Our extensive events programme has seen many hundreds of our members access a plethora of free online webcasts and jam-packed in-person events. Click on each of the tabs below to see some of our event highlights. Or see older events.
In September 2025, we hosted the official launch of two of our key EDI-focused initiatives: the Inclusive Employability Toolkit and the EPC’s DEI Community of Special Interest, highlighting their role in promoting inclusive practices across engineering, computing, design, and technology. The event also featured the Neurodiversity: All In for Engineering campaign and included insights from the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Diversity Impact Programme.
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This one-hour update session featured reports from our working group leads, covering key developments including the terms of engagement initiative, the current status of the neuro-inclusion maturity framework, progress on the Inclusive Workpackage, and our approach to capturing authentic voices — including the rationale behind it.
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This was a 1-hour webinar hosted by Paul Bailey, Chief Exec of the Engineering Council titled Answering the Call: The next 5 years of the Engineering Council. The webinar was followed by the EPC Annual General Meeting 2025.
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EAN Congress 2025: Realising the Vision took place from 9–11 June, jointly hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester. With over 40 speakers and a diverse mix of delegates, the Congress was a clear success.
The packed programme offered a wealth of networking opportunities, including campus tours of both universities’ impressive engineering facilities, a walking tour of Manchester, a public lecture, and a lively social evening featuring food, drinks, a pub quiz, and karaoke.
Key highlights included the EPC’s Hammermen Competition poster exhibition, the David K. Harrison Hammermen Award ceremony — presented by EPC President Professor John Mitchell — and the Congress dinner at the Manchester Museum, where Dr Lucy Rogers MBE delivered a memorable and inspiring after-dinner address.
Centred on the theme ‘Realising the Vision’, the event featured a rich blend of thought-provoking panels, keynote addresses, and dynamic discussion — all contributing to a compelling and collaborative experience.
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The public lecture was part of the Engineering Academics Network Annual Congress, which was kindly hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester.
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In this one-hour webinar, EPC’s data expert, Stella Fowler explored the latest HESA student enrolment data using our Data Explorer tool.
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Held at NMITE’s Blackfriars Campus in Hereford, this in-person gathering brought together members of the EPC neuro-inclusion community to advance inclusive practices in engineering higher education. The event featured collaborative sessions on the development of a neuro-inclusion maturity framework, discussions on inclusive assessment strategies, and the creation of a shared language to support neurodivergent individuals. Participants engaged in workshops aimed at aligning neurodivergent strengths with engineering skills and contributed to the development of resources to foster neuro-inclusive environments.
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This webinar, part of the Engineering Deaf Awareness Project (EDAP), focused on the importance of deaf awareness in engineering. It explored how fostering an inclusive environment benefit not only individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing but also enriches the engineering community as a whole.
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In this one-hour webinar, EPC’s data expert, Stella Fowler, presented an analysis of the newly released UCAS applications and admissions data for the 2024/25 cycle. Utilising the EPC’s exclusive Data Explorer tool, the session provided insights into application trends, demographic shifts, and subject-specific data, offering valuable information for institutions to inform their recruitment and admissions strategies.
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The final session in the series focussed on the broader impact of AI on society. Discussions centred around ethical considerations, societal benefits, and the role of engineers in guiding AI towards positive outcomes.
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This webinar delved into the application of AI in engineering research. Participants explored how AI can drive innovation, streamline methodologies, and contribute to groundbreaking discoveries in the field.
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The first instalment of the EPC’s AI webinar series examined the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance teaching practices in higher education engineering. Experts discussed innovative approaches and tools to integrate AI into the classroom.
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This online event marked the release of the EPC’s annual Engineering Enrolments Survey findings. Attendees gained early access to data highlighting trends in engineering admissions, including a noted decline in overseas postgraduate enrolments and an increase in home student numbers across various disciplines. The session provided a platform for discussing the implications of these trends on engineering education and institutional planning.
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The 2024 Access & Admissions Forum took place at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Prince Philip House in London, co-hosted by the Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) and the Royal Academy of Engineering. The event focused on sharing exclusive findings from an EPC engineering admissions project, developed in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, utilising unique UCAS engineering datasets. Keynote speakers included John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students (OfS), and Ben Jordan, Director of Strategy at UCAS. The forum featured presentations and workshops addressing the realities of entry requirements and strategies for fair access in engineering education. It provided a platform for staff at all levels in engineering departments to engage in discussions on access and admissions.
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