Congress 2012
The 2012 EPC Congress took place at the University of Leicester on 17/18 April 2012.
Themes included the REF, SIVS, employability of graduate engineers and the new funding regime.
The Distinguished Guest Lecture was given by Professor Julia King CBE, Vice Chancellor of Aston University, and this was followed by the Congress Dinner at the Belmont Hotel, on the evening of 17th April.
Professor Helen Atkinson: Unemployment of Engineering Graduates: The Key Issues
Professor Sir Bob Burgess: Developing Universities in a New Era
Chris Millward: The Higher Education Reforms: The Implications for Engineering
David Delpy: EPSRC Delivery Plan: The Next Steps
Janet Bohrer: Quality Assurance of Postgraduate Taught Courses
Naomi Drinkwater: Key Information Sets: the Implications for Engineering
Andrew Lamb: Engineers Without Borders
Richard Skerrett: Developments in the UCAS applications process
Ruth Graham: Achieving excellence in engineering education: the ingredients of successful
Professor Stephanie Hayward: REF Sub-Panel 15: General Engineering
Chris Taylor: REF Sub-Panel 11: Computer Science and Informatics
Professor Julia King: Climate Change, Green Growth, Opportunities for Engineering and Manufacturing
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