Connecting people, skills and industry: BINDT outreach highlights from 2025

2025 was a momentous year for BINDT’s outreach programme. From engaging tens of thousands of young people across the UK to strengthening relationships with corporate members, partners and educators, the outreach programme has continued to grow.

2025 was a momentous year for BINDT’s outreach programme. From engaging tens of thousands of young people across the UK to strengthening relationships with corporate members, partners and educators, the outreach programme has continued to grow in reach, ambition and impact. This year has demonstrated the vital role outreach plays in raising awareness of non-destructive testing (NDT), condition monitoring (CM) and structural health monitoring (SHM) and the work that the Institute does.

A major focus for 2025 has been science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) engagement. Through a combination of large-scale events and smaller school-based activities, BINDT’s outreach team engaged with approximately 50,000 young people, from early years through to sixth form. BINDT recognises that both large and small events are essential: large events allow significant numbers to be reached, while smaller school visits enable deeper engagement and meaningful conversations. Tom O’Hare, BINDT Vice President, noted: “The UK engineering arena is vast with multiple disciplines, in-demand job roles and an increasingly diverse workforce. BINDT, through outreach and similar projects, is actively promoting engineering as a vocation to encourage young people into the roles required for future growth. It is our members and their involvement with the Institute that provide the impetus for change to support STEM activities, thereby demonstrating NDT, CM and SHM are mainstream engineering roles.”