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The 2012 meeting was held on 23 April 2012, ICE, Great George Street, London

Programme

Links to files from the meeting are below:

Session 1 – Harnessing the energy of young people

Session 2 – What is BIM & how can it be integrated within accredited degrees?

John Roberts, Atkins

Session 3 – JBM Update

Summary of output from breakout session – employment issues

The 2004 ACED Annual Conference and AGM took place in October at the University of Plymouth.

Ms Deborah Seddon (ICE): ‘ICE – Present and Future; an update for ACED’
Miss Marie Dignan (IStuctE): ‘Future Developments in Civil Engineering Education’
John Newton (Cardiff University): ‘Transparency Review and Full Economic Costing’
John Newton (Cardiff University): ‘Strategic Pricing’
Steve Donohoe (University of Plymouth / SLICE): ‘Development of a Student-centred Learning Project’

The 2005 ACED Annual Conference and AGM took place in October at Coventry University.

Conference Programme:

Day 1:

Professor Adrian Long (Queens University Belfast and Head of Civil Engineering RAE Sub panel): ‘RAE 2008 – are you prepared?’
Professor Fred Maillardet (University of Brighton): ‘QAA Revised Benchmarks – Are we ready for these ?’
Richard Shearman (Deputy Director, Engineering Council, UK): ‘QAA Revised Benchmarks – Are we ready for these ?’
Steve Garrity (Principal, Garrity Associates): ‘JBM accreditation and output standards’
Professor Duncan Lawson (Coventry University): ‘The Mathematics CETL’

Day 2:

Professor Paul Jowitt (Heriot Watt University): ‘Who will engineer a sustainable future ?’
Mr David Wilson and Ms Eva O’Connor (ARUP): ‘A graduate’s perspective’

The 2009 conference took place on 12th and 13th November 2009 at Cardiff University.

The organiser was Prof. Robert Lark.

Programme

Links to files from the conference are below:

Session 1 – Assessment and Feedback

Assessment – best practice or making the best of a bad job? – Liz McDowell, Northumbria University
Assessment & Student feedback – Alan Kwan, Cardiff University

Session 2 – Field Courses and Hands-On Learning

Surveying Fieldcourses – Nigel Smith, University of Leeds
Field Courses and “Hands-On” Learning
A Welsh Appropriate Technology Training (WATT) Network

Session 3 – Widening Participation and STEM

The National HE STEM Programme – Michael Grove, University of Birmingham
Widening Participation and STEM – Sophia Khan, University of Bradford

Session 4 – Overseas Development & Engineering

Now is the time – Paul Jowitt, President, ICE
Engineers Without Borders – Ruth Manning

Session 5 – Climate Change

Climate change, sustainable development and resiliance – Mark Fletcher, Arup
Climate Change, The Educational Perspective – Barry Clarke, University of Leeds

The annual ACED Conference will take place this year on the 30th and 31st of October 2014 at the University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus. The flyer gives further details regarding the Conference, including online registration which is now available.

A key discussion topic at the Conference will be the management and operation of undergraduate civil engineering research projects. As part of this, we are collecting information on how they are run, and this will be discussed at the Conference. It would be useful if all academics who look after undergraduate civil engineering research projects could complete this five minute survey.

One of the key events of the ACED calendar is the Joint Meeting held each Spring by ACED, ICE and IStructE. Heads of Civil & Structural Engineering Departments are invited to the meeting which is hosted, alternately, by one of the two Engineering Institutions. This year’s meeting is to be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers.
To download the programme: ACED-ISTructE-ICE Programme April 2014
The meeting is sponsored by ICE, IStructE and ACED. There is no charge to attend, and lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Please indicate your intention to attend by responding to Samina Begum at samina.begum@ice.org.uk including your full contact details.

The ACED Annual Conference is to take place at the University of Birmingham on 24 and 25 October 2013.