The 2019 Professors and Heads of Electrical Engineering Conference (PHEE), in conjunction with PHOMME (Professors and Heads of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) and the EPC (Engineering Professors’ Council) was held at the IMechE, Birdcage Walk, London on 16th January, 2019. The presentations that were made available by the speakers for publication may be downloaded via the link below.
Theme: Opportunities for UK Engineering Higher Education
Conference Programme and Presentations
The annual Joint Meeting of ACED, the ICE and IStructE will be held at the IStructE International HQ on 22nd May. Heads of Civil & Structural Engineering Departments and their nominees are invited to the meeting. The Presidents of both Institutions will be present and will update the meeting from their perspectives.
The event is free of charge. The theme of the day is Inclusivity and Diversity in Civil Engineering. Speakers from the education and industry sectors will address this topic. The programme is given below. Registration starts at 9:15am, the event itself at 9:45am and finish by 4:00pm.
ICE-IStructE-ACED Annual Meeting programme 22 May 2019
To register, please click on the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aced-heads-of-dept-meeting-tickets-58567275297
This year’s ACED annual 2-day conference will be hosted by Coventry University at their Simulation Centre. Broad themes planned for the conference are: Teaching sustainability and ethics; project-based learning; alternative effective feedback mechanisms; gaining efficiency in assessment; assessment of individual contributions to group working.
The conference is now open for registration
The conference map is available here to download:
ACED conference map
ACED Programme Nov 2019 ver 2
ACED Annual Conference 2019 Coventry Presentation slides
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre, Sheffield Hallam University on 14th November 2018 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions Committee Chair, Dr Georgina Harris. Many thanks to SHU for hosting us this year (if you would like to discuss hosting in future, please contact us).
We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s ACED annual 2-day conference, which will be held at the University of Bolton. Topics this year include: Employer engagement, student support, problem-based learning, apprenticeships, JBM accreditation updates, professional body engagement, use of reality capture to engage students.
The University campus is approximately 10 minutes’ walk from the main railway station in Bolton.
Hotel Rooms have been set aside for a limited period for conference attendees to book direct at the Holiday Inn, Bolton Centre, using the discount code ‘ACED2018’.
Some rooms have been set aside at a discounted rate, and to request one, it is recommended that you book direct with Reanne Gornall | Reservations Co-ordinator Holiday Inn Bolton | 1 Higher Bridge Street, Bolton, BL1 2EW
Direct: 01204 879 900 Email: Reservations@hibolton.co.uk<mailto:Reservations@hibolton.co.uk
quoting “ACED2018” or “University of Bolton”.
Post conference note: The speaker presentations may be downloaded from here (single zip file): ACED 2018 Presentations
As in recent years, the AAU will be running the John Barnes Conference for students who have just completed an Individual Project on their degree; this year we are pleased to be holding it in the IDEAS Suite, 1st Floor, Aerospace Integration Research Centre, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire on Friday 19th October 2018.
We will continue with the very successful format whereby entrants have the opportunity to present at a full day’s conference. The winner will receive a certificate and a prize of £500. The two runners up will each receive a prize of £300. Over and above this, it will be an excellent experience to include on their CVs for all students involved as it provides an ideal opportunity to present their achievements to a technically broad audience drawn from a number of Universities and the aerospace sector more generally. It is this that provides the challenge of presenting work in a specialist area to non-specialists – a very important skill to develop.
The process for entry will be as follows:
Step1: The AAU representative at each member institution, together with colleagues, will select one individual student project. This may be at final year BEng/BSc, MEng (whether penultimate or final year) or taught MSc level.
Step2: The representative will submit a one page abstract, which must give a good outline of what the project is about, to myself at my e-mail address below.
Step3: If the number of entries is large, a Panel made up of AAU representatives will be convened to shortlist from these submissions. All AAU members will be receive an invitation to join this panel.
Step4: The authors will be invited to present at the conference where each presenter will be given 25 minutes, including questions, to present their project. The Panel will then award the certificates and prizes to the winning student and runners up.
The extended deadline for receipt of entries is now Wednesday 18th July. If shortlisting is required, a Panel will then be convened and the outcome will be made known on Friday 27th July.
Designing Inclusive Engineering Education – exploring what it means and how you can do it!
Addressing diversity and inclusion within an engineering degree can at times seem irrelevant or futile. The Centre for Engineering Education with Katalytik and the Royal Academy of Engineering will explore inclusion in the engineering education context. This free, two day symposium will provide a rich discussion with peers and experts on HE leadership, course and assessment design and team working around inclusion.
Please register for this free event through the Eventbrite link.
Day 1: Monday, 9th July, 10:30-16:00 – Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5DG.
Day 1 offers a platform for an open and frank discussion about how engineering faculties are setting themselves up to create graduates that appreciate and value that they will not only be working alongside diverse professionals but that they will be designing products and services across humanity.
Breakouts focus on gaps and creating new resources and communities of practice.
Report Launch and Reception: Monday, 9th July 2018, 17:00-20:00 – Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5DG.
Day 2: Tuesday, 10th July, 09:00-15:45 – UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB.
The focus for Day 2 is on sharing knowledge and practice from engineering disciplines around the four pillars. Facilitators will draw good practice together and extend thinking to collect case studies to share and Pillar 1 and 2 will run in parallel in the first session and Pillar 3 and 4 in the second session.
Breakout workshops will focus on the 4 pillars for knowledge sharing ideas and good practice.
For further information, please visit the symposium website here.
Engineers Without Borders UK invites you to spend the afternoon at the Engineering for People Design Challenge Grand Finals 2018.
This year 6,000 students have participated in the Engineering for People Design Challenge which has been run in partnership with their international partner Kounkuey Design Initiative. Student teams this year have focused on providing ideas for engineering solutions to address some of the challenges faced by the residents of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Grand Finals will bring together the top 36 teams from universities across the UK and Ireland to come and showcase their design solutions and be in with a chance of winning one of the top prizes.
For more information and to register for your free ticket, please visit their booking site.
This year’s Engineering Professors’ Council Annual 2018 took place on 14th-16th May at Harper Adams University.
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