News & events
Rep Support Session 25th June 2025
This online session will support EPC representatives in member universities in their work, both as representatives of their colleagues and as engineering academics on the inside track of what’s going...
Events
Why should you get involved with our Complex Systems Toolkit?
The Working Group Co-Chairs discuss why this is a vital resource and why you should get involved.
Toolkits
RIKT Committee Meeting 24th June 2025
There will be a meeting of the RIKT committee taking place Tuesday 24th June at 10.30am.
Events
Strategy Discussion Working Group 24th June 2025
At a board meeting last year, we revisited the conversations that had taken place at the Retreat around what the EPC’s vision and missions are. It was decided that we...
Events
Contributions sought for the Complex Systems Toolkit
Can you contribute a knowledge or guidance article or a teaching activity?
Toolkits
Complex Systems Toolkit - News & updates
Latest news on the Complex Systems Toolkit.
Toolkits
Spotlight on ethics: What is ethics?
"There are three lenses that we can use when thinking about ethics within Engineering: Professional, Theoretical, and Practical." If you'd like to improve your own ethics learning, then our guidance...
Toolkits
Guest blog: A new platform for diversity networking
The InterEngineering network represents LGBTQIA+ engineers across the UK
Opinions
Rep Support Session 16th June 2025
This online session will support EPC representatives in member universities in their work, both as representatives of their colleagues and as engineering academics on the inside track of what’s going...
Events
EPC Toolkits at Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD) in June 2025
EPC Toolkits at Engineering Education for Sustainable Development
Toolkits
EAN Congress 2025: Realising the Vision
The EAN Annual Congress is the flagship event in the EPC calendar. Join us in Manchester between 9th-11th June for Congress 2025. Our theme this year is Realising the Vision....
Events
Annual Lecture: Chi Onwurah MP, 'Engineering science: How can the UK ensure science benefits us all?'
As Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation & Technology Select Committee, Chi Onwurah MP is one of the most powerful voices in UK science and engineering. In this...
Events
Roundtable with Chi Onwurah MP (invitation only)
The EPC is proud to have been asked by Chi Onwurah MP, Chair of the Commons Select Committee on Science, Innovation and Technology, to host an invitation-only roundtable on How...
Events
Finalists for the Hammermen David K Harrison Student Prize 2025
Every year the EPC is delighted to run the Hammermen David K Harrison Student Prize which is kindly supported by the Hammermen of Glasgow and named to honour our former...
News
EPC data dive workshop: latest HESA student enrolments data
Join EPC’s resident data expert, Stella Fowler, for an exclusive members-only session exploring the latest HESA student enrolment data using our Data Explorer tool. Every year, HESA update their subscription...
Events
Congress 2025 Steering Group Meeting 30th May
There will be a meeting of the Congress 2025 steering group taking place Friday 30th May at 10am
Events
Spotlight on ethics: Balancing risk and benefits when working with offshore contractors
Your contractor might be using forced labour in its workforce. What do you do?
Toolkits
Roundtable: The future of professional recognition
The EPC, in partnership with the Engineering Council, is hosting a virtual roundtable to support a review of professional registration of engineers. You can read more about here. If you’d...
Events
Designing proficiency-oriented assessment inventories for undergraduate mathematics teaching
A one-day in-person HE mathematics education workshop at Queen Mary University of London
Events
Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Launch & Engagement sub-group meeting 27th May
There will be a meeting of the Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Launch & Engagement sub-group on Tuesday 27th May from 2:30pm to 4:00pm, (London, UK time).
Events
Engineering Ethics Toolkit in the news
The #EngineeringEthicsToolkit as featured in external news articles, blogs, podcasts etc.
Toolkits
Spotlight on ethics: Tackling tough topics in discussion
How to make discussing ethical issues less daunting.
Toolkits
RIKT Sub Group Meeting (R&D Case Studies) 22nd May 2025
There will be a meeting of the RIKT sub group to discuss R&D Case Studies on the 22nd May at 1.30pm.
Events
Guest blog: Thanks to the EPC for my Data Fellowship
Jessica Upton is a former EPC Data Fellow and has just landed her dream job. She tells us how the EPC opportunity has jump started her career. As I move...
