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REF 2021 full EPC member consultation
The UK’s 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...
Consultations
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 – encouraging them to become professionally registered puts them on a...
News
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...
Events
Home Affairs Committee Post-Brexit migration policy inquiry
This call for evidence ran from June to July 2018. This third strand of the Home Affairs Committee's work on migration considers the options for the UK's post-Brexit immigration system...
Consultations
7th International Symposium of Engineering Education
A Connected Engineering Curriculum – Learning Through Enquiry and Practice 17th/18th July 2018 – UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences, London, UK Engineers increasingly find themselves tasked to envision, invent, and construct...
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Inclusive Engineering Education: Exploring what it means and how you can do it
Designing Inclusive Engineering Education – exploring what it means and how you can do it! Addressing diversity and inclusion within an engineering degree can at times seem irrelevant or futile....
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Engineering for People Design Challenge Grand Finals 2018
Engineers Without Borders UK invites you to spend the afternoon at the Engineering for People Design Challenge Grand Finals 2018. This year 6,000 students have participated in the Engineering for...
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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...
Consultations
Engineering Council Review of UKSPEC
The UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC) and Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) are reviewed on a five-year cycle by the Engineering Council as part of an overall...
Consultations
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...
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Women into Engineering
UK engineering has a gender problem. The challenge of achieving gender parity in engineering appears to be particularly difficult for the UK. Figures from 2016 show that 12% of those...
Consultations
Engineering Professors Council Annual Congress 2018
This year's Engineering Professors' Council Annual 2018 took place on 14th-16th May at Harper Adams University.
Events
The Department for Education consultation on the subject-level Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF)
This consultation ran from March to May 2018. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) assessed ‘provider-level’ undergraduate provision. The Department of Education intended to extend this to a...
Consultations
The Department of Education call for evidence to support a Review of Post-18 Education and Funding
This consultation ran from March to May 2018. The government conducted a major review of post-18 education and funding to ensure a joined-up system that worked for everyone.
Consultations
Engineering Education Research: Spring Symposium
Following on from the success of the 5th Annual Symposium held in November 2017 at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London, the UK and Ireland EER Network are pleased...
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ICE/IStructE/ACED Annual Meeting
ACED 090518 presentation slides The presentation slides by most speakers may be found at the link above. Thank you to all who attended and contributed to the event, in particular...
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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...
Reports
UCL Centre for Engineering Education Conversation Series Event: Learning Pathways in Engineering
The UCL Centre for Engineering Education is pleased to invite you to the following event on Tuesday, 10th April at 6pm, at UCL: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cee-conversations-series-learning-pathways-in-engineering-tickets-41954647480
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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,...
Consultations
AAU Committee Meeting and the free annual RAeS's FSG Universities Seminar
For a Committee meeting agenda and more details for this event, please follow the link AAU 28th March 2018 For the flight simulations agenda, please follow the link flight simulations
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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...
Data
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...
News
Department for Education consultation on Accelerated degrees: widening student choice in higher education
This consultation ran from December 2017 to February 2018. The Department for Education consulted on changes to the annual tuition fee cap, together with a range of measures to incentivise...
Consultations
DATA BLOG: UCAS Engineering applications down but applications from women up
UCAS’ latest application data released today gives us a first glimpse into this Autumn’s enrolments into HE (15 January deadline). Applications to Engineering (totalling 144½ thousand) are down by 1.7%...
Data
DATA BLOG: New year, new data? Can ageing stats really help today’s strategies?
Last week, UCAS completed its suite of 2017 data when it published detailed stats for last autumn’s undergraduate admissions to the UK’s largest universities and colleges. But while the accepted...
Data
Migration Advisory Committee Science budget and Industrial Strategy inquiry call for evidence on International students: economic and social impacts
This call for evidence ran from October 2017 to January 2018. This call for evidence sets out how the MAC will approach responding to this commission and how stakeholders can...
Consultations
HEFCE Knowledge Exchange Framework Metrics Technical Advisory Group – initial call for evidence on KEF metrics
In 2018, the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation commissioned the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to provide more information about higher education providers’ achievements...
Consultations
PHEE Annual Conference 2018: New Perspectives on UK Higher Education and Research
The PHEE Annual Conference 2018“New Perspectives on UK Higher Education and Research” – in conjunction with PHOMME and Co-sponsored by EPC – will be held on Wednesday 17th January 2018...
Events
Securing student success: risk-based regulation for teaching excellence, social mobility and informed choice in higher education
This consultation ran from October to December 2017. The government sought to attain views on behalf of the new Office for Students (OfS) regarding the regulation of the higher education...
Consultations
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...
Consultations
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 Panel’s recommendations. The EPC proposes...
Consultations
EERN Symposium: Time for change! Challenging the status quo in engineering education
The UK & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network celebrates its fifth anniversary this year with a symposium hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Engineering Education Research Network is a professional...
