EDT NEWS

We are delighted to share that we have partnered with the ERA Foundation to launch a new pilot strengthening pathways into engineering, electech and advanced manufacturing careers for young people in the Black Country.

We are pleased to share that we have renewed our longstanding partnership with resource recovery and waste management company Viridor for its thirteenth consecutive year.

We are delighted to share that our CEO, Julie Feest has been awarded an OBE (Office of the Order of the British Empire) by His Majesty The King, in the New Year 2026 Honours List.

We are proud to continue our successful partnership with the RAF Charitable Trust for an exciting second year, building on the success of our inaugural collaboration.

Our partnership with SSEN Transmission has enabled us to provide STEM experiences to many young people in the Scottish Highlands and rural areas of Scotland.

We are delighted to announce that we are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of our partnership with global security company Leonardo.

Last month, with support from CET (Commercial Education Trust), we brought together employers, educators and charities for an engaging and impactful roundtable event.

We are delighted to share that a grant from Ørsted’s Hornsea 3Skills Fund will enable young people aged 12-14 in Norwich to take part in skills building activities and learn about careers in the sustainable energy sector.

Thanks to funding from the CET, we’re building workplace attitudes and behaviours into the Industrial Cadets Framework to help tens of thousands of young people to prepare for the world of work.

We have joined forces with Digital Catapult, a deep tech innovation organisation, to empower young people across the North East with vital skills for the future workplace.

We are delighted to share that we have extended our skills partnership with SSEN Transmission to deliver STEM education to young people across Scotland for a second year in a row.

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Drax Foundation to inspire over 500 young people across Yorkshire about STEM and careers in the renewable energy sector.

For grant makers, philanthropists, and companies, investing in STEM education represents a powerful opportunity to shape a brighter future for individuals, our economy, and society as a whole.

We supported SSEN Transmission launching its inaugural Discovery Days in the Inverness and Central Highland region.

S1 and S2 pupils from nine schools in the South Lanarkshire area have successfully completed a 12-week STEM project, sponsored by Viridor.

We're delighted to announce that David McKay, Director of Asset Management and Operations at SSEN Transmission has been appointed as a King’s Ambassador for Industrial Cadets.

We announce our exciting new partnership with The Smallpeice Trust to support over 17,500 young people across the UK, to access STEM education.

Juhie Radia, Senior Data Analyst at Ralph Lauren, has been appointed as the first ever Alumni King’s Ambassador for Industrial Cadets.

This international education initiative aims to ignite and nurture enthusiasm for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among young learners.

We are excited to announce that we have joined the Enginuity Alliance, to help close skills gaps in the engineering and manufacturing industry.

Our CEO, Julie Feest has won a Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) Award in the Engagement and Outreach category.

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We are excited to announce a pioneering new collaboration, The Skills & Employment Alliance aimed at transforming workforce development in the UK.

We’re delighted to announced that our CEO, Julie Feest has been nominated for a Novi Award in the Social Impact category.

The first series of Industrial Cadet Challenger workshops which aim to encourage school pupils to consider a career in STEM have kicked off in Shetland with partner SSEN Transmission.

We are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with the RAF Charitable Trust, helping them achieve their mission to reach 500,000 young people by 2026.

STEM education helps children to develop invaluable skills that will be a huge benefit to them no matter what industry they choose to go into later in life.

To highlight International Women's Day, we are celebrating the social, political, cultural and professional achievements of women.

We’re delighted to announce that following a review of over 1000 of the late Queen’s Patronages, His Majesty King Charles III will retain the Patronage of Industrial Cadets.

We are delighted to announce that our EDT Industrial Cadets Platinum Award Finalists have been selected! To celebrate this achievement, they have been invited to the Enginuity Skills Awards 2024.

High School students from across Swansea have taken part in an innovation and sustainability workshop delivered by EDT at Swansea University.

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day this year, we hosted a Student Question Time event with an all-female STEM panel at The Oaks Academy in Crewe.

This exciting partnership aims to inspire young people to understand the exciting careers open to them locally through Green Skills and Net Zero jobs.

Four schools in South East London, Charter East School, Charter North School, Elmgreen, and Dunraven came together to participate in an exciting hands-on Air Quality STEM Challenge.

We celebrate the milestone of delivering 250K Industrial Cadets Experiences across the UK at an event held in London with our Board of Trustees, EDT Staff, our partners and student alumni.

This exciting new partnership aims to influence employers to increase their engagement with education and deliver high quality work readiness Industrial Cadets programmes.