News
EES Committee Meeting 20 May 2025
There will be a meeting of the EES committee taking place Tuesday 20th May at 10am.
Events
Spotlight on ethics: Debating the adoption of nuclear energy
This case study asks students to identify and define an open-ended problem in engineering
Toolkits
Congress 2025 Steering Group Meeting 19th May
There will be a meeting of the Congress 2025 steering group taking place Monday 19th May at 1pm
Events
Pedagogy Research in Engineering Education Webinar
Hosted by Middlesex University’s Dr Homeira Shayesteh, Senior Lecturer in Construction, Architecture and BIM and Pedagogic Research Group Lead for the Faculty of Science and Technology and supported by the University’s Centre for Academic...
Events
What should be the future of professional registration?
In this guest post by Prof Jonathan Seville, he invites you to engage in a discussion about the professionalism of engineers and how it might best be protected in future....
Opinions
Spotlight on ethics: Why integrate ethics in engineering?
If you’d like to improve your own ethics learning, then our guidance article Why integrate ethics in engineering? is a great place to start.
Toolkits
House of Lords Committee launches Call for Evidence to mark World Autism Acceptance Day
Click here to read the EPC’s response The EPC is preparing an executive response to the House of Lords on the Autism Act 2009 Committee call for evidence, drawing on...
Consultations
Two conversations about deaf awareness in engineering education: Part Two
Two conversations about deaf awareness in engineering education to mark Deaf Awareness Week 2025
Discussions
Two conversations about deaf awareness in engineering education: Part One
Two conversations about deaf awareness in engineering education to mark Deaf Awareness Week 2025
Discussions
Blog: Being heard - How everyone benefits from deaf awareness
Being Heard - How Everyone Benefits from Deaf Awareness
Toolkits
Making numbers count: Understanding the teaching of Data-Centric Engineering
Dr Rhys Morgan, the Director of Education & Skills at the Royal Academy of Engineering, explains the thinking behind a new initiative to enhance data-centric teaching in UK universities and...
News
Spotlight on ethics: Feasibility of installing heat pumps at scale to reach net zero
You are an engineering consultant working for a commercial heat pump company. The company handles both the manufacture and installation of heat pumps. You have been called in by a...
Toolkits
Congress 2025 Steering Group Meeting 29th April
There will be a meeting of the Congress 2025 steering group taking place Tuesday 29th April at 9:00am
Events
Introducing AdvanceHE’s Education for Sustainable Development Curriculum Design Toolkit
Introducing AdvanceHE’s ESD Curriculum Design Toolkit
Toolkits
Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Review & Curation sub-group meeting 28th April
There will be a meeting of the Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Review & Curation sub-group on Monday 28th April from 11:00 to 12:30pm, (London, UK time).
Events
Guest blog: Why is REF so important for Engineering research?
Prof Voicu Ion Sucala is Chair of EPC Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer committee and Head of Engineering at the University of Exeter. It is beyond any doubt that engineering...
News
Spotlight on ethics: Universal and inclusive co-design of the built environment and the transportation systems
"Universal and inclusive co-design of the built environment and transportation systems must be seen as an ethical act in engineering."
Toolkits
Spotlight on ethics: Protecting data in an auto parts production facility
“What are the legal issues relating to machine condition monitoring? What ethical codes relate to data security and privacy? What responsibilities do engineers have in developing these technologies?” These are some...
Toolkits
Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Curriculum Pedagogy Content sub-group meeting 17th April
There will be a meeting of the Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Curriculum Pedagogy Content sub-group on Thursday 17th April, from 14:00 to 15:30 (London, UK time)
Events
Spotlight on ethics: Developing a decarbonisation roadmap
You are given the task of creating a comprehensive decarbonisation roadmap and presenting it at a stakeholder meeting. How do you go about this?
Toolkits
Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Technical and Simulation sub-group meeting 15th April
There will be a meeting of the Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group: Technical and Simulation sub-group on Tuesday 15th April, from 14:00 to 15:30 (London, UK time)
Events
Spotlight on ethics: Integrating a technical feasibility debate – a new approach to engaging students in ethics in engineering
Encouraging students to engage with the ethical, moral and environmental aspects of engineering in any meaningful way can be a challenge.
