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EPC Congress 2020: Hammermen Student Prize - Longlisted posters, Finalist multimedia pitches and Finalist posters
The level of talent this year was outstanding! Please do take a look at the longlisted posters, finalist multimedia pitches and finalist posters all created by the students. We were...
Emerging Stronger: Lasting Impact from Crisis Innovation â a new publication
At the start of 2020, no-one could have known what major changes lay just three months ahead for HE. Yet, here we are living through a pandemic, and in the...
Engineering admissions: share your insights and help us make engineering's voice heard in the national admissions debate.
EPC response to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on the higher education admissions system in England. In response to both the pending consultation and the uncertainty around this yearâs...
Does accreditation help or hinder innovation?
In advance of the EPC's forthcoming live webcast, one of the panellists, Prof Sean Wellington, considers whether the requirements of accreditation help foster new approaches to engineering higher education.
President's Prize announced: Professor John Perkins honoured by the engineering academic community.
The Engineering Professorsâ Council (EPC), the representative body of engineering academics in UK universities, has announced that its biennial Presidentâs Prize has been awarded to Prof John Perkins CBE FREng...
Media release: University engineers across the UK commit expertise and equipment to join coronavirus struggle
Media Release Tales are emerging of the many ways that universities across the UK have stepped up to beat coronavirus and Engineering departments in particular have been at the forefront,...
Engineering departments and the Covid-19 response
University engineers donate expertise and equipment in coronavirus struggle
How will the probable collapse in international student numbers as a result of coronavirus affect UK Engineering departments? Weâve crunched the numbers.
Weâve all seen the higher education and national media coverage on the uncertainty around this yearâs university admissions following the cancellation of exams and the extended UK-wide lockdown. The worldwide...
REF 2021 timetable
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
EPC's continued response to Covid 19
Thank you to those members who responded to our latest Covid-19 initiative; a survey to gather details of the activities undertaken by engineering departments and academics in helping the national...
OfS Consultation on the integrity and stability of the English higher education sector
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
GUEST BLOG: Engineers Without Borders UK
Engineers Without Borders UK kindly facilitated the recent EPC Board Retreat discussions on Ethics. Here they tell us about the two design challenges they run at universities.
New approaches to Engineering Higher Education
Best Practice in Engineering Education The EPC has been working with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), academics and industry for over two years to encourage and support changes...
EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey 2019
Firstly, a huge thank you for your contributions to this year's EPC engineering enrolments survey. The survey gives us all an early temperature check of the health of HE undergraduate...
Migration Advisory Committeeâs call for evidence on a salary threshold and points-based system
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
Compensation and Condonement: Response to proposed accreditation regulations
Read the EPC's response here or here.
Guest blog: Time to Reflect on the Wellbeing of our Engineers
Studentsâ mental health is a deservedly hot topic in higher education. But is the conversation more difficult when it comes to engineering? Are the challenges greater?
Brexit impact on UKâs engineering education sector: Exploring EU students and staff experiences
The Engineering Professorsâ Council and the UCL Centre for Engineering Education are running a research project, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, that seeks to address and understand the...
Improving Higher Technical Education: Department for Education
View the consultation here. Read Education for Engineering's submission here. Read the supplementary written response on behalf of the EPC here.
Engineering Council Standards Review
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
Guest blog: âIf you were an engineer, what would you do?â
If you are one of the 125,000+ passengers per day heading through Gatwick South this summer, you may just spot your universityâs Leaders Award prototype on the huge hoarding showcase.
Research grants and contracts income
Research grants and contracts income tells us about the sources of research funding. In 2017â18, 23.4% of UK research funding came from international sources. EU funding, which makes up more...
Degree classification
An established regular in university league tables, good honours degrees have, more recently, been in the spotlight as the media and sector grapple with the notion of âgrade inflationâ and the...
New! DATA BLOG: Grade inflation?
Earlier this month, the OfS published a new release of degree classification data, concluding that the growing proportion of the first and upper second class degrees awarded cannot be fully...
Congress 2019
The theme for this yearâs Congress was âEngineering Change: surviving and shaping the policy environmentâ, the programme designed to help our members navigate unprecedented engineering change. Following a fascinating walking...
