Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2012

Registration and Coffee

Introduction and round-up of the current situation – feedback on members’ poll

Professor Dik Morling, University of Westminster and Chair of Admissions Working Group, Engineering Professors’ Council

Perspectives from Times Higher Education correspondent

Jack Grove, Times Higher Education’s Education and Student Affairs correspondent

Trends in overseas student demand for engineering, impact of Visa Regulations etc

Kevin Van Cauter, Higher Education Adviser, British Council

Trends in overseas student demand for engineering. Preparation of overseas students for UK HE: the development of engineering-specific pathways

Stephen Harvey, Managing Director of Cambridge Education

Panel Session and Q&A

Jack Grove (facilitator) – panel of the forum speakers

Lunch and Networking

How do we sell engineering as a degree? Overview of Big Bang and Tomorrow’s Engineers programmes.

Jeremy Buckle, Event Director, The Big Bang and Laura Chastney, Programme Manager, Tomorrow’s Engineers

Break-out to action planning session around what can we do about issues raised in morning and what can we learn from the initiatives of Big Bang and Tomorrow’s Engineers

Facilitated by Jeremy Buckle and Laura Chastney

Feedback from action planning session and close

Facilitated by Professor Mike Bramhall, Professor of Engineering Education, Sheffield Hallam University