Toolkits
Spotlight on ethics: Neuroethics of brain-computer interfaces
What are the physical, ethical, and social difficulties that could result from the use of devices that have the ability to directly access the brain and decipher some of its...
Toolkits
Congress 2025 Steering Group Meeting 7th April
There will be a meeting of the Congress 2025 steering group taking place Monday 7th April at 2pm.
Events
Government response to EPC over Level 7 apprenticeships
The EPC has received a response from the Rt Hon Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister for Skills, in reply to a letter concerning postgraduate engineering apprenticeships. Last month, EPC Chief Executive...
News
Spotlight on ethics: Balancing safety, costs, and the environment in the inspection of wind turbine blades
What health and safety, environmental, and legal policies affect offshore wind farms?
Toolkits
UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is launching an inquiry into Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology:...
Consultations
Spotlight on sustainability: Navigating trade-offs for embodied carbon in construction
Is net zero construction possible?
Toolkits
Spotlight on ethics: Facial recognition for access and monitoring
This case involves an engineer hired to manage the development and installation of a facial recognition project.
Toolkits
Policy Post: Spring 2025
Every term, the EPC Chief Executive, Johnny Rich, provides an update to EPC reps in each university and to the Heads & Deans Community about the big stories from the...
News
Spring 2025: What has the EPC been doing on behalf of members?
Every term, the EPC Chief Executive, Johnny Rich, provides an update to EPC reps in each university and to the Heads & Deans Community about what the EPC has been...
News
Spotlight on sustainability: Evidencing sustainability competencies in assessment
How to assess student learning around sustainability competencies.
Toolkits
All in for engineering - Neuro-inclusion in person meet-up
Plans are really shaping up for this inclusive in-person meet up of the EPC neuro-inclusion community. Be part of the movement for neuro-inclusive HE Engineering. Everyone is welcome. We look...
Events
Spotlight on ethics: Recycled materials and the circular economy
What is circularity, and how does it relate to climate goals or environmental practice?
Toolkits
Heads & Deans meeting 27th March 2025
Update: If you missed the meeting or wish to share details with colleagues please take a look at the following articles Policy Update What have the EPC been doing for...
Events
Spotlight on sustainability: Do passive houses need passive people? Adapting to low carbon housing
Will people choose to live in low carbon housing?
Toolkits
Rep Support Session 26th March 2025
This online session will support EPC representatives in member universities in their work, both as representatives of their colleagues and as engineering academics on the inside track of what’s going...
Events
EPC responds to the Science, Innovation & Technology Committee Under the Microscope call
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee – a cross-party group of MPs who look at government policies on science, technology and innovation, and make recommendations for how these could be...
News
Spotlight on ethics: Glass safety in a heritage building conversion
Do engineers have a responsibility to warn the public if there is a chance of risk?
Toolkits
Being heard: How everyone benefits from deaf awareness
This inclusion webinar will launch a brand-new Engineering Deaf Awareness Project (E-DAP) Toolkit, provide practical guidance, clear instructions, and actionable tips to help you embed inclusive practices in your work...
Events
Spotlight on sustainability: Collaboration resources
Eager to work with and learn from others working in sustainability in engineering education?
Toolkits
Complex Systems Toolkit – Working Group Meeting 24th March 2025
There will be a meeting of the Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group on Monday 24th March 2025 from 14:00 – 15:30 GMT.
Events
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable teaching ethics
We need to move past our discomfort in order to teach ethics in engineering.
Toolkits
EPC Board Meeting 20 March 2025
There will be a meeting of the EPC Board taking place Thursday 20th March at 10am.
Events
Guest blog: Addressing stress and anxiety in neuro-inclusive assessment
In today’s Neurodiversity Week guest blog, Dr Jo-Anne Tait reminds us how to address stress and anxiety in neuro-inclusive assessment. As an educator and researcher with a deep interest in...
News
Spotlight on ethics: Industrial pollution from an ageing pipeline and its impact on local communities
Does an engineer have a responsibility to do anything about potential groundwater pollution?
Toolkits
Education Select Committee inquiry into Further Education and Skills
The EPC has responded to the Education Select Committee inquiry into Further Education and Skills. Our representation highlights our concerns surrounding uncertainty about which qualifications will be available at Level...