Blending arts and sciences: gimmick or necessity?
The two culture of arts and sciences are like oil and water, but, asks Prof Mehmet Karamanoglu, could they be mixed? Indeed, perhaps it's essential that we get them to...
Augar arrives
EPC Chief Executive, Johnny Rich reports on the long-awaited Review of Post-18 Education Funding in England and the possible implications for engineering in HE. At over 200 pages and featuring...
Guest blog: Compensation and condonement - incoming rules for accredited degrees
By Catherine Elliott, Engineering Council The Engineering Council has updated its policy on compensation and condonement[1], which has resulted in new rules being put in place. The key consideration in...
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Future frameworks for international collaboration on research and innovation: call for evidence
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
EPC Elections 2019
NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSORSâ COUNCIL Honorary Treasurer, Secretary and four elected Ordinary Board Members On the occasion of the AGM, the period of office...
Bid to host EPC Congress in 2020 or 2021
Proposals are invited from higher education Engineering departments to host the Engineering Professorsâ Council Annual Congress in 2020 or 2021. âHosting the 2018 Engineering Professorsâ Council Congress was a great way to...
OFSTED consultation on the education inspection framework 2019
View the consultation here. Read Education for Engineering's response here.
The impact of Brexit on engineering research funding
 Using exclusive analysis, the EPC has produced an important insight into the impact that Brexit will have on UK engineering research. The findings are far-reaching and disturbing. A briefing...
UKRI consultation on the Knowledge Exchange Framework
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
Teaching students to learn for themselves
Dr Sunny Bains, author of a new book on emerging technologies, examines how to support students to make use of the technical literature and to look beyond it. The best...
Independent review of TEF: call for views
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
UKSCQA degree classification consultation
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here.
Engineering higher education faces multiple threats, according to new landmark report
A worrying convergence of challenges, outlined in a high-profile report published today, is threatening the vital role of higher education in supporting the UKâs engineering sector, a critical part of...
APPG on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here. Successful influence on APPG lines of inquiry for 2019.
DATA BLOG: First glimpse HESA student data for 2017/18 highlights a decline in part-time, postgraduate, and male enrolments
First glimpse official 2017/8 HESA student data appears static in the Engineering and technology subject group (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-01-2019/sb252-higher-education-student-statistics/subjects). A closer look at the absolute numbers shows a nominal one-year fall in...
EPC engineering enrolments survey
EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey Results 2018/19 Firstly, a huge thank you for your contributions which the Recruitment and Admissions Forum confirmed are highly valued by our members. You told us...
International Baccalaureate: the perfect preparation for engineers?
This blog has been written for the EPC by Henry Coverdale, Director of Post 16 Education at King Edward's School in Birmingham. Henry was the author of one of the posters...
Applications open for RAEng Engineering Leaders Scholarship
Are your students the next generation of engineering leaders? Undergraduates who are leaders, or act as role models in your institution or their community should be encouraged to apply to...
Primary Engineer
Primary Engineer, the organisation which inspires children, pupils and teachers to consider engineering through continued professional development, whole class project work, competitions and exhibitions has partnered with the Engineering Professorsâ...
DATA BLOG: Will this year's undergraduate engineering intake really be bad news?
An interim assessment of placed UCAS applicants for this autumn highlights that engineering follows a sector-wide slide in placed applicants overall but bucks a sector increase in applicants placed from...
Engineering enrolments survey 2018-19
Download an .xlsx version of the EPC engineering enrolments survey Go to the online survey The EPC's annual engineering enrolment survey gives us all a first glance at engineering enrolments...
Creating a new breed of âsupergradsâ
Creating a new breed of âsupergradsâ When it comes to new approaches to education, what happens in engineering is the canary in the mine. Along with medicine no discipline more...
Experience enhanced: improving engineering degree apprenticeships
Following its publication of the landmark report calling for changes to degree apprenticeships to deliver a new breed of âsupergradsâ the EPC has now published all recommendations, including a full...
REF 2021 full EPC member consultation
The UKâs HE funding bodies have set out detailed arrangements for REF 2021 and are seeking views from subject communities on the draft Panel criteria publication developed by the REF...
