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"...
Are there specific requirements an HEI needs to be aware of when planning the delivery of degree apprenticeships?
Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit Degree Apprentices must be employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week and must have the right to live and work in the UK. A Degree...
Designing a degree apprenticeship programme
Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit It is important to recognise that a successful degree apprenticeship programme has to be founded on a strong and real partnership between an employer (or group of...
Degree apprenticeships: Why should we get involved?
Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit There have been recent reports that graduate recruitment will flatten off and apprenticeship recruitment will increase by 23 per cent. Reports from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA)...
What is a higher or degree apprenticeship?
Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit Higher apprenticeships refer to all apprenticeships which include the achievement of academic and vocational qualifications and learning from level 4 up to bachelorâs and masterâs degrees at...
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...
Engineering placements: Before placement - Advice for universities and employers
The Engineering Placements Toolkit is designed to support higher education institutions and employers to enhance the experience and the value of studentsâ placements. Aligned with the Your Placement Journey Toolkit,...
Your placement journey: Before placement - Advice for students
Your Placement Journey Toolkit is designed to support you to get the best from your placement experience. It will help you to think about your placement, looking at your expectations,...
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...