News & events
Why communication is a critical tool for any engineer
People rarely choose engineering because of their communication skills, but that doesn't mean they're not a vital part of the tool box. Prof Lucy Rogers explains.
Consultations
EPC responses to OfS Consultations
The EPC has published its responses to two consultations from the Office for Students on proposed changes to Student Outcomes and TEF.
News
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...
Events
The Crucible Project
Book your place at the launch of EPC’s landmark project supporting university and industry collaboration in engineering showcasing and sharing the keys to success. bit.ly/EPCCrucibleProject There are many ways in...
Events
EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey Results 2021/22
The results of the 2021 EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey are now available.
News
The Sixteenth International Conference of Multiphysics
The Sixteenth International Conference of Multiphysics will be held virtually on 9-10 December 2021. The objective of the conference is to share and explore findings on mathematical advances, numerical modelling...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2021 webinar series
The EPC is delighted to announce the annual Recruitment & Admissions Forum, a web series again this year, with the theme ‘Doing it differently’.
Events
ACED Annual Conference 2021
The Annual Conference this year is planned (COVID permitting) as an in-person event on Thursday 18th November (all day, including evening dinner) and Friday 19th November (morning, and lunch) on...
Events
2021 Annual General Meeting of the Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU)
To be held online at 1100 British Summer Time on Friday 22nd October.
Events
Inspiring tomorrow’s engineers
It’s our ambition at EngineeringUK to inform and inspire young people and grow the number and diversity of tomorrow’s engineers to meet the needs of the UK now and in...
News
COMEH conference – International Conference Manufacturing Research (ICMR)
To be held at the University of Derby. More details to follow
Events
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Industry Forum
Agile engineering education: Developing the next generation of engineering innovators, experts and leaders for our ever-evolving world. The GEDC Industry Forum brings together engineering education leaders from around the world...
Events
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: The Crucible Project – Advancing the Industry-Academia Agenda
During the course of the 2020 Annual Congress, Industry & Academia: Supercharging the Crucible, members explored the interface between industry and academia and some of the challenges to developing the relationship between...
Campaigns
Engineering Professors’ Council welcomes Professor Mike Sutcliffe as new President
Professor Mike Sutcliffe is the new President of the Engineering Professors’ Council, the representative organisation of UK engineering academics.
News
Engineering engineering: A provocation
A provocative exploration of the challenges facing UK engineering education, exploring radical solutions. About this event Given the skills shortages in engineering and the high rewards, surely there should be...
Events
EPC 27th Annual General Meeting
The 27th Annual General Meeting will take place online via Zoom at 4:15pm immediately following the webcast Engineering Engineering on Tuesday 6th July. More details of the Engineering Engineering webcast,...
Events
‘Engineering Engineering: A Provocation’ Webcast Summary
A new paper which seeking to challenge assumptions and practice around Engineering higher education and the talent pipeline.
Events
Prof Helen Atkinson, former EPC President, awarded a Damehood
We are delighted and proud that Professor Helen Atkinson CBE, FREng, President of the Engineering Professors’ Council 2011-13, has been made a Dame in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021.
News
Chris Skidmore MP Webinar Summary
In case you missed it, here is a short summary of Chris Skidmore MP’s speech from the EPC’s Congress 2021 webinar series. A recording of the event is available at Recent...
Events
EPC Annual Congress 2021 - A Better World: Chi Onwurah MP on 'A new kind of engineering'
The second in the EPC’s series of webinars for its 2021 Congress on the theme of ‘A better world’ will feature Shadow Minister for Science, Research & Digital Chi Onwurah...
Events
Chi Onwurah MP Webinar Summary
In case you missed it, here is a short summary of Chi Onwurah MP’s speech from the EPC’s Congress 2021 webinar series.
Events
EPC Annual Congress 2021 – A Better World: Chris Skidmore MP on 'Research for a better world'
We are extremely proud to welcome former Universities & Science Minister the Right Honourable Chris Skidmore MP to give a presentation on ‘Research for a better world’, followed by a Q&A...
