House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee's inquiry into Business-University collaboration
The House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has announced a new inquiry into Business-University collaboration. On 28 January 2014, the Committee held a one-off evidence session on Fraunhofer...
Annual General Meeting 2014
The agenda and papers for the meeting may now be downloaded here. Agenda and papers A copy of the following notice was circulated to members on 7th March, 2014. NOTICE...
EPC-AAU Flight Simulation and the Universities Seminar
The Aerospace Sectoral Group Event by the Engineering Professors’ Council and the Flight Simulation and Universities Seminar by RAeS’s Flight Simulation Group will be held, along with the next AAU Committee Meeting,...
UK Engineering Education Research Special Interest Group Symposium 2014
The Engineering Education Research Special Interest Group's second annual symposium will be taking place at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne on May 20th 2014. Attendance is free, but numbers are...
House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology : Inquiry into impact of immigration policy on STEM students
The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee, under the Chairmanship of Lord Krebs, is conducted a short inquiry into the effect on international science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
Susan Kay in Nature, Feb 2014
Susan Kay, Executive Director, was interviewed for an article in Nature (Feb 2014) on the impact of changes to immigration policy on UK science and engineering.
Engineering Professors' Council position statement on Maths and Further Maths A level reform
The Engineering Professors' Council-chaired Mathematics Working Group has just published its position statement on Maths and Further Maths A level reform. Do let us have your views... Mathematics and further...
HEA STEM Strategies for Better Lectures - a workshop for European academic practitioners, 4 June 2014, Brussels, Belgium
A didactic 50 minute lecture that seeks only to transmit information to a generally passive audience is rarely the most effective way to facilitate learning. Contact time with students is...
Postgraduates (and others) who teach: Engineering and Materials
This one day workshop is designed for postgraduate students and other non-permanent academic staff / associates who are involved in teaching and supporting student learning specifically in the Engineering and...
New! Excellence in Postgraduate Engineering Education - Manufacturing, Materials and Design
Defining and achieving excellence in postgraduate education has received little attention as research surrounding best practice has typically targeted undergraduate education. This event will bring together experts from across the...
Enhancing employability through contact with practice
Through a series of brief presentations and structured discussions, this event contrasts the benefits and challenges of work placements with alternative forms of contact with practice including internships, simulated work...
HEA STEM Tackling transition in Engineering
Making the transition from sixth form at school or college into university education can be challenging for students. Evidence from good practice across the United Kingdom suggests that collaboration between...
HEA annual conference 2014
The conference marks the tenth anniversary of the HEA and asks what the past ten years can tell us about what the next ten years might bring. The event will...
Review of UK-SPEC completed
The new edition of UK-SPEC is now available the Engineering Council’s website and can be accessed via: https://www.engc.org.uk/engcdocuments/internet/website/UK-SPEC%20third%20edition%20(1).pdf In keeping with the strong support for the previous edition, unnecessary changes...
Do YOU think your university values engineering...?
Nearly two thirds of staff said they did in the survey carried out by the Times Higher Education and published on 30 January, 2014. Â In fact, engineering and technology did...