Welcome to the Collaborating with Industry for Teaching and Learning – Case Studies page of EPC’s Crucible Project toolkit. 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 focussing 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 |
Importance of Industrial Advisory Boards | IET, Industrial Advisory Boards | Dr Carl Diver and Jake Godfrey |
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 |
Putting Theory into Practice | Applying Lean Techniques | Andrew Thorn |
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 |
Improving User Experience Skills in Health Informatics in Wales | Knowledge exchange, Knowledge transfer, User Experience, Data Visualisation, Health Informatics | Associate Prof Nik Whitehead, Prof Wendy Dearing and Prof Ian Wells |
Inclusive Innovation: Harnessing Industrial and Academic Research Collaboration for Solving Industry Problems | Knowledge exchange, Research, Digital Twin, Model Driven Engineering, Inclusive Innovation | Prof Balbir Barn, Prof Tony Clark, Vinay Kulkarni and Dr Souvik Barat |
Development of an Authentic Writing Activity with Industry | Graduate employability and recruitment, Authentic Learning | Dr Becky Selwyn, David Pullinger and Dr Irene Renaud-Assemat |
Partnership Approaches in a New, Engineering-Focussed HEI | Knowledge exchange, Universities’ and businesses’ shared role in regional development, Challenge-based Learning, Timber Technology, Levelling-up, Skills, Future of Work | Ben Ricketts (NMITE), Prof Beverley Gibbs (NMITE) and Harriet Dearden (NMITE) |
E21 – ‘Engineering the Future’ at the University of Exeter with a USP of Entrepreneurship and collaboration with Royal Society Entrepreneurs in Residence | Graduate employability and recruitment, Knowledge exchange, Gold Standard Project Based Learning, EntreComp, 21st Century Skills, Entrepreneur in Residence, Collaboration | Dr Corrina Cory, Nick Russill and Prof Steve Senior |
Newcastle University and brightening the future for the North East | Universities’ and businesses’ shared role in regional development, Knowledge exchange, Research, Graduate employability and recruitment, Electrification, Collaboration Skills, Newcastle | Prof Matt Boyle OBE |
Using an Innovation Standard Framework to Drive Knowledge Exchange Growth, Value and Impact | Universities’ and businesses’ shared role in regional development, Knowledge exchange, Research, Graduate employability and recruitment Innovation Benchmarking, Innovation Portfolios, Innovation-driven Leadership, ISO 56002, Industrial Collaboration, Growth | Prof Sa’ad Sam Medhat |
Re-engineering Education: Pushing the boundaries of Academic-Industrial Partnerships | Graduate employability and recruitment, Partnerships, Academic, Industry | Bob Tricklebank and Sue Parr |
Industry and Engineering Academics – Collaboration Starts with Discovery | Knowledge exchange, Industry, Academic Expertise, Collaboration, Commercial Engagement, Content, Search, Discovery, Innovation, Invention | Deanne Taenzer and Kendra Gerlach |
Scholarship, Synergy & Transformational Change: Using Research to Inform Strategy at a Time of Uncertainty | Research, Graduate employability and recruitment, Transformational Change, Industry-Education Partnerships, Educational Research, Scholarship | Associate Prof Graeme Knowles, Dr Jane Andrews and Professor Robin Clark |
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