The conference marks the tenth anniversary of the HEA and asks what the past ten years can tell us about what the next ten years might bring. The event will focus on the future of the student learning experience and ask how we are preparing ourselves for it; it will look at how current policy and practice is (or is not) equipping us for the opportunities that lie ahead and what may need to be done to both adapt to and create new learning environments.
This event is funded as part of the HEA STEM workshop and seminar series 2013-14. The workshop is free to attend for delegates from both HEA subscribing and non-subscribing institutions but booking is essential to secure your place as numbers are limited.
The 2014 PHEE Conference, in conjunction with PHOMME (Professors and Heads of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) was held at the IMechE, Birdcage Walk, London on 8th January, 2014. Â The presentations may be downloaded via the links below.
Theme: Engineering Challenges and Opportunities
Session 1 Industrial Challenges and Opportunities
Keynote Address: Developments and Challenges in the Microelectronics Systems Industry (a personal view) – Warren East , Dyson Board Member, Ex CEO ARM Holdings
A view from the Thales Group – Alvin Wilby, Vice President, Strategy and Technical, Thales UK
Maintaining Engineering Leadership in a growing Company – Nick Cooper, The Spencer Group
Academic Partnerships – Ian Stoneham, IET
Session 2 Skills and Training – Challenges and Opportunities
Training of Engineers – Nick Winser, Executive Director U.K., National Grid
A report on the shortage of engineers – Colin Brown, Director of Engineering IMechE
Graduates and SMEs – Sarah Sillars, CEO of SEMTA
Session 3 Research and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities
Industry Funded Research – Jim McDonald, Vice Chancellor , Strathclyde University
Horizon 2020 Update – Christina Miller, U.K. Research Office
Findings from the Foresight Future of Manufacturing Project – Paul McCaffrey, Government Office for Science
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