The aviation industry is under transformation. New technologies are making flying faster, safer, less noisy and more sustainable. These innovations, however, require new skills. How can we equip the workers of tomorrow with the newest competences required by the market? And how do we generate pathways for the next generation to join this dynamic and essential sector for the UK?


We will address this and other questions during this landmark event, which will bring together major players across aerospace, education and government to collectively agree on a way forward for the creation of world-class UK Centres of Excellence for Aviation.



Join us on Wednesday, 9th October 2019 at 09:30 – 16:30 at the Novotel London Stansted Airport in Stansted.

As part of the EPC’s New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education initiative, run jointly with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), we will be holding a conference on 18 November 2019 at IET London: Savoy Place.

We will be showcasing changes that have been made to engineering courses since our first conference, a landmark in innovative learning and teaching, two years ago.

The Conference will feature case studies of universities that exemplify innovation in ‘the six facets’ outlined by previous work in the New Approaches initiative:

We are delighted that the programme will feature the stories of 17 different new approaches, all of which have a track record from which other institutions can learn as they share their experience of developing and instigating change.

This is an unmissable event for all teaching staff in engineering, for department heads, and for anyone with an interest in pedagogy and the student learning experience.

The programme can be viewed here.

The Twitter hashtag for the event is #NewApproaches.

Further information
Further information on the New Approaches initiative to date can be found on the EPC website.

To be held at the University of Hertfordshire. Follow links for more details and map.

The UK & Ireland EERN are pleased to announce their 7th Annual Symposium will be hosted by WMG & the School of Engineering, University of Warwick in December this year.

Excellence in Engineering Education for the 21st Century: The Role of Engineering Education Research

Building on the success of previous annual symposium and colloquium the UK & Ireland EERN invites colleagues to submit extended abstracts for presentation at the 2019 Annual Symposium. Templates are available to download as a .zip file here.
With a growing membership of Engineering Education Researchers and Educators, this year’s event promises to be better than ever.

The next Recruitment and Admissions Committee meeting will be in the Hopper Room at the IET, Savoy Place, London

The Engineering Professors’ Council Annual Congress 2019 took place from 13th May to 15th May at UCL Engineering Education. This year’s congress theme was Engineering Change: surviving and shaping the policy landscape.

The 2019 CPHC Conference is due to be held on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th April 2019 at Middlesex University, 

The event is due to start with parallel Workshops on the morning of Monday 29th April:

10.00-12:30 New Heads Workshop – Dr Iain Phillips (Loughborough University) with Dr Atif Waraich (Liverpool John Moores University) and Dr Nick Savage (University of Portsmouth). For more information, click here.

10.30-12:00 New Professors Workshop – Prof. Sally Fincher (CPHC Chair & University of Kent) with Prof. Anna Cox (UCL). For more information, click here.

The main Conference start time is 12:30 and will close at approximately 15:30 on Tuesday 30th April following a choice of further Workshops from 13:45 to 15:30:
IoC Workshop For more information, click here.
Athena SWAN – Professor Carron Shankland. For more information, click here.
Engagement with UKRI For more information, click here.

The main Conference programme includes:
Panel discussions on Cyber Security in teaching & research and the Institute of Coding, EPSRC update, view from Wonkhe, the Royal Society, UKCRC and the research horizon, KEF update and BCS Education strategy update (including National Centre for Computing Education).

As with previous Conferences there will also be a Conference Dinner on the evening of Monday 29th April at the RAF Museum. You will be able to indicate on the booking system whether you wish to bring a guest. Please complete all of the necessary sections so that we can arrange adequate catering requirements. The costs are as follows:

Days 1 & 2 (inc the Conference and Dinner) ÂŁ100
Day 1 only (no Dinner) ÂŁ40
Dinner guest ÂŁ45
Day 2 only ÂŁ40

Bookings may be made using the link below.  Please complete all of the necessary sections so that we can arrange adequate catering requirements: https://cphcconf2019.eventbrite.co.uk

Information on hotels near to the Conference venue may be found here.

The AAU Committee meeting (follow link for agenda) will take place in the morning followed by the free annual Universities Seminar (follow link for details) in room C1 in Geroge Begg Building at the University of Manchester, M13 9PL (follow link for map).



The aim of the seminar is to foster flight simulation in universities by bringing together all institutions with an interest in flight simulation to exchange information, encourage cooperation & collaboration between all interested parties.



All colleagues and students are strongly encouraged to participate and to consider offering to give a short presentation about some aspect of flight simulation in your department. If you would like to present, please email Barry Tomlinson: b.tomlinson110@btinternet.com

The 2019 UK and Ireland Engineering Education Research Network Spring Colloquium will take place on 2nd – 3rd May 2019 at the Technological University Dublin.



You can download more details here.

 

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