EPC President speaking on Estuary TV
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://epc.ac.uk/uploads/2016/08/The-Art-of-Engineering.mp4"][/video] 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...
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee â 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...
Lord Sternâs 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...
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...
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills â 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...
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills â 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,...
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....
EPC Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit
[toolkit_landing_page_search]In September 2015 the first university-business co-developed Degree Apprenticeship programmes were launched - having been designed and eligible for funding under the governmentâs new model for apprenticeship training. [caption id="attachment_114600"...
Placements Toolkits
[toolkit_landing_page_search]Our two Placements Toolkits (previously Contextual Learning Toolkits) address the recommendations of the Perkins Review of Engineering Skills and the Royal Academy of Engineeringâs Universe of Engineering Report about engineering...
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...
Professor Helen Atkinson among âTop 50 Women in Engineeringâ
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...
âChildren as Engineers â Paired Peer Mentors in Primary Schoolsâ
EPCâs 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...
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...
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...
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...