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...
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...
EPC December newsletter now available...
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The role of EU membership in UK science and engineering research
The Engineering Professors' Council and CaSE launched a joint report in December, 2015 on the ‘Role of EU membership in UK science and engineering research’. Download the press release. The full report...
Comprehensive Spending Review
Quick summary of today's CSR The government will protect the £4.7 billion science budget in real terms over the Parliament. Engineering mentions: Support will be provided to secure launch funding...
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:...
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...
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2015
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on 11th November 2015 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions sub Committee chair, Professor Mike Bramhall...
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s 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...
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...
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) - have your say
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) As we write, we’re still waiting for the much-trailed Green Paper from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which, alongside other issues which we’re...
The public PhD viva
In his article in the Times Higher on 22nd October, UCL’s Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of the Doctoral School, David Bogle, examines the concept of the public PhD...
PHEE 2015 Conference
The 2015 Professors and Heads of Electrical Engineering Conference (PHEE), in conjunction with PHOMME (Professors and Heads of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) was held at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,...