Events
Funding research for a better world
The EPC was honoured to welcome former Universities Minister the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore to delivered a speech as part of our 2021/22 Annual Congress on the theme of ‘A...
Events
Engineering opportunity: letting down the drawbridge
A summary of the EPC's report on the contribution to social mobility made by studying Engineering.
Reports
Engineering Opportunity: Maximising the opportunities for social mobility from studying Engineering
The Engineering Professors’ Council is delighted to invite you to the online launch of Engineering Opportunity: Maximising the opportunities for social mobility from studying Engineering. This major new study reveals...
Events
MEDIA RELEASE: Studying Engineering gives ‘turbo boost’ to social mobility, reveals new EPC research
A new study, published today by the Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC), reveals that studying an Engineering degree gives a greater boost to social mobility when compared to other subjects.
Press & media
What’s going on with UK Research Funding?
The government has a stated goal of achieving 2.4% of the UK’s GDP to be spent annually on research and development (R&D) by 2027. This would be an increase of...
Opinions
Brexit impact on UK’s engineering education sector
We are pleased to announce the publication of the EPC’s joint study with UCL’s Centre for Engineering Education on the experiences and perceptions of European (EU) engineering students and academic...
Research papers
Lion Air Flight JT610/Boeing B737-8 Max: A Loss of Control In flight Accident Case Study
This is a lecture organised by the Coventry Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) which will be delivered by Dr Mike Bromfield who is a Flight Safety Researcher and...
Events
Data Blog: Become an expert in UCAS engineering data in ten steps
Spoiler: there is no data in this data blog! Instead, we bring you a mixed media UCAS engineering data masterclass to share what we’ve learned about the tools available this...
Data
What is Engineering? Subject coding: HECoS, JACS and engineering, an unofficial guide
If you follow the HE data environment, or even just the policy headlines, you’ll probably have noticed that a new subject coding system - the Higher Education Classification of Subjects...
Analysis
Policy summary, February 2021
It has been a busy start to the year for HE policy and politics, despite the roll-out of a third UK lockdown at the start of the year – significantly...
News
Professional recognition post-Brexit
Is my professional title still valid in the EU? Will my combination of academic qualifications and professional experience still count post Brexit? What does the information on recognition of professional...
Campaigns
Trusted Research: How safe is your research?
This was a discussion on the security precautions that academic institutions should take to prevent intellectual property being leaked to competitors or foreign governments. With the aim of preventing research...
Research papers
EPC live-only webcast: Trusted Research: how secure is your research?
A summary of last week’s broadcast is now available. A recording of David Sweeney’s session will be available shortly. This webcast, introduced by David Sweeney, Executive Chair of UKRI, will raise awareness...
Events
Emerging Stronger: Lasting impact from crisis innovation
What have we learned about learning under lockdown? How can we use the experience of trying to deliver high-quality engineering degree programmes to strengthen our teaching in future? This live...
Opinions
New Approaches to Engineering Education: Emerging Stronger
A summary of this broadcast, together with recordings, are now available to EPC members. Keynote: Sir Michael Barber, Chair, Office for Students As we emerge from a period that challenged...
Campaigns
Guest blog: EPC Hammermen student prize
Congratulations to Rachel Beel, Glasgow Caledonian University, and to Dan Hicks, University of Brighton, joint winners of the 2020 EPC Hammermen Student Award.
News
Annual International Conference of Multiphysics
The fifteenth International Conference of Multiphysics will be held virtually for the first time on 10-11 December 2020. The objective of the conference is to share and explore findings on...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): Entry qualifications: where now?
The Annual EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. The opening webcast in this series:...
Events
The OfS consultation on quality and standards in a nutshell
The Office for Students has just launched a consultation on one of the most important changes to its practice since its inception. What does it say? We've summarised the key...
