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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ā 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 āTop 50 Women in Engineeringā
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
āChildren as Engineers ā Paired Peer Mentors in Primary Schoolsā
EPCās Engaging in Engineering Public Engagement Grant Award 2014 At itsĀ 2014 Congress, the Engineering Professors’ Council launched a public engagement funding call:Ā Engaging in Engineering. Ā 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...
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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 AwardĀ is sponsored by Airbus andĀ aims to encourage and acknowledge work that inspiresĀ 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 toĀ 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 theĀ 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. TheĀ 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...
Events
Engineering UK: State of Engineering 2016
Engineering UK has published its annual round-up of āthe State of Engineeringā. Its three overriding messages are: thatĀ engineering and skilled engineers make a significant contributionĀ to the UK economy and its...
Reports
Our position on the TEF
Thanks to all those who took the time to let us have their thoughts on the proposals for the Teaching Excellence Framework – and particularly to those who took part...
EPC policies
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ā Higher education: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice
This consultation ran from November 2015 to January 2016. This green paper sets out proposals to change the higher education landscape. The Department for Business. Innovation and Skills sought to...
Consultations
PHEE 2016 Conference
The 2016 Professors and Heads of Electrical Engineering Conference (PHEE), in conjunction with PHOMME (Professors and Heads of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) was held at the IET, Savoy Place, London...
Events
OfQual AS and A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics consultation on Conditions and Guidance
This consultation ran from December 2015 to January 2016. This consultation is about the rules and guidance we need to put in place for new AS and A levels in...
Consultations
AS and A level reform: regulations for maths and further maths
Earlier this month, OfQual launched one of a series of consultations on AS and A level reform – specifically on maths, further maths and design and technology. This consultation is...
Consultations
The role of EU membership in UK science and engineering research
The Engineering Professors’ Council and CaSEĀ launched a joint report in December, 2015Ā on the āRole of EU membership in UK science and engineering researchā. Ā Download the press release. The full report...
Campaigns
Comprehensive Spending Review
Quick summary of today’s CSR The government will protect the Ā£4.7 billion science budget in real terms over the Parliament. Engineering mentions: Support will be provided to secure launch funding...
Campaigns
UCL Centre for Engineering Education: New models in engineering education
Amidst continued discourse around a projected shortfall of engineering talent and talk of deregulation of HE coming from Government, this event seeks to explore how the higher education landscape may...
Events
EPC sectoral group Association of Civil Engineering Departments (ACED) Conference 2015
Download programme Accommodation We have reserved accommodation for delegates at a special rate in the Orchard Hotel, which is on campus adjacent to the conference centre.Ā Please see the āmore...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2015
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on 11th November 2015 convenedĀ by EPC Recruitment and Admissions sub Committee chair, Professor Mike Bramhall...
Events
3rd Annual Engineering Education Research (EER) Network Symposium
The Manufacturing Industry Education Research Group (MIERG) at the Institute for Manufacturing is hostingĀ the 3rd Annual Engineering Education Research (EER) Network Symposium in Cambridge. The EER Network used to be...
Events
House of Commons Science and Technology Committeeās inquiry on the influence of EU membership on UK science
This call for evidence ran from September 2015 to November 2015. The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee, under the Chairmanship of Lord Selborne, conducted an inquiry into...
Consultations
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Inquiry into quality assessment in Higher Education
The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee launched an inquiry into quality assessment in Higher Education (HE). The inquiry looked into proposed changes to quality assessment in universities and the...
Consultations
World Congress on Engineering Education
This Congress is organized by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations ā Committee of Education in Engineering (WFEO-CEIE) in collaboration with the Federation of Lebanese Engineers (FLE), the Federation of...
Events
The public PhD viva
In his article in the Times Higher on 22nd October, UCLās Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of the Doctoral School, David Bogle, examines the concept of the public PhD...
News
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) - have your say
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) As we write, weāre still waiting for the much-trailed Green Paper from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which, alongside other issues which weāre...
