24 Nov 2015

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...

28 Sep 2015

EPC former President Helen Atkinson meets Will.I.Am

September 15/16 2015 The Chinese Academy of Engineering recently hosted a major international summit on Global Grand Challenges, a series inspired by the  NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering , 14 ambitious goals...

18 Sep 2015

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...

30 Jul 2015

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...

17 Jul 2015

Children as Engineers: Paired Peer Mentors in Primary Schools

This report is the result of an EPC-funded Engaging in Engineering project. You can also look at the Fogg-Rogers 2016 Paired peer learning through engineering education outreach.

2 Jul 2015

HEA Engineering Enhancement Event

The Higher Education Academy is holding an Enhancement Event for academics in Higher Education in Cardiff on 2nd July.  There are a number of streams to the day including a...

27 May 2015

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... a useful briefing note for those of you involved in spin-outs and negotiations about intellectual property.  Authored by a number of sector bodies on knowledge transfer, it...

20 May 2015

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.  The latest of her series...

22 Jun 2015

Royal Academy of Engineering: Innovation in Autonomous Systems

This latest in the Academy’s 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...

15 May 2015

IP for engineers...

Intellectual property is now featured in the Engineering Council's Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) “Professional Engineering Competence Guidance”.  The Intellectual Property Office have developed a useful toolkit for those...

15 May 2015

RAEng Visiting Professors' Scheme - now open - closing date 16 June, 2015

Applications for the Royal Academy of Engineering's Visiting Professors' scheme are currently open. "This industry-into-academia initiative aims to utilise the experience of the Visiting Professors to enhance student learning as well...

1 Apr 2015

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...

27 Feb 2015

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...

5 Mar 2015

Student IP – 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...

15 Jan 2015

OfQual: The assessment of practical work in GCSE science

This consultation sets out proposals for how practical work in new GCSE science qualifications due to be taught from 2016 should be assessed. This is a consultation about the assessment...

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