Reports
Are the OfS proposals on quality and standards good for the sector?
EPC Chief Executive Johnny Rich provides a critical commentary on the proposals outlined in the latest Office for Student consultation. These are his personal opinions and they do not necessarily...
Opinions
The Great Grading Scandal Engineering Challenge
This guest blog has been kindly provided by Dr Dennis Sherwood of Silver Bullet machine, an intelligent innovation consultancy, who was a speaker at the first of this year's Recruitment...
Opinions
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum
The Annual EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. Wednesday 18/11/20, 14:00-16:00: Entry qualifications: where...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): International students: where now?
The Annual EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. The second webcast in this series:...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): Student numbers: where now?
The third webcast in the EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2020 series: Student numbers: where now? will take place on Wednesday 02/12/20, 14:00-16:00. This is the third of four linked...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum (2020 series): Fair access: where now?
The final webcast in our Recruitment and Admissions Forum series 2020: Fair access: where now? will take place on Wednesday 09/12/20, 14:00-16:00. This is the final of four linked events...
Events
Welcome to the EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2020 Series
The annual Forum will be hosted online for 2020 as a series of linked events over four successive Wednesday afternoons. The Forum is aimed at all staff involved in recruitment...
Events
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2020 Series Posters
Click on the thumbnails below to view the posters. UK engineering students’ maths entry qualifications: grades and non-progression NMITE recruitment and selection Experiential Capital of mature returners to Engineering Education...
Research papers
ACED webinar 5th November 2020
Unfortunately it has proved not possible to hold a physical ACED Annual Conference this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and associated restrictions. In its place, ACED has the pleasure...
Events
AAU Annual General Meeting
The AAU/Aerospace Sectoral Group AGM will take place starting at 1200 on Friday 23rd October and will be a virtual event instead of a physical one that was going to...
Events
Guest Blog: Engineering Council on Revised Standards
The fourth edition of Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) has been published, ahead of the 2020-2021 academic year. There will be a transition period, from publication until the start...
Reports
Guest Blog: To trust or not to trust?
Imagine the situation, you have worked tirelessly to make a discovery which is important, potentially revolutionary, or worked long days and nights and sacrificed everything in order to bring that...
Opinions
EPC ANNUAL CONGRESS 2020: Industry & Academia – Supercharging the Crucible
Given the ongoing public health situation, the EPC has taken the decision not to hold our Annual Congress as a physical event at Sheffield Hallam as planned, but as a...
Campaigns
EPC Congress 2020
Welcome to the EPC Annual Congress 2020: ‘Industry & Academia – Supercharging the Crucible’ The Congress was due to take place in April 2020 at Sheffield Hallam University, but due...
Events
EPC Congress 2020: Hammermen Student Prize - Longlisted posters, Finalist multimedia pitches and Finalist posters
The level of talent this year was outstanding! Please do take a look at the longlisted posters, finalist multimedia pitches and finalist posters all created by the students. We were...
Resources
Emerging Stronger: Lasting Impact from Crisis Innovation – a new publication
At the start of 2020, no-one could have known what major changes lay just three months ahead for HE. Yet, here we are living through a pandemic, and in the...
News
New Approaches to Engineering HE: Accreditation & Innovation (and EPC AGM)
The recording of this session is now available Does accreditation help or hinder innovation in engineering higher education? A live ‘New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education’ webcast featuring leading experts,...
Events
EPC 26th Annual General Meeting
The 26th Annual General Meeting will take place online via Zoom immediately following the webcast New Approaches to Engineering HE: Accreditation and Innovation on Tuesday 14th July. For more details...
Events
Engineering admissions: share your insights and help us make engineering's voice heard in the national admissions debate.
EPC response to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on the higher education admissions system in England. In response to both the pending consultation and the uncertainty around this year’s...
Discussions
International Symposium Engineering Education 2020 (ISEE2020)
University of Strathclyde is hosting the 7th ISEE: Engineering Education for the 21st Century from 9-10th July 2020. Booking and further details are available here. Papers relevant to the conference...
