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The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) consultation on revision of external quality assurance review requirements
This consultation ran from October to December 2021. This is a consultation on changes to the requirements for external quality assurance review, which regulated institutions are required to undergo at...
Consultations
EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey Results 2021/22
The results of the 2021 EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey are now available.
News
APPG Youth Employment call for evidence
The EPC responded to the call for evidence on 15th December 2021, the final report was published on 15th March 2022. On the 15th March 2022, the AllāParty Parliamentary Group...
Consultations
The Sixteenth International Conference of Multiphysics
The Sixteenth International Conference of Multiphysics will be held virtually on 9-10 December 2021. The objective of the conference is to share and explore findings on mathematical advances, numerical modelling...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2021 webinar series
The EPC is delighted to announce the annual Recruitment & Admissions Forum, a web series again this year, with the theme āDoing it differentlyā.
Events
ACED Annual Conference 2021
The Annual Conference this year is planned (COVID permitting) as an in-person event on Thursday 18th November (all day, including evening dinner) and Friday 19th November (morning, and lunch) on...
Events
Office for Students Strategy for 2022-25
This consultation ran from November 2021 to January 2022. OfS sought to get views on their proposed strategy for 2022-25. The consultation proposes a plan of action that will guide...
Consultations
2021 Annual General Meeting of the Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU)
To be held online at 1100 British Summer Time on Friday 22nd October.
Events
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Degree Apprenticeships Consultation
This consultation ran from September 2021 to December 2021. The Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education looked to change its existing policies that affected the development, approval, and operation of...
Consultations
Inspiring tomorrowās engineers
Itās our ambition at EngineeringUK to inform and inspire young people and grow the number and diversity of tomorrowās engineers to meet the needs of the UK now and in...
News
OfS Consultation on quality and standards conditions
This consultation ran from July to September 2021. OfS undertook a preliminary consultation on a range of quality and standards issues during the winter of 2020-21. The consultation brought forward...
Consultations
COMEH conference ā International Conference Manufacturing Research (ICMR)
To be held at the University of Derby. More details to follow
Events
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Industry Forum
Agile engineering education: Developing the next generation of engineering innovators, experts and leaders for our ever-evolving world. The GEDC Industry Forum brings together engineering education leaders from around the world...
Events
President's Report 2021
Prof Colin Turner, EPC President during the 2020-21 academic year summarises this unprecedented year and how the EPC helped its members overcome the challenges they faced during this time… Last...
Reports
āEngineering Engineering: A Provocationā Webcast Summary
A new paperĀ which seeking to challenge assumptions and practice around Engineering higher education and the talent pipeline.
Events
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: The Crucible Project ā Advancing the Industry-Academia Agenda
During the course of the 2020 Annual Congress,Ā Industry & Academia: Supercharging the Crucible,Ā members explored the interface between industry and academia and some of the challenges to developing the relationship between...
Campaigns
Engineering Professorsā Council welcomes Professor Mike Sutcliffe as new President
Professor Mike Sutcliffe is the new President of the Engineering Professorsā Council, the representative organisation of UK engineering academics.
News
Prof Helen Atkinson, former EPC President, awarded a Damehood
We are delighted and proud that Professor Helen Atkinson CBE, FREng, President of the Engineering Professorsā Council 2011-13, has been made a Dame in the Queenās Birthday Honours 2021.
News
Chi Onwurah MP Webinar Summary
In case you missed it, here is a short summary of Chi Onwurah MPās speech from the EPCās Congress 2021 webinar series.
Events
Chris Skidmore MP Webinar Summary
In case you missed it, here is a short summary of Chris Skidmore MPās speech from the EPCās Congress 2021 webinar series.Ā To read the full text of the speech, pleaseĀ click...
Events
EPC Annual Congress 2021 - A Better World: Chi Onwurah MP on 'A new kind of engineering'
The second in the EPC's series of webinars for its 2021 Congress on the theme of 'A better world' will feature Shadow Minister for Science, Research & Digital Chi Onwurah...
Events
Compensation and Condonement: Feedback to proposed accreditation regulations
In May 2020, the Engineering Council updated its policy on compensation and condonement, which resulted in new rules being put in place for new cohorts on accredited programmes starting from...
Consultations
EPC Annual Congress 2021 ā A Better World: Chris Skidmore MP on 'Research for a better world'
We are extremely proud to welcome former Universities & Science Minister the Right Honourable Chris Skidmore MP to give a presentation onĀ 'Research for a better world', followed by a Q&A...
Events
Funding research for a better world
The EPC was honoured to welcome former Universities Minister the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore to delivered a speech as part of our 2021/22 Annual Congress on the theme of āA...
Events
Engineering opportunity: letting down the drawbridge
A summary of the EPC's report on the contribution to social mobility made by studying Engineering.
