International Baccalaureate: the perfect preparation for engineers?
This blog has been written for the EPC by Henry Coverdale, Director of Post 16 Education at King Edward's School in Birmingham. Henry was the author of one of the posters...
Applications open for RAEng Engineering Leaders Scholarship
Are your students the next generation of engineering leaders? Undergraduates who are leaders, or act as role models in your institution or their community should be encouraged to apply to...
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2018
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre, Sheffield Hallam University on 14th November 2018 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions Committee Chair, Dr Georgina...
REF 2021
The UK’s four higher education funding bodies have published the draft guidance and criteria on making submissions to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, for consultation.
Primary Engineer
Primary Engineer, the organisation which inspires children, pupils and teachers to consider engineering through continued professional development, whole class project work, competitions and exhibitions has partnered with the Engineering Professors’...
DATA BLOG: Will this year's undergraduate engineering intake really be bad news?
An interim assessment of placed UCAS applicants for this autumn highlights that engineering follows a sector-wide slide in placed applicants overall but bucks a sector increase in applicants placed from...
ACED Annual Conference 2018
We look forward to welcoming you to this year's ACED annual 2-day conference, which will be held at the University of Bolton. Topics this year include: Employer engagement, student support,...
Engineering enrolments survey 2018-19
Download an .xlsx version of the EPC engineering enrolments survey Go to the online survey The EPC's annual engineering enrolment survey gives us all a first glance at engineering enrolments...
Initial impact of Brexit on European students and academic staff in UK’s engineering higher education
This is a report informed by EPC research in collaboration with the UCL Centre for Engineering Education.
Experience enhanced: improving engineering degree apprenticeships
This influential paper examines degree apprenticeships policy in practice, identifying key barriers to their success in the interests of learner, employers and the public good. It makes number of substantial...
Creating a new breed of ‘supergrads’
Creating a new breed of ‘supergrads’ When it comes to new approaches to education, what happens in engineering is the canary in the mine. Along with medicine no discipline more...
Experience enhanced: improving engineering degree apprenticeships
Following its publication of the landmark report calling for changes to degree apprenticeships to deliver a new breed of ‘supergrads’ the EPC has now published all recommendations, including a full...
REF 2021 full EPC member consultation
The UK’s HE funding bodies have set out detailed arrangements for REF 2021 and are seeking views from subject communities on the draft Panel criteria publication developed by the REF...
Guest blog: Does a career in engineering pay?
By Kate Webster, the Engineering Council Engineering students at university are in the ideal place to learn and develop – encouraging them to become professionally registered puts them on a...
The Hammermen Award, the Mongol Rally and Mental Health
In May at the EPC Annual Congress 2018 at Harper Adams University, we announced the winner of this year's Hammermen Student Award, generously sponsored by the Hammermen of Glasgow in...