Students from Dorset and Hampshire schools recently visited the NATS air traffic control centre in Swanwick as part of a charitable initiative to inspire young people through a passion for aviation. The visits are part of NATS’ partnership with the Jon Egging Trust (JET).

We recently opened the doors of Prestwick Centre to several students from Ayrshire schools as part of the King’s Foundation programme. Keen to understand more about aviation careers and air traffic control, the students were given a tour of the operation.

Stansted tower recently hosted a group of local school children from an Essex school, to help inspire the next generation into the world or airspace and aviation. Here, Anyta Davidescu tells us about the visit, and how she’s helping to introduce careers in aviation to young people…

To celebrate Women of Aviation week and Women’s History month, we caught up with some of our air traffic controllers at Prestwick Centre to find out why encouraging more women into aviation is important to them and what inspired them into their roles…

Earlier this year, we were fortunate enough to host the South East regional final of the 2023 CyberFirst Girls Competition. This was our third time, and it was as inspiring as the first.

I’m sure by the time you are reading this article you will be fully aware that today is International Women’s Day. Marked every year on 8 March, it aims to celebrate women’s achievements and increase visibility, while calling out inequality. This year, International Women’s Day also happens to also coincide with Women of Aviation Week, which aims to address the gender imbalance across our industry.

NATS Analyst, Stiliyan Gadzhe, talks about his journey into NATS and why he would recommend a career in analytics.

Kirsty Richards talks about her role and why you should apply to be a Feed Sector Specialist.

Michael Snook talks about his role as an Aircraft Control Position Operator and why you should apply to be one too!

We’re catching up with Project Management Graduate, Eloise Planner, to see how she is getting on after joining NATS in September as part of the 2022 Early Careers cohort.