HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2014: Enhancing the STEM Student Journey - Final Call for papers
The Higher Education Academy The HEA STEM conference entitled “Enhancing the STEM Student Journey” will take place at the University of Edinburgh on 30 April – 1 May...
Different approaches to engineering doctorates across Europe
Our "roving reporter" and Chair of the Engineering Education, Employability and Skills sub Committee at the EPC, Clive Neal-Sturgess has been on the road again. This time, he was representing...
Committees: terms of office
The activities of the Engineering Professors' Council (EPC) will be supported by Committees covering the primary areas of interest of the membership, currently defined as: Recruitment and Admissions (including the...
Education, Employability and Skills Committee (EES)
One of the EPC's standing committees reporting to the EPC Board, the Education, Employability & Skills Committee leads the EPC's work on all higher educational matters surrounding the content, outcomes...
The future for UK manufacturing - challenges ahead for policy following the Foresight Project
Westminster Business Forum Keynote Seminar The future for UK manufacturing - challenges ahead for policy following the Foresight Project with Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government...
1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE)
Thursday, October 31st, 2013 The 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE) will be held in Porto, Portugal on October 31st-November 1st, under the theme “Education...
HEA Event: Building Confident Engineers
Successful engineering graduates require confidence in order to solve new problems, work with colleagues and excel in their careers. It has also been identified that confident engineering graduates are more...
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2013
The Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2013 took place at the University of Portsmouth on 16/17 April 2013 with the theme: Engineering in Higher Education: Investing for Impact.
Leadership: Never Underestimate the Power of Example
Women in significant leadership roles share how they - and you - are poised to change the world. Who inspired them, how and what are the best lessons they've learned...
Engineering UK: the state of engineering 2013
Engineering UK Engineering UK's annual flagship report Engineering UK: the state of engineering 2013 was launched on 3rd December. It projects that engineering companies will have 2.74 million job openings from 2010...
Improving the employment chances of our graduates
With Engineering UK's forecast that we need to nearly double the number of engineering graduates to meet demand from employers in the near term (more of which below), do take...
Westminster Higher Education Forum event: Reviewing the new maths curriculum
As the Government concludes its National Curriculum Review, this timely seminar focuses on content of the proposed new Programme of Study (PoS) for Maths, due to be introduced into schools...
Funding opportunities
For HEIs/academic staff 30 November, 2012 Higher education’s contribution to economic growth: Invitation to submit expressions of interest for funding through the Catalyst Fund. Deadline 24 January 2013. See http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2012/cl312012/....
House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee - oral evidence on engineering skills
On 24th October 2012, the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee heard oral evidence on the inquiry into engineering skills. "We compete in a high labour cost economy;...
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2007
The Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2007 was held at the University of Leeds between the 27th and 28th March.