Reports
MEDIA RELEASE: Studying Engineering gives āturbo boostā to social mobility, reveals new EPC research
A new study, published today by the Engineering Professorsā Council (EPC), reveals that studying an Engineering degree gives a greater boost to social mobility when compared to other subjects.
Press & media
HE Commission Public Call for Evidence: University Research and Regional Levelling Up Inquiry
The Higher Education Commissionās inquiry invited stakeholders to respond to its public call for evidence. This consultation ran from May to June 2021 To achieve its ambitions of levelling-up regional...
Consultations
DfE proposed changes: Post-qualifications admissions in Higher Education
This consultation ran from January 2012 to May 2021. The consultation sought to attain views on whether to change the current system of higher education admissions and move to a...
Consultations
OfS Consultation on Recurrent Funding for 2021-22
This consultation ran from March to May 2021. The government sent a statutory guidance letter to the Office for Students (OfS), which set out the funds available for financial year...
Consultations
Whatās going on with UK Research Funding?
The government has a stated goal of achieving 2.4% of the UKās GDP to be spent annually on research and development (R&D) by 2027. This would be an increase of...
Opinions
Brexit impact on UKās engineering education sector
We are pleased to announce the publication of the EPCās joint study with UCLās Centre for Engineering Education on the experiences and perceptions of European (EU) engineering students and academic...
Research papers
Lion Air Flight JT610/Boeing B737-8 Max: A Loss of Control In flight Accident Case Study
This is a lecture organised by the Coventry Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) which will be delivered by Dr Mike Bromfield who is a Flight Safety Researcher and...
Events
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 weāve learned about the tools available this...
Data
What is Engineering? Subject coding: HECoS, JACS and engineering, an unofficial guide
If you follow the HE data environment, or even just the policy headlines, youāll probably have noticed that a new subject coding system - the Higher Education Classification of Subjects...
Analysis
Policy summary, February 2021
It has been a busy start to the year for HE policy and politics, despite the roll-out of a third UK lockdown at the start of the year ā significantly...
News
Professional recognition post-Brexit
Is my professional title still valid in the EU? Will my combination of academic qualifications and professional experience still count post Brexit? What does the information on recognition of professional...
Campaigns
Trusted Research: How safe is your research?
This was a discussion on the security precautions that academic institutions should take to prevent intellectual property being leaked to competitors or foreign governments. With the aim of preventing research...
Research papers
Emerging Stronger: Lasting impact from crisis innovation
What have we learned about learning under lockdown? How can we use the experience of trying to deliver high-quality engineering degree programmes to strengthen our teaching in future? This live...
Opinions
OfS Consultation on Regulating Quality and Standards in HE
This consultation ran from November 2020 to January 2021. The Office for Students consulted on its approach to regulating quality and standards in higher education. Since 2018, OfS' focus has...
Consultations
Guest blog: EPC Hammermen student prize
Congratulations to Rachel Beel, Glasgow Caledonian University, and to Dan Hicks, University of Brighton, joint winners of the 2020 EPC Hammermen Student Award.
News
Annual International Conference of Multiphysics
The fifteenth International Conference of Multiphysics will be held virtually for the first time on 10-11 December 2020. The objective of the conference is to share and explore findings on...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): Fair access: where now?
The Annual EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. This week, The final webcast in...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): Student numbers: where now?
The Annual EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. This week, the third webcast in...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): International students: where now?
The Annual EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. This week, the second webcast in...
Events
The OfS consultation on quality and standards in a nutshell
The Office for Students has just launched a consultation on one of the most important changes to its practice since its inception. What does it say? We've summarised the key...
Reports
Are the OfS proposals on quality and standards good for the sector?
EPC Chief Executive Johnny Rich provides a critical commentary on the proposals outlined in the latest Office for Student consultation. These are his personal opinions and they do not necessarily...
Opinions
The Great Grading Scandal Engineering Challenge
This guest blog has been kindly provided by Dr Dennis Sherwood of Silver Bullet machine, an intelligent innovation consultancy, who was a speaker at the first of this year's Recruitment...
Opinions
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): Entry qualifications: where now?
The Annual EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. The opening webcast in this series:...
Events
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2020 Series Posters
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Research papers
ACED webinar 5th November 2020
Unfortunately it has proved not possible to hold a physical ACED Annual Conference this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and associated restrictions. In its place,Ā ACED has the pleasure...
Events
Digital teaching and learning during the coronavirus pandemic: Call for evidence
This call for evidence ran from September to October 2020. This call for evidence sought a wide breadth of sector input and experience to understand the challenges faced, and lessons...
Consultations
AAU Annual General Meeting
The AAU/Aerospace Sectoral Group AGM will take place starting at 1200 on Friday 23rd October and will be a virtual event instead of a physical one that was going to...
Events
Guest Blog: Engineering Council on Revised Standards
The fourth edition of Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) has been published, ahead of the 2020-2021 academic year. There will be a transition period, from publication until the start...
