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 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?
The 2012 meeting was held on 23 April 2012, ICE, Great George Street, London
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?
Session 3 – JBM Update
The 2004 ACED Annual Conference and AGM took place in October at the University of Plymouth.
The 2005 ACED Annual Conference and AGM took place in October at Coventry University.
Conference Programme:
Day 1:
Day 2:
The 2009 conference took place on 12th and 13th November 2009 at Cardiff University.
The organiser was Prof. Robert Lark.
Links to files from the conference are below:
Session 1 – Assessment and Feedback
Session 2 – Field Courses and Hands-On Learning
Session 3 – Widening Participation and STEM
Session 4 – Overseas Development & Engineering
Session 5 – Climate Change