Welcome to the Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning – Case studies page of the EPC’s Enterprise Collaboration toolkit (formerly known as the Crucible Project). Click here for the toolkit homepage.
This page lists the case studies which come under the Collaborating with industry for teaching and learning theme, one of the five themes identified during the the EPC’s landmark 2020 Annual Congress, Industry & Academia: Supercharging the Crucible. On this page you will find case studies focusing on this area from a wide range of HE providers and industry partners.
| Case Study Title | Other Themes/Keywords | Authors |
|---|---|---|
Revising approaches for a joined up methodology |
Knowledge exchange, Graduate employability and recruitment, Industry, Engineering Education, Authenticity, Collaboration |
Dr Gareth Thomson, Dr Jakub Sacharkzuk and Paul Gretton |
An industry-student mentoring scheme 2010-2022 |
Mentors, Mentees, Civil Engineering | Dr Mike Murray |
Connected curriculum: Partnering academia and industry |
Knowledge exchange, Research, Graduate employability and recruitment, Digitalisation, Partnership, Collaboration, Network |
Steve Jones, Associate Prof David Hughes, Prof Ion Sucala, Dr Aris Alexoulis and Dr Martino Luis |
Stimulating growth of an SME to support railway infrastructure |
Universities’ and businesses’ shared role in regional development, Knowledge exchange, Graduate employability and recruitment, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Design and Innovation, Student Projects, Railway Infrastructure |
Prof Simon Barrans, Harvey Kangley, Greg Jones and Mark Newton |
Successful industry-academia collaboration in design, delivery, and assessment of WBL Engineering Degree Apprenticeship programmes at Aston University |
WBL, Degree Apprenticeship, Engineering | Dr Goudarz Poursharif, Dr Panos Doss and Bill Glew |
Video interviews of engineers in industry for use by staff and students in Engineering Business modules |
Industry, Interview, Video, Real Life, Engineers | Prof Lucy Rogers and Petra Gratton |
Metaverse in Education – a partnership between University of Glasgow and EON Reality |
Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Metaverse |
Dr Sajjad Hussain, Dr Hasan T Abbas, Dr Qammer H Abbasi, Prof Muhammad Imran, Mark Cullens, Marcin Kasica and Dr Renah Wolzinger |
Bridging the gap between academic and employing organisations in an ever-changing world |
Academia, Industry | Ian Hobson and Dr Vasilios Samaras |
Guest lectures: Stakeholder insights to enhance the student experience and foster industry-academia partnerships |
Guest lectures, Guest speakers | Dr Robert Mayer |
Emergency shelter digital design project – A UCL / Multiplex collaboration |
Graduate employability and recruitment, Civil Engineering Design, Building Information Modelling, BIM, Digital Engineering, Industry, Collaboration |
James Ford |
Notre Dame cathedral roof design project – A UCL /ARUP collaboration |
Graduate employability and recruitment, Civil Engineering Design, Timber Design, Industry, Collaboration |
James Ford |
Timber Technology Engineering and Design (TED) – An educational approach for future built environment delivery |
Knowledge exchange, Timber, Built Environment, Collaboration, New Educational Model |
Prof Robert Hairstans, Dr Mila Duncheva, Dr Kenneth Leitch, Dr Andrew Livingston, Kirsty Connell-Skinner and Tabitha Binding |
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