Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
The Office for Students OfS issued three related consultations in February 2022 with detailed proposals on their approach to regulating quality and standards in higher education. Read on to find...
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Regulating student outcomes (changes to B3 baseline)
The regulating student outcomes consultation outlines a new approach to setting ‘minimum requirements’ for positive HE outcomes in England. The continuing narrative is the threat of ‘low performing providers’ to...
Case study: Water wars: managing competing water rights
This case involves a situation where environmental damage may be occurring despite the mechanism causing this damage being permissible by law. The engineer at this centre of the case is...
Case study: Solar panels in a desert oil field
This case requires an engineer with strong convictions about sustainable energy to make a decision about whether or not to take a lucrative contract from the oil industry.
Case study: Smart homes for older people with disabilities
This case involves a software engineer who has discovered a potential data breach in a smart home community.
Blog: Engineering Ethics Advisory Group
The Engineering Ethics Toolkit is produced by the Engineering Professors’ Council with support from the Royal Academy of Engineering as part of the profession’s on-going work to embed ethical practice...
Case study: Power-to-food technologies
This case involves an engineer navigating multiple demands on a work project. The engineer must evaluate trade-offs between social needs, technical specifications, financial limitations, environmental needs, legal requirements, and safety....
Case study: Industrial pollution from an ageing pipeline and its impact on local communities
This case requires an engineer to balance multiple competing factors including: economic pressure, environmental sustainability, and human health. It introduces the perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a lens...
Blog: Welcome to the Engineering Ethics Toolkit
An ambitious new initiative to ensure engineering education is a force for good.
RAEng Engineering Ethics Report Launch Webinar
Registration is now open for the “Engineering Ethics: Maintaining society’s trust in the Engineering Profession” report launch webinar. This event marks the publication of this important work produced the Engineering...
Case study: Glass safety in a heritage building conversion
This case concerns a construction engineer navigating multiple demands.