Consultations
AAU Student Conference and AGM 2015
The AAU Student Conference and AGM will be the grand finale event for the season. The Programme consists of the agendas for the Committee meeting & the AGM, and, the...
Events
Westminster Higher Education Forum: The future for Postgraduate Taught education
Coming as the HE sector prepares for the introduction of student loans for taught postgraduate students in 2016, and as those in receipt of HEFCE’s interim bursaries begin their programmes,...
Events
Young Researcher Competition: Aviation in Europe ā Innovating for Growth
Abstract Submission deadline is 3rd August 2015. For more details, click here.
Events
Engineering conversion course pilot scheme ā Invitation to bid for funding
HEFCE is inviting applications for newĀ funding to support the development of conversion courses in engineering (England only). This pilot scheme aims to help the higher education sector develop more...
News
EPC former President Helen Atkinson meets Will.I.Am
September 15/16 2015 The Chinese Academy of Engineering recently hostedĀ a major international summit on Global Grand Challenges, a series inspired by theĀ NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering ,Ā 14 ambitious goals...
Events
The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) invites feedback on position paper on engineering skills
SEFI invites comments and feedback on this Position Paper and a longer discussion paper which will beĀ available atĀ www.sefi.beĀ fromĀ October.Ā InputĀ willĀ beĀ reviewedĀ byĀ theĀ SEFIĀ WorkingĀ ...
News
Programme analysis of HEFCEās Postgraduate Support Scheme: Final report published
HEFCE has now published its report on the Postgraduate Support Scheme pilot. EPC members will recall that Paul Wakeling of the University of York was commissioned to conduct an evaluation...
Reports
HEFCE: Future Approaches to Quality Assessment
This consultation ran from June to August 2015. This consultation sought to attain views on the proposals of the three higher education (HE) funding bodies in England, Wales and Northern...
Consultations
Consultation on GCSE and A level Statistics
Dear all Consultations are also open on GCSE and A level Statistics. Ā Please find links to both below: Ofqual consultation DfE consultation
Consultations
Consultation on reform of GCSE, AS and A level Electronics qualifications
Dear all, It was announced this morning that DfE has confirmed that the development work for the reformed GCSE, AS and A level Electronics qualifications will continue through to the...
Consultations
13th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2015)
Follow link for the call for papers. For more information, please follow the linkĀ http://www.icmr.org.uk/
Events
5th CEAS Air & Space Conference Challenges in European aerospace
From 7-11 September 2015 the Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS) will organize its fifth Air and Space Conference. CEAS represents 12 European Aerospace Societies with in total about 35.000...
Events
European Aeronautics Science Network Workshop
The 5th EASN International Workshop aims, like its acclaimed annual predecessors, to offer a forum for discussion and exchange of information about state-of-the-art research and development activities, this year in...
Events
European Aeronautics Science Network Workshop
The 5th EASN International Workshop aims, like its acclaimed annual predecessors, to offer a forum for discussion and exchange of information about state-of-the-art research and development activities, this year in...
Events
House of Commons Science and Technology Committeeās inquiry on the science budget
The Science and Technology Committee undertook an inquiry into the Science Budget, and to report ahead of the Spending Review. The committee began by taking oral evidence in July 2015...
Consultations
Children as Engineers - inspiring a generation...
āI’ve really enjoyed this project because not only did I feel like I was teaching a class, I felt like I was teaching a generation.ā Student Engineer At its 2014...
Reports
Pathways to success in engineering degrees and careers
The Royal Academy of Engineering has, this month, published its report “Pathways to success in engineering degrees and careers”. Ā Members will recall the author, Dr Tim Bullough, of the University...
Reports
GCSE reform: Design and Technology
This consultation seeks views on proposed subject content for GCSE design and technology which will be introduced for first teaching from September 2017. The proposed subject content requirements will become...
Discussions
New GCSEs, AS and A levels for first teaching from 2017 - Engineering
These consultations ask for views on reformed subject content for a number of GCSE, AS and A level subjects which will be first taught in schools from 2017. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/gcse-and-a-level-reform-content-for-teaching-from-september-2017 and...