Events
Does accreditation help or hinder innovation?
In advance of the EPC's forthcoming live webcast, one of the panellists, Prof Sean Wellington, considers whether the requirements of accreditation help foster new approaches to engineering higher education.
Opinions
Digitally Skilled: New Approaches to Engineering HE (Live webcast)
A live webcast featuring leading experts on innovative practice in engineering higher education to enhance digital skills. Sign up now at bit.ly/EPCDigitalSkills About this Event In case anyone was still...
Campaigns
Recent events
Recordings and presentations from key EPC events are available below. EPC Crucible Project Event 16th February 2022 Welcome and Guest Presentation – University-Industry linkages and engagement in the 4th...
Events
President's Prize announced: Professor John Perkins honoured by the engineering academic community.
The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC), the representative body of engineering academics in UK universities, has announced that its biennial President’s Prize has been awarded to Prof John Perkins CBE FREng...
Press & media
EPC Presidents' Prize Address: 'Engineering Skills for the Future' (Live webcast)
The EPC Presidents’ Prize Address RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE ‘Engineering skills for the future’ PROFESSOR JOHN PERKINS CBE FREng FIChemE FIMA FIET FCGI FRSA in association with the EPC/IET New Approaches in Engineering...
Events
Media release: University engineers across the UK commit expertise and equipment to join coronavirus struggle
Media Release Tales are emerging of the many ways that universities across the UK have stepped up to beat coronavirus and Engineering departments in particular have been at the forefront,...
Press & media
Accreditation under lockdown
Join us for our EPC Webcast: ‘Accreditation under lockdown. This a must-attend event for engineering academics running accredited degrees. The webcast is free and exclusive to EPC members. Book your...
Events
Engineering departments and the Covid-19 response
University engineers donate expertise and equipment in coronavirus struggle
News
Engineering Education Research Big Meet Up
On the 14th May EERN are pleased to join up with partners from across the world to hold the first Engineering Education Research Big Meet Up. Across the whole day...
Events
How will the probable collapse in international student numbers as a result of coronavirus affect UK Engineering departments? We’ve crunched the numbers.
We’ve all seen the higher education and national media coverage on the uncertainty around this year’s university admissions following the cancellation of exams and the extended UK-wide lockdown. The worldwide...
Data
EPC's continued response to Covid 19
Thank you to those members who responded to our latest Covid-19 initiative; a survey to gather details of the activities undertaken by engineering departments and academics in helping the national...
News
Meet Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive of UKRI
Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), will deliver a live-streamed presentation. He will deliver a short address on collaboration between industry and academia and then...
Events
Launch of the Vertical Flight Society
This all-day launch of the Vertical Flight Society is a free-to-attend event to be held on Monday 24 February at the Royal Air Force Club in Mayfair – 128 Piccadilly, London,...
Events
GUEST BLOG: Engineers Without Borders UK
Engineers Without Borders UK kindly facilitated the recent EPC Board Retreat discussions on Ethics. Here they tell us about the two design challenges they run at universities.
News
PHEE 2020 Conference
The 2020 Professors and Heads of Electrical Engineering Conference (PHEE), in conjunction with PHOMME (Professors and Heads of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) and the EPC (Engineering Professors’ Council) will be...
Events
UK and Ireland 7th Engineering Education Research Network Annual Symposium
The UK & Ireland EERN are pleased to announce their 7th Annual Symposium will be hosted by WMG & the School of Engineering, University of Warwick in December this year....
Events
New approaches to Engineering Higher Education
Best Practice in Engineering Education The EPC has been working with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), academics and industry for over two years to encourage and support changes...
Campaigns
Annual International Multiphysics Conference
To be held at Al Ghurair University in Dubai from Saturday 14th – Sunday 15th December. The aerospace sessions will be sponsored by the AAU as in the past.
