IET Faraday® Challenge Days 2025/26
The IET Faraday® Challenge Days will not be run as a national competition during the 2025-2026 academic year while we review our delivery model.
But you can still run your very own IET Faraday® Challenge Day, a fun hands-on design and technology challenge to do with groups, your class or your school, where you can choose a time and theme that suits your students.
Our IET Faraday® DIY Challenges are free of charge activities designed as classroom-based engineering challenge days to help bring STEM together in an engaging way.
Your students will learn key STEM skills and knowledge, as well as developing their problem solving, team working and communication skills.
There are a variety of different challenges to choose from and we’ll provide all the resources you need to run one in your school.
To find out more about IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Days, and the resources available, please visit the IET Faraday® DIY Challenge Day page.
Feedback from participants
Check out our IET Faraday® Final highlights video and see the below testimonials from students and teachers who previously took part:
“I think that this was a great experience and it was fun to see how engineers tackle problems.”
13 year old boy
"Great day. It was wonderful to see the students go from nothing to a prototype in a matter of hours."
Teacher
"A great experience and I think more schools should have the opportunity."
12 year old girl
"Wonderful opportunity for our children to be inspired by STEM and engineering. The Challenge Leader was a fantastic and professional host. The children were engaged throughout."
Teacher
"I really loved my time at the IET Faraday® Challenge Day, I thought it was loads of fun and unlike any other experience."
13 year old girl
"Excellent way to promote STEM and engineering. Kept the students engaged throughout, challenging them to think towards the next level. Bringing out the best in them."
Teacher