Discussions
Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation
HM Treasury has published the report “Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation” or the Government’s “productivity plan”. In it, the Government says it will support the “fast spreading”...
Reports
"Metrics cannot replace peer review in the next REF..."
The findings of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management have been published, concluding that “no set of numbers is likely to be able...
Reports
HEA Engineering Enhancement Event
The Higher Education Academy is holding an Enhancement Event for academics in Higher Education in Cardiff on 2nd July.Ā There are a number of streams to the day including a...
Events
HEA Engineering Enhancement Event
The Higher Education Academy is holding an Enhancement Event for academics in Higher Education in Cardiff on 2nd July.Ā There are a number of streams to the day including a...
Events
Dowling Review of Business-University Collaboration
Dame Ann Dowling DBE FREng FRS has now published her Review of Business-University Research Collaboration, to which the Engineering Professors’ Council was one of very many contributors from across industry...
Reports
Re-engineering engineering education
āYoung people are like wet cement. Thinking in a systems way, thinking across disciplines and across political boundaries, is something that will be easier to teach if we start with...
News
Royal Academy of Engineering: Innovation in Autonomous Systems
This latest in the Academyās Innovation in… series of events will showcase a selection of some of the most recent advances in autonomous systems. It will focus on the potential...
Events
BIS acknowledges work of EPC and RAEng in Perkins Review work
Asked byĀ David Simpson (Upper Bann) Asked on:Ā 10 June 2015 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Engineering 1985 To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans...
News
The Engineers Without Borders Challenge - a view from the judging panel - "I was impressed"
Like many academics, I have often struggled to know quite how to engage students so that they learn something of the essence of engineering, rather than simply turning the handle...
Events
Wakeham Review of STEM degree accreditation and graduate employability
The announcement of the Governmentās science and innovation strategy in December included a commission to establish a general review of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and a specific review...
News
Ingenious resilience: messages for a new Government
Engineering matters to the UK economy, on both a regional and national level, and the profession is vital to maintaining the UK’s position in the world. Ā It drives innovation, regional...
Consultations
RAEng's industrial secondment success for EPC members
Congratulations to seven EPC members on securingĀ a place in the Royal Academy of Engineeringās Industrial Secondment scheme. The scheme will see them spending up to 12 months working onsite with...
News
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Postgraduate study: student loans and other support
This consultation ran from March to May 2015. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills sought to attain views on a proposed loan system for postgraduate taught masterās students. Under...
Consultations
The role of the university Technology Transfer Office (TTO), and why TTO-investor discussions can be difficult and take time to conclude.
Added to the Members’ Portal…Ā a useful briefing note for those of you involved in spin-outs and negotiations about intellectual property. Ā AuthoredĀ by a number of sector bodies on knowledge transfer, it...
Research papers
7 research areas marked by EPSRC for growth...
In case you’ve missed them….the EPSRC has identified 7 areas of engineering research for strategc focus and growth. Ā For more, go to EPSRC research… Electrical motors and drives / electromagnetics...
Reports
ACED Annual Heads of Department Meeting 2015
The 2015 meeting was held on 22Ā May 2015 at the IStructE offices at 47-58 Bastwick Street, London EC1V 3P Programme Links to files from the meeting are below: Welcome toĀ ACED...
Events
AAU Committee Meeting and Seminar
The 2015 AAU Committee Meeting will be held on the 21st of May from 10am-midday in 2S601 at UWE, Bristol. Lunch will be from midday and the AAU Seminar will...
Events
New "Engenius Film" added...
Dr Emma Carter of the University of Sheffield was one of the two winners of the EPC’s 2014 Engaging in Engineering public engagement grant awards. Ā The latest of her series...
Toolkits
RAEng Visiting Professors' Scheme - now open - closing date 16 June, 2015
Applications for the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Visiting Professors’Ā scheme are currently open. “This industry-into-academia initiative aims to utilise the experience of the Visiting Professors to enhance student learning as well...
News
IP for engineers...