Events
Recruitment & Admission Forum 2017
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Manchester Metropolitan University on 15th November 2017 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions Sub-Committee chair, Dr Georgina Harris.
Events
World Engineering Education Forum 2017 - WEEF 2017
The 7th World Engineering Forum – The Era of Synergistic Collaboration. WEEF 2017 is hosted by the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and the International...
Events
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...
News
ACED Annual Conference 2017
2017 ACED Conference – November 2nd to 3rd, Edinburgh Each year one of the ACED member departments hosts a 2-day conference open to all, whether academic or industrial, involved in...
Events
Education Select Committee, Value for Money in HE
The Education Committee's inquiry into value for money in higher education examines the use of graduate outcomes data, social justice and progression of disadvantaged students in higher education, and the...
Consultations
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...
News
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2017
This year’s Engineering Professors’ 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...
Events
Engineering in Society – 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,...
News
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2017
The Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2017 took place at the University of Coventry on 11-13 September.
Events
Degree Apprenticeships Forum - Presentations
The Degree Apprenticeships Forum was held jointly with the RAEng on 7th July, and involved a discussion of the considerations for academia in the development of DAs in engineering. Peter...
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The Engineering for People Design Challenge - Grand Finals 2017
19 June at The Crystal, 1 Siemens Brothers Way, E16 1GB Organised by Engineers Without Borders UK, the Grand Finals will bring together the top 36 teams from universities across...
Events
AAU event at Tromsø, Norway
This event will be held at The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th June 2017. The campus lies about 2 km east of the...
Events
IET/EPC Conference ‘New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education’
The conference “New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education” will be co-organised by the IET and the EPC. The conference will coincide with the EPC’s Annual General Meeting, on 22 May...
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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...
Events
ACED Joint Meeting with Heads of Civil and Structural Engineering Departments, ICE and IStructE
The ICE/IStructE/ACED joint annual meeting will take place on Tuesday 9 May at the Institution of Structural Engineers in London (47-58 Bastwick Street, EC1V 3PS). Registration and coffee is between...
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Reforms to Mathematics qualifications: new A-levels and the future of Mathematics provision post-16
THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED Guests of Honour A senior speaker confirmed from the Department for Education Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Vice Chancellor, University of London and Lead, 16-18 Mathematics...
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Flight Simulation and Universities Seminar
This AAU day of activities will start with a Committee meeting in the morning followed by the free annual Flight Simulation and Universities Seminar in the afternoon in partnership with...
Events
BEIS, Building our Industrial Strategy Green Paper
This consultation ran from January to April 2017. BEIS aimed to build an industrial strategy that addressed long-term challenges to the UK economy. BEIS' aim was to improve living standards...
Consultations
SEFI/CESAER European Convention for Engineering Deans, Directors and Departments Heads - A University Dialogue
The 9th edition of the SEFI/CESAER European Convention for Engineering Deans, Directors and Departments Heads – A University Dialogue will be hosted and organised by the Technical University of Munich (TUM)...
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HESA, NewDLHE: The future of graduate outcomes data
This consultation ran from March to April 2017. HESA consulted on its new model for collecting information about what higher education (HE) students do after graduating. HESA' proposed model aimed...
Consultations
FMSP event Changes to Level 3 Mathematics in England
The Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) is holding a one-day event in Manchester on 21st March 2017. The aim of the day is to discuss the major developments in level...
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HEFCE – Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework
In December 2016, the UK higher education funding bodies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland published a joint ‘Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework’ (HEFCE 2016/36). This consultation...
Consultations
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...
Consultations
PHEE-PHOMME Annual Conference 2017
The PHEE-PHOMME Annual Conference 2017 will take place on Wednesday 11th January 2017 at the IMechE, Birdcage Walk, London “The Future of Teaching and Research in HE” Keynote speakers: The Rt....
Events
Changes to Level 3 Mathematics in England
The Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) is holding a one-day event in London on 29th November 2016 at the Imperial Hotel, 61-66 Russell Square, London WC1B 5BB. The aim of the...
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RAeS President's Conference
Technology and Innovation in Aerospace London / 29 November 2016 Is the aerospace industry still world-leading in terms of exploiting new technologies? Is the risk associated with new technology “over-priced” and holding...
Events
Engineering Inspiration: WES Student Conference 2016
The WES Annual student conference is open to female engineering students, mainly UG but also some PG. It is ideal for networking with fellow students, potential employers and young professional female engineers....
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2016
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 9th November 2016 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions Sub-Committee chair, Professor Mike Bramhall, and Deputy...
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Education Committee – The impact of exiting the European Union on higher education inquiry
In 2016, The Education Committee launched an inquiry into the impact of Brexit on higher education. The inquiry followed the expansion of the Committee's remit to include higher education, further...
