Engineering the future: Enginuity celebrates National Engineering Day by championing lifelong learning

This National Engineering Day on Wednesday, 5 November, Enginuity is celebrating the creativity, innovation, and real-world impact of engineers across the UK, and reaffirming its commitment to helping people gain the skills our sector needs to thrive. 

The celebration coincides with Get the Nation Learning Week, a national campaign dedicated to reigniting the UK’s passion for learning and skills development.  

Championing the call for lifelong learning 

As a proud signatory of the Get the Nation Learning Charter, Enginuity is proud to stand alongside organisations championing accessible education, lifelong learning, and opportunities for everyone to unlock their potential. 

Led by the Learning and Work Institute (L&W), the campaign calls on employers, institutions, and policymakers to back adult education as a critical support for economic growth and social mobility.  

Commenting on the importance of the initiative, Nicola Dolan, Associate Director – Charity Operations and Impact at Enginuity, who attended the Get the Nation Learning Awards on Tuesday, 4 November, said: “At Enginuity, we believe that learning is the engine of opportunity – it powers innovation, inclusion and growth. By working together to remove barriers and make learning accessible to everyone, we can help ensure the UK’s engineering and manufacturing sector has the skills it needs to thrive. 

“By 2043, around 80% of today’s workforce will still be employed. With technology accelerating at pace, embedding a culture of lifelong learning is critical for the UK to survive and thrive. Upskilling and retraining those already in work is vital if the UK is to remain competitive and deliver its growth ambitions. Lifelong learning is now a necessity, not an option.”  

Supporting National Engineering Day  

Enginuity is tackling the UK’s skills gap in engineering by equipping employers, educators and policy makers with the data, resources and tools they need.   

We offer tools like Role Explorer and the Skills Comparator, designed to help individuals transition into meaningful technical roles while enabling organisations to build resilient, future-ready talent pipelines.  

At the heart of Enginuity’s mission is a deep commitment to lifelong learning. Through our charitable programmes, we invest in initiatives that help close the skills gap and futureproof the UK’s engineering and manufacturing workforce. From subsidised leadership training for SMEs to strategic workforce planning tools and leading research that quantifies sector-wide skills needs, our projects ensure employers and their people are equipped to adapt, innovate and thrive in a rapidly changing world. 

This National Engineering Day, Enginuity is using our platform to showcase engineering careers, challenge outdated perceptions and highlight how vocational and technical skills are the backbone of innovation and production. 

Celebrating vocational education 

Building on its commitment to skills development, Enginuity is also spotlighting vocational learning and the technical talent driving the UK’s industries through its first Vocational Celebration Day on 6 August 2026, in collaboration with EAL.  

This initiative reinforces Enginuity’s mission to change perceptions, champion hands-on technical skills, and ensure the manufacturing and engineering sectors have strong, work-ready talent, complementing its work on National Engineering Day and ongoing efforts to close skills gaps. 

Both National Engineering Day and Get the Nation Learning Week share a common goal – inspiring people to keep learning, creating and innovating. Together, they highlight the role education plays in powering the UK’s engineering and manufacturing future and securing the skilled workforce our sector needs. 

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