Intellectual property is now featured in the Engineering Council’s Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) āProfessional Engineering Competence Guidanceā. Ā The Intellectual Property Office have developed a useful toolkit for those...
Toolkits
Council of Professors and Heads of Computing Conference 2015
For details of the conference, follow the link https://cphc.ac.uk/conferences-and-agms/
Events
Election 2015 - higher education in the parties' manifestos...
In the run up to the general election on 7thĀ May, colleagues at the British Universities Finance Group (BUFDG) have prepared the following summary of what each political party has in...
Campaigns
8th IMA Mathematical Education of Engineers
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCE FEES This Eighth MEE Conference will provide a full interactive one-day format covering current topics and initiatives of broad interest to the mathematical education...
Events
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2015
The 2015 Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2015 took place at the University of Salford's MediaCity Campus on 14/15 April 2015 with the theme: Skills for Impact.
Events
New report published on the contribution of teaching to academic career advancement
Thanks to all members who contributed to this piece of research (and you did in numbers), published today by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The report, “Does teaching advance your...
Reports
Free RAeS Education and Skills Seminar - 'Where are we now? Pre-election update on skills landscape'
The Royal Aeronautical Societyās Education and Skills annual Spring seminar will take place on Monday 23 MarchĀ at our London HQ, No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ. Themed, āWhere are we...
Events
Pre election Budget 2015
The Engineering Professorsā Council welcomes the Chancellorās commitment to science and innovation. Engineering has proved to be the powerhouse of economic growth (Royal Academy of Engineering –Ā Engineering for a...
News
University partners collaborate on Ā£138M Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC) project
The UK Collaboration for Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC) is a Ā£138 million capital investment that will be centred around the Olympic Park in Stratford and will include 13Ā university...
News
REF funding implications starting to be announced...
With the Grant letter now issued, we’re awaiting the announcements about how the quality-related research funding will be divvie’d up between institutions based on the latest REF results. The Scottish...
News
Westminster Higher Education Forum - addressing the STEM skills gap
I was pleased to be invited to represent Ā Engineering Professorsā Council members at the Westminster Higher Education Forum last week, on the subject of “Addressing the STEM Skills Gap”. I...
Campaigns
New RAeS Spring fair - Career FLIGHTPATH LIVE
Visitor registration is now open for the Royal Aeronautical Societyās new Spring recruitment fair, Career FLIGHTPATH LIVE 2015 taking place at our HQ on Friday 6 March 2015. Careers FLIGHTPATH...
Events
Student IP ā Creating an IP savvy workforce Paintworks, Bristol
This Intellectual Property Office (IPO) event will be held on 5th March 2015 at Paintworks, Bristol. The event will be a celebration of entrepreneurial spirit and provides an opportunity to...
Events
Royal Academy of Engineering: Dowling Review of Business University Collaboration
A review examining how government can support the devlelopment of more effective collaborations between business and university researchers in he UK.
Consultations
HEFCE: The future of quality assessment in Higher Education
The higher education funding bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland invited views on the future of quality assessment in higher education. This first stage sought to attain views on...
Consultations
Westminster Higher Education Forum - Addressing the STEM skills gap
Timed to follow the publication of the ‘one year on’ report of theĀ Perkins’ Review of Engineering Skills, expected in late 2014, delegates at this conference will assess progress made by...
Events
Tuition fee bursaries available for MScs - still time to apply
A reminder that tuition fee bursaries for aerospace engineering MScs are still available for study starting in academic year 2015-16, after which this scheme will close. Each worth up to...
News
UK and Kazakhstan Early Researchers Workshop on Waste Utilisation and Treatment
Call for participation The University of Wolverhampton is pleased to be the coordinator of a British Council sponsored workshop, under the Newton-Al-Farabi Partnership Programme, to be held in Almaty-Kazakhstan between...
Events
Fees for PhD programmes...a question...
Fees for doctoral students (ie home / EU PhDs) seem to be about Ā£4k pa for the few universities I have looked at. Yet, fees for home / EU undergrad...