Consultations
EPC Sectoral Group ACED Annual Conference 2016
The annual ACED Conference took place this year on the 3rd and 4th of November 2016 at the University of the Sheffield. ACED ConferenceSheffield – Nov 2016 – Final Programme
Events
The John Barnes Student Conference
As in recent years, the AAU will be running the John Barnes Conference for students who have just completed an Individual Project on their degree; however, this year we are...
Events
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS) – Inquiry on industrial strategy
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS) launched an inquiry into the Government's industrial strategy. The inquiry launch followed the inclusion of the term "industrial strategy" into the Department for...
Consultations
Engineering a Better World - CAETS 2016
Engineering a Better World is a flagship global conference, bringing national academies of engineering from around the world together with international development stakeholders to discuss the global importance of engineering for...
Events
SEFI Annual Conference: Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry University Cooperation
“Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry University Cooperation” Organised by the Tampere University of Technology – 12-15 September 2016, Tampere, Finland. Subthemes include but are not limited to:...
Events
20th Anniversary Awards 2016 - Back to the Future
The Engineering Professors' Council is delighted to announce the winning entries in the 2016 20th Anniversary Awards. The prizes were presented at the EPC Congress 2016 dinner on Monday 5th...
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Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2016
The Engineering Professors Council Annual Congress 2016 was held at the University of Hull from the 4th of September - 6th September 2016.
Events
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 Professors’ Council reveals that a cascade of effects – resulting simply from Brexit’s...
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House of Commons Science and Technology Committee – Leaving the EU: Further call for evidence
This call for evidence ran from July to August 2016. The Committee sought to attain further contributions on the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU, to allow the Committee...
Consultations
EPC President speaking on Estuary TV
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 about Hull’s upcoming Amy...
News
Lord Stern’s 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...
Reports
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Accelerated courses and switching university or degree
This call for evidence ran from May 2016 to July 2016. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills aimed to gauge demand from students for more switching between universities and...
Consultations
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...
News
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – Teaching Excellence Framework. Technical consultation for year 2
This consultation ran from May to July 2016. This consultation sought to attain views on the detailed proposals for the operation of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) in year 2,...
Consultations
AAU Committee meeting followed by technical discussion on aerospace materials
The next AAU Committee meeting will be held during the afternoon of Tuesday 5th July at the University of Hertfordshire starting at 1pm. The main item in the Committee meeting...
Events
Professor Helen Atkinson among ‘Top 50 Women in Engineering’
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...
Press & media
Engineers Without Borders Challenge Finals
Engineers Without Borders UK invites you to spend the afternoon at the EWB Challenge Finals 2016. The EWB Challenge is an inter-university design competition where student teams develop design solutions...
Events
“Children as Engineers – Paired Peer Mentors in Primary Schools”
EPC’s 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...
Research papers
Policy Lab: UK research and innovation - visions for 2030
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will look ahead...
Events
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...
Research papers
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...
News
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...
Reports
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...
Reports
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...
Reports
ACED Annual Heads of Department Meeting 2016
The 2016 meeting was held on 16 May 2016 at the ICE offices at 1 Great George Street, London Programme Links to files from the meeting are below: Welcome to ACED...
Events
Policy Lab: What is the future of innovation support in the UK?
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will look at...
Events
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.
Press & media
International Symposium on Gender Inclusive Engineering Education
Research and Ideas for Practice Centre for Engineering Education, UCL, London Join us for this informative and lively symposium on inclusion in engineering education. Our aim is to bring together...
Events
Policy Lab: Building a better research system? Supporting excellence in post-Nurse structures
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will explore how...
Events
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....
News
SEFI: 8th European Convention of Engineering Deans
Schools of Engineering at the Forefront of Meeting Development Challenges Discussing the future of Engineering Education in the original agora of our technological and democratic roots. ECED is an annual...
Events
IET's Engineering and Technology magazine: "Brexit: science, engineering and technology says no"
The IET’s Engineering and Technology magazine reported on the EPC’s and Campaign for Science and Engineering (Case) report, published in December, this week following attendance at EPC’s AGM last week,...
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Engineering Professors' Council President's Prize 2016
Over 50 senior staff from university engineering departments across the UK gathered for the Engineering Professors’ Council’s Annual General Meeting yesterday (6th April, 2016) at Senate House, University of London...
News
AAU Committee meeting followed by free Flight Simulation and Universities Seminar
The AAU Committee meeting will take place in the morning followed by the Seminar after lunch at 1215. Follow the links for a provisional agenda, directions and more details. The Chief...
Events
OfQual AS and A Level Electronics consultation on Conditions and Guidance
This consultation ran from February to March 2016. This consultation is about the rules and guidance we plan to put in place for new GCSEs, AS and A levels in...
Consultations
Engineers Without Borders: Declaration of Global Responsibility for Engineers workshop
Engineers Without Borders UK are co-organising two workshops with the University of Leeds Inter-Disciplinary Applied Ethics Centre during spring 2016 to develop a Declaration of Global Responsibility for Engineers. The...