwork, computational thinking, and communication.

TeenTech Festivals are a powerful intervention before students make GCSE subject choices, dispelling gender stereotypes and shifting perceptions of careers teenagers may have considered “difficult”, “geeky” or “boring”.