Guest blog: Does a career in engineering pay?
By Kate Webster, the Engineering Council Engineering students at university are in the ideal place to learn and develop â encouraging them to become professionally registered puts them on a...
The Hammermen Award, the Mongol Rally and Mental Health
In May at the EPC Annual Congress 2018 at Harper Adams University, we announced the winner of this year's Hammermen Student Award, generously sponsored by the Hammermen of Glasgow in...
Home Affairs Committee Post-Brexit migration policy inquiry
View the consultation here. Read the EPC's response here. Ordered to be published on 10 July 2018. Available here.
Chief Executive invites EPC to influence Engineering Council review of UKSPEC
At this year's EPC Congress, Alasdair Coates's invited the EPC - as the representative body of engineering in higher education - to input to the current review that is being...
New Approaches to Engineering HE: The Six Facets
The EPC and IET are delighted to launch six case study examples for each of the six new approaches. We believe this proves that the required changes can be achieved...
The Department of Education call for evidence to support a Review of Post-18 Education and Funding
Read Education for Engineering's response here.
The Department for Education consultation on the subject-level Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
Read Education for Engineering's response here.
New RAEng report: The Career Framework for University Teaching
In response to the government's Teaching Excellence Framework, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has developed the Career Framework for University Teaching. This report is designed to assist universities in...
Opportunities to influence: Subject level TEF
The Department for Education sought views on the proposed design of the subject-level Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF). The TEF aims to recognise and reward excellence in teaching,...
DATA BLOG: The state of engineering? Not too shabby
The supply of skilled engineers may not yet be being met by the education pipeline, but the evidence base required by the sector to make sound strategic decisions is met...
Statement on strike action over USS Pensions
As the EPC represents both institutional members and individuals, we cannot directly take sides in supporting or opposing the current strike action. That said, we understand this is an issue...
Department for Education consultation on Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education
Read the EPC's response here.
DATA BLOG: UCAS Engineering applications down but applications from women up
UCASâ latest application data released today gives us a first glimpse into this Autumnâs enrolments into HE (15 January deadline). Applications to Engineering (totalling 144Âœ thousand) are down by 1.7%...
DATA BLOG: New year, new data? Can ageing stats really help todayâs strategies?
Last week, UCAS completed its suite of 2017 data when it published detailed stats for last autumnâs undergraduate admissions to the UKâs largest universities and colleges. But while the accepted...
Migration Advisory Committee Science budget and Industrial Strategy inquiry call for evidence on International students: economic and social impacts
Read the EPC's response here.
HEFCE Knowledge Exchange Framework Metrics Technical Advisory Group â initial call for evidence on KEF metrics
Read the EPC's response here.
Securing student success: risk-based regulation for teaching excellence, social mobility and informed choice in higher education
Read the EPC's response here.
Opportunities to influence: KEF metrics
In advance of a KEF consultation to be launched in the spring of 2018, HEFCE is seeking evidence to the KEF metrics technical advisory group on: suitable existing and potential...
Opportunities to influence: T level consultation
The Department for Education is seeking views on the development of new T level programmes, and how they should be designed to deliver the Sainsbury Panelâs recommendations. The EPC proposes...
Nomination for REF 2021 Engineering Panel
The Engineering Professors' Council is a nominating body for the Research Excellence Framework and, as such, we have been invited to nominate members of the engineering panel. If you would...
Education Select Committee, Value for Money in HE
The House of Commons Education Committee released the written evidence it has received for its inquiry into the value for money of universities, including the EPCâs submission.
Party Conferences 2017
From Johnny Rich, EPC Chief Executive... The Party Conference season is an opportunity to bend the ears of politicians, policymakers and thought leaders at a time when they're relaxed and...
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2017
This yearâs Engineering Professorsâ Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be held on 15th November at Manchester Metropolitan University. We are delighted to announce not one, but two not-to-be-missed keynote speakers...
Engineering in Society â new module for engineering citizenship
Undergraduate student engineers at UWE Bristol will get the chance to learn about engineering citizenship from September. A new module is being launched to highlight the importance of professional development,...
