Marvin OnumonuE.ON UK has launched a new classroom resource with Veloce aimed at building green skills confidence among students aged 14 to 18.
The resource was rolled out at E.ON UK’s New Energy Academy for National Careers Week and supports updated Department for Education (DfE) guidance focused on real-world learning and work experience.
The activity, called Building your potential, uses sport to show students real stories from athletes and engineers working in clean energy.
Short videos feature engineers and athletes including Kevin Hansen, Charlie Martin, Chloe Grant, Heather Cowell, Chelsea Pitman, Efe Shimwell, Rory Turnham, Lucja Wyrwantowicz and Megan Smithson‑Booth.
Motorsport creators and presenters Steph Wentworth, Max Fewtrell and Skye Upshall also appear.
The content is free for KS4–KS5 teachers and links to PSHE, assemblies and form time.
Each activity is designed to be delivered in 10 to 15 minutes.
Helen Bradbury, chief people officer at E.ON UK, said: “We’re proud to provide teachers with practical, curriculum-aligned resources that not only support the latest careers guidance, but actively build ambition.
“Through our partnership with Veloce, we have strengthened the New Energy Academy offering by launching Building Your Potential.
“The new resources bring green skills to life: making them real, relatable and achievable.”
Bradbury added: “By connecting students with inspiring athletes and industry role models, we’re helping them see the opportunities open to them in the UK’s growing green economy.”
Research found schools using the New Energy Academy saw 58% of students able to see themselves working in the energy sector.
Many developed a stronger understanding of sustainability careers, and some reported being more likely to choose STEM subjects.
