ACED 090518 presentation slides
The presentation slides by most speakers may be found at the link above. Thank you to all who attended and contributed to the event, in particular all the speakers.
For further information, please contact Carolyn Hill at ICE, jbm@ice.org.uk or Telephone 020 7665 2274
ACED programme final
2017 ACED Conference – November 2nd to 3rd, Edinburgh
Each year one of the ACED member departments hosts a 2-day conference open to all, whether academic or industrial, involved in developing and delivering JBM accredited degree programmes. This year, the conference will be hosted by Heriot-Watt University, with the Conference dinner being held under the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.
Topics this year include sketching, student retention, student engagement, ethics and overseas exchange programmes. There will also be as typically happens, an update from the JBM. The full schedule is attached here: Final Programme ACED Edinburgh 2017
The presentations from the speakers are attached here:Â ACED Conference Nov 2017 Heriot-Watt University presentations
Tickets are available online for only ÂŁ174.95 at:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aced-annual-conference-tickets-38585400973?aff=es2
Accommodation
The official Conference Hotel is the Courtyard Edinburgh West.  This is a brand-new hotel opening shortly, and it is not yet possible to book rooms for before 13th November although they are expected to become available in the near future. Furthermore, there are a wealth of hotels in Edinburgh, with the nearest to Heriot-Watt (1.4 miles) being the Novotel Edinburgh Park Hotel and Premier Inn Edinburgh Park.  Both of these are accessible directly from Edinburgh Airport and the city centre using the Edinburgh Tram – the stop is at the hotels is “Edinburgh Park Station” (next to the railway station).
The ICE/IStructE/ACED joint annual meeting will take place on Tuesday 9 May at the Institution of Structural Engineers in London (47-58 Bastwick Street, EC1V 3PS). Registration and coffee is between 09:30 and 10:00, for a 10:00 start, and the meeting is scheduled to finish at 16:00
The general themes for the day will be:
The IStructE President, Ian Firth, and the ICE President, Prof Tim Boyd, will each be making a presentation and chairing a session, and there will be a presentation by Nick Russell, Chair of the JBM.
The meeting is sponsored by IStructE, ICE and ACED. Â There is no charge to attend, and lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Please click here for further details of the programme and to reserve your space at the event via Eventbrite (https://aced_hod2017.eventbrite.co.uk).
Any queries about the event can be directed to Rebecca Carey, Head of Membership at the Institution of Structural Engineers, Rebecca.Carey@istructe.org.
The 2016 meeting was held on 16 May 2016 at the ICE offices at 1 Great George Street, London
Links to files from the meeting are below:
Welcome to ACED
Welcome to the ICE and overview of ICE related activities
Session 1 – Creativity and Innovation
Chair Adrian Coy, Vice-President ICE
Update from the JBM –Â Prof Stephen Garrity, University of Leeds, Chair JBM
Session 2 – Creativity in Engineering Education
Chair Prof Stephen Garrity, Chair JBM
Overview of IStructE related activities –Â Alan Crossman, President IStructE
Session 3a – Work Based Learning and Placements
Chair Alan Crossman, President IStructE
Session 3b – Apprenticeships and partnerships with industry
Chair Dr Rachel Horn, Chair ACED
The annual ACED Conference took place this year on the 3rd and 4th of November 2016 at the University of the Sheffield.
ACED ConferenceSheffield – Nov 2016 – Final Programme
The 2015 meeting was held on 22Â May 2015 at the IStructE offices at 47-58 Bastwick Street, London EC1V 3P
Links to files from the meeting are below:
Welcome to ACED
Welcome to the IStructE
Session 1 – Student Retention
Session 2 – Research
Overview of ICE Activities
Session 3 – Student Recruitment
Accommodation
We have reserved accommodation for delegates at a special rate in the Orchard Hotel, which is on campus adjacent to the conference centre. Please see the “more info” tab on the booking page.
The ACED Annual Conference was held on 18-19 October 2012  at the Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Session 1a – Attitudes to Assessment (Panel Session)
Educationalist view – Yaz El-Hakim, Winchester
Directorate view – Rebecca Bunting, Deputy VC, Portsmouth
Recent Graduate view – Cathy Nickell, HOP, Hove
Session 1b – Assessment Implementation
Encouraging a reduction in assessment – Mark Davison, Nottingham Trent
Formative assessment and engagement – Bob Lark, Cardiff
JBM Guidance on assessment – Dominic Fox, Portsmouth
Engineering Gateways – Deborah Seddon, Engineering Council
Further and work-based learning – Peter Theobald, Cardiff
Part-time undergraduate provision – Peter Mills, Wolverhampton
Session 3 – Realism in Project Work
Group work, industrial realism, technical realism – John Davies, Coventry
The student and graduate view – Peter Courtenay (Portsmouth Student),
Matthew Curtis (Portsmouth Graduate), Eleanor Fosberry (Southampton
Graduate), Deepu Prabhakaran (Portsmouth Graduate)
Session 4 – Interest Group Breakouts
Friday 19 October
Session 5 – Engineering Professors’ Council Update – Professor Simon Hodgson, Vice President EPC, Teesside
Session 6 – Transition From School
Why students fail – a social science perspective – Paul McVeigh, Portsmouth
Careers advice – Alan Bullock, Careers Consultant
Alan Bullock’s supporting documents:
Statutory Careers Guidance for Schools
HE STEM Transition project findings – Christine Keenan, Bournemouth
Session 7 – Higher Apprenticeships
Construction Operations Management – Adrian Anderson, University Vocational Awards Council & Barbara Workman, Middlesex
Session 8 – International Study and Work Experience
International campuses and inward credit – John Owen, Nottingham
International work experience – Scott McCabe, Astrium
A joint ACED / ICE / IStructE Heads of Department meeting took place on Wednesday 2nd May 2007 at IStructE, London. The following presentations were made available by the speakers:
The 2010 meeting was held on 27 April 2010, ICE, Great George Street, London
Links to files from the meeting are below.
Programme:
Session 1 – What should be taught in undergraduate degree courses?
Session 2 – How should this be taught?
Session 3 – Questions for students?