Events
EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey 2019
Firstly, a huge thank you for your contributions to this year's EPC engineering enrolments survey. The survey gives us all an early temperature check of the health of HE undergraduate...
Analysis
14th Annual AAU Conference
The 14th Annual AAU Conference will be held in December in Dubai. More details including the exact date and venue will be available shortly.
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2019
We are delighted to announce that the 2019 EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be held at University of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea, on 27th November 2019 BOOK NOW ...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2019
Talk Speaker Presentation PLENARY: From Admission to Graduation – UK Engineering Students’ Demographics and Qualifications Research Dr Tim Bullough, University of Liverpool Download MADE project: An insight into UWTSD’s innovative...
Resources
New Approaches in Practice
BOOK HERE – This Conference is FREE (with priority to staff from EPC member institutions) As part of the EPC’s New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education initiative, run jointly with...
Events
ACED Annual Conference 2019
This year’s ACED annual 2-day conference will be hosted by Coventry University at their Simulation Centre. Broad themes planned for the conference are: Teaching sustainability and ethics; project-based learning; alternative...
Events
AAU Odyssey
To be held at the University of Hertfordshire. Follow links for more details and map.
Events
Guest blog: Time to Reflect on the Wellbeing of our Engineers
Students’ mental health is a deservedly hot topic in higher education. But is the conversation more difficult when it comes to engineering? Are the challenges greater?
Opinions
Aviation Centres of Excellence: Developing Tomorrow's workforce for a global community
The aviation industry is under transformation. New technologies are making flying faster, safer, less noisy and more sustainable. These innovations, however, require new skills. How can we equip the workers...
Events
Brexit impact on UK’s engineering education sector: Exploring EU students and staff experiences
The Engineering Professors’ Council and the UCL Centre for Engineering Education are running a research project, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, that seeks to address and understand the...
Research papers
17th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2019)
The 17th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2019) incorporating the 34th National Conference on Manufacturing Research will be held from 10th- 12th September 2019 at Queen’s University Belfast. For more...
Events
Guest blog: ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’
If you are one of the 125,000+ passengers per day heading through Gatwick South this summer, you may just spot your university’s Leaders Award prototype on the huge hoarding showcase.
News
New! DATA BLOG: Grade inflation?
Earlier this month, the OfS published a new release of degree classification data, concluding that the growing proportion of the first and upper second class degrees awarded cannot be fully...
Analysis
RA Committee meeting
The next Recruitment and Admissions Committee meeting will be in the Hopper Room at the IET, Savoy Place, London
Events
Congress 2019
The EPC would like to acknowledge our hosts, the Centre for Engineering Education at UCL; our sponsors, the Institution of Engineering and Technology; and our exhibitor sponsors, Mathworks, PA Hilton...
Events
Blending arts and sciences: gimmick or necessity?
The two culture of arts and sciences are like oil and water, but, asks Prof Mehmet Karamanoglu, could they be mixed? Indeed, perhaps it’s essential that we get them to...
Opinions
Annual Congress 2019 Summary
The EPC Annual Congress 2019, Engineering Change: surviving and shaping the policy landscape, was hosted by UCL Engineering Education. Following a fascinating walking tour (where it turned out Bloomsbury’s engineering...
Events
Augar arrives
EPC Chief Executive, Johnny Rich reports on the long-awaited Review of Post-18 Education Funding in England and the possible implications for engineering in HE. At over 200 pages and featuring...
News
Guest blog: Compensation and condonement - incoming rules for accredited degrees
By Catherine Elliott, Engineering Council The Engineering Council has updated its policy on compensation and condonement[1], which has resulted in new rules being put in place. The key consideration in...
News
EPC Sectoral Group ACED: Joint meeting of ACED, ICE and IStructE 2019
The annual Joint Meeting of ACED, the ICE and IStructE will be held at the IStructE International HQ on 22nd May. Heads of Civil & Structural Engineering Departments and their...