Reports
Guest Blog: To trust or not to trust?
Imagine the situation, you have worked tirelessly to make a discovery which is important, potentially revolutionary, or worked long days and nights and sacrificed everything in order to bring that...
Opinions
EPC Congress 2020: Industry & Academia ā Supercharging the Crucible
Join us online for an amazing line-up of discussions and speakers on the 8th September-18th September 2020 for this year's Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress, 'Industry & Academia - Supercharging...
Events
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...
Resources
Emerging Stronger: Lasting Impact from Crisis Innovation ā 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...
News
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 yearās...
Discussions
International Symposium Engineering Education 2020 (ISEE2020)
University of Strathclyde is hosting the 7th ISEE: Engineering Education for the 21st Century from 9-10th July 2020. Papers relevant to the conference themes are also invited. The conference covers...
Events
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.
Opinions
President's Prize announced: Professor John Perkins honoured by the engineering academic community.
The Engineering Professorsā Council (EPC), the representative body of engineering academics in UK universities, has announced that its biennial Presidentās Prize has been awarded to Prof John Perkins CBE FREng...
Press & media
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,...
Press & media
Engineering departments and the Covid-19 response
University engineers donate expertise and equipment in coronavirus struggle
News
Engineering Education Research Big Meet Up
On the 14th May EERN are pleased to join up with partners from across the world to hold the first Engineering Education Research Big Meet Up. Across the whole day...
Events
How will the probable collapse in international student numbers as a result of coronavirus affect UK Engineering departments? Weāve crunched the numbers.
Weāve all seen the higher education and national media coverage on the uncertainty around this yearās university admissions following the cancellation of exams and the extended UK-wide lockdown. The worldwide...
Data
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...
News
REF 2021 timetable
This consultation ran from April to May 2020. The purpose of this consultation was to gather initial views on the REF timetable. Responses were invited from any organisation, group or...
Consultations
OfS Consultation on the integrity and stability of the English higher education sector
This consultation ran from 4th May 2020 to 26th May 2020. This consultation addresses issues that have arisen, and have the potential to arise, because of specific circumstances relating to...
Consultations
Launch of the Vertical Flight Society
This all-day launch of the Vertical Flight Society is a free-to-attend event to be held on Monday 24 February at the Royal Air Force Club in Mayfair – 128 Piccadilly,...
Events
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 twoĀ design challengesĀ they run at universities.
News
PHEE 2020 Conference
The 2020 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) will be...
Events
UK and Ireland 7th Engineering Education Research Network Annual Symposium
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....
Events
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...
Campaigns
Annual International Multiphysics Conference
To be held at Al Ghurair University in Dubai from Saturday 14th – Sunday 15th December. The aerospace sessions will be sponsored by the AAU as in the past.
Events
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...
Analysis
14th Annual AAU Conference
The 14th Annual AAU Conference will be held in December in Dubai. More details including the exact date and venue will be available shortly.
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2019
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at University of Wales Trinity St David's new SA1 Swansea Waterfront development on 27th November 2019 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions...
Events
New Approaches in Practice
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...
Events
Migration Advisory Committeeās call for evidence on a salary threshold and points-based system
This consultation ran from September to November 2019. In June 2019, the government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to carry out an in depth analysis ofĀ potential future salary thresholds...
Consultations
ACED Annual Conference 2019
This yearās 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...
Events
Compensation and Condonement: Response to proposed accreditation regulations
The Engineering Council proposed a policy on compensation and condonement, which will result in new rules being put in place for new cohorts on accredited programmes starting from September 2022....
Consultations
AAU Odyssey
To be held at the University of Hertfordshire. Follow links for more details and map.
Events
Guest blog: Time to Reflect on the Wellbeing of our Engineers
Studentsā 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?
Opinions
Aviation Centres of Excellence: Developing Tomorrow's workforce for a global community
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...
Events
Brexit impact on UKās engineering education sector: Exploring EU students and staff experiences
The Engineering Professorsā 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...
Research papers
17th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2019)
The 17th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2019) incorporating the 34th National Conference on Manufacturing Research will be held from 10th- 12th September 2019 at Queen’s University Belfast. For...
Events
Improving Higher Technical Education: Department for Education
This consultation ran from July to September 2019. Higher technical education is post-18 education aligned to technical routes, such as accounting, engineering, management or laboratory science. The DfE sought to...
Consultations
Engineering Council Standards Review
The Engineering Council was in the process of undertaking its five-yearly review of its Standards, including those relevant to accreditation and approval. As part of this consultation, The Engineering Council...
Consultations
Guest blog: āIf you were an engineer, what would you do?ā
If you are one of the 125,000+ passengers per day heading through Gatwick South this summer, you may just spot your universityās Leaders Award prototype on the huge hoarding showcase.