News
Guest blog: Practical steps for improving the experience of neurodivergent researchers
In our second blog in celebration of Neurodiversity Week, UWE Bristol’s Dr Vanda Papafilippou shares her team’s recent findings on neuro-inclusion in the energy industry. In the pursuit of achieving...
News
Spotlight on sustainability: Integrating sustainable development goals into computing projects
Can the SDGs be embedded in computing projects?
Toolkits
Guest blog: Neurodiversity week reflections
I recently completed a PG Cert in Neurodiversity during my downtime. I studied the basics of neurodiversity and delved deeply into barriers and enablers in schools and the workplace. I...
News
Guest blog: Excellence in Engineering Redesigned
Every year on March 4, World Engineering Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the invaluable role engineering excellence plays in tackling global issues in pursuit of the United Nations’...
News
Data Blog: Become an expert in UCAS engineering data in ten steps
Spoiler: there is no data in this data blog! Instead, we bring you a mixed media UCAS engineering data masterclass to share what we’ve learned about the tools available this...
Data
Congress 2025 Steering Group Meeting 12th March
There will be a meeting of the Congress 2025 steering group taking place Wednesday 12th March at 10am.
Events
EPC Data Dive: UCAS Applications & Admissions data 2024/5
Join EPC’s resident data expert, Stella Fowler, for a one-hour webinar exploring the newly released UCAS applications and admissions data for 2024/25 using our exclusive member-only Data explorer. Each year,...
Events
Spotlight on ethics: Implementing the use of homegrown mass timber for residential housing
How important is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Construction?
Toolkits
Rep Support Session 11th March 2025
This online session will support EPC representatives in member universities in their work, both as representatives of their colleagues and as engineering academics on the inside track of what’s going...
Events
Letter to the Secretary of State about Level 7 Apprenticeships
In recent months, the government has been indicating that it intends to make “widespread” cuts to the funding of Level 7 apprenticeships from the Apprenticeship Levy (which is shortly to...
Campaigns
RIKT Committee Meeting 10th March 2025
There will be a meeting of the RIKT committee taking place Monday 10th March at 11am.
Events
Spotlight on sustainability: Using a factory fitness model to improve sustainability
How can sustainability be improved in manufacturing?
Toolkits
Spotlight on sustainability: Integrating sustainability into robotics higher education courses
Creating a robot? How can the SDGs be considered throughout the process?
Toolkits
Engineering Ethics Toolkit - New assessment materials
Some much requested new materials!
Toolkits
Select committee "Under the microscope" inquiry
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee – a cross-party group of MPs – wants to hear ideas for topics it...
Consultations
Help! I’m teaching Engineering Ethics for the first time!
Dr. Jude Bramton of the University of Bristol discusses her first-hand experience of using the Engineering Ethics Toolkit.
Toolkits
Spotlight on sustainability: Peace Engineering Dashboard on water, air quality, health, and finance
How can engineers help the public understand sustainability concerns?
Toolkits
Congress 2025: Five sponsored Early Career Staff places now open
We are delighted to be able to offer 5 early career staff an EPC sponsored place at Congress 2025. Please complete the form below by Wednesday 30th April. Please see...
News
Education Select Committee inquiry into Further Education and Skills
The EPC response to this consultation can be found here. The Education Select Committee is seeking evidence on FE and skills in response to the series of reforms and challenges...
Consultations
RA Committee Meeting 3rd March 2025
There will be a meeting of the RA committee taking place Monday 3rd March at midday.
Events
Spotlight on ethics: Power-to-food technologies
Could the shift of food production from soil to chemical industries concentrate power in the hands of a few?
Toolkits
Complex Systems Toolkit - Working Group Meeting 27th February 2025
There will be a meeting of the Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group on Thursday 27th February 2025 from 14:00 – 15:30.
Events
Spotlight on sustainability: Integrating Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Engineering Education
Why integrate sustainability in engineering education - and how?
Toolkits
Spotlight on ethics: Pedagogical approaches to integrating ethics in engineering
Issues for educators to consider.
Toolkits
Spotlight on sustainability: Workflow for embedding the SDGs across engineering programmes and modules
A tool to help you plan the integration of sustainability.