Conference Report: New Approaches to Engineering in HE
On 22nd May 2017, in association with the IET, the EPC held a landmark conference at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London to lay out a bold new vision...
BEIS, Building our Industrial Strategy Green Paper
View the Green Paper here. Read the EPC's response here.
HESA, NewDLHE: The future of graduate outcomes data
Read the EPC's response here.
HEFCE â Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework
Read the EPC's response here.Â
RAEng response to the Government Green Paper on Industrial Strategy - have your say
The Royal Academy of Engineering is gathering as much opinion and evidence from the engineering community to respond to the Industrial Strategy. There are several ways in which engineers can contribute...
Education Committee â The impact of exiting the European Union on higher education inquiry
Read the EPC's response here. EPC President, Professor Stephanie Haywood, gave evidence to the House of Commons Education Committee on the 11th of January 2017 The EPC received a number of mentions in...
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS) â Inquiry on industrial strategy
Read the EPC's response here.
Brexit impact in Engineering Higher Education
Updated 28/03/19 As the political crisis over Brexit continues in Parliament, an exclusive analysis by the Engineering Professorsâ Council reveals that a cascade of effects â resulting simply from Brexitâs...
EPC President speaking on Estuary TV
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://epc.ac.uk/uploads/2016/08/The-Art-of-Engineering.mp4"][/video] Acknowledgement: The Culture Zone Engineering Professors' Council (EPC) President, Professor Stephanie Haywood of the University of Hull, appeared on Estuary TV last Friday in a segment...
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee â Leaving the EU: Further call for evidence
Read the EPC's response here.
Lord Sternâs Review of the Research Excellence Framework
President of the British Academy Lord Nicholas Stern was commissioned by the government to carry out the review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The independent report "Building on Success and...
Could your students inspire the engineers of the future?
Teaching physics is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind as a career for an engineering graduate. However, it is a rewarding, valuable and important occupation and engineers...
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills â Accelerated courses and switching university or degree
Read the EPC's response here.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills â Teaching Excellence Framework. Technical consultation for year 2
Read the EPC's response here.
Professor Helen Atkinson among âTop 50 Women in Engineeringâ
An inaugural list of the top 50 Women in Engineering, featuring former EPC President and University of Leicester Head of Engineering Professor Helen Atkinson, was published in the Daily Telegraph...
âChildren as Engineers â Paired Peer Mentors in Primary Schoolsâ
EPCâs Engaging in Engineering Public Engagement Grant Award 2014 At its 2014 Congress, the Engineering Professors' Council launched a public engagement funding call: Engaging in Engineering.  One of the two winning projects...
Challenges of introducing and designing new engineering programmes...
Grant Campbell and Daniel Belton at the University of Huddersfield have just published this useful paper about introducing a new programme in a high cost subject at a time of...
GEDC Airbus Diversity Award 2016
The Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award is sponsored by Airbus and aims to encourage and acknowledge work that inspires students of all profiles and backgrounds to study and succeed in...
HE White Paper: Success as a Knowledge Economy published
The much-anticipated Wakeham and Shadbolt Reviews were published this week (16th May) alongside the Higher Education White Paper giving the sector much to chew over. To read the HE White...
Wakeham Review of STEM Degree Provision and Graduate Employability published
The much-anticipated Wakeham and Shadbolt Reviews were published this week (16th May) alongside the Higher Education White Paper giving the sector much to chew over. Sir William Wakeham, this year's...
The Shadbolt Review of Computer Sciences Degree Accreditation and Graduate Employability published
The much-anticipated Wakeham and Shadbolt Reviews were published this week (16th May) alongside the Higher Education White Paper giving the sector much to chew over. Sir Richard Shadbolt's report, The...
EPC President speaking on BBC Look North
Engineering Professors' Council (EPC) President, Professor Stephanie Haywood of the University of Hull, appeared on BBC's Look North last week in a segment about Hull's upcoming Amy Johnson Festival.
University College London partners with Primary Engineer to bring Special Leaders Award to London Schools
The Faculty of Engineering Sciences at University College London (UCL) is one of the EPC member organisations that has been working with Primary Engineer to run the Special Leaders Award programme....