News & events
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...
Research papers
GEDC Airbus Diversity Award 2016
The Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award is sponsored by Airbus and aims to encourage and acknowledge work that inspires students of all profiles and backgrounds to study and succeed in...
News
A plethora of publications...
The much-anticipated Wakeham and Shadbolt Reviews were published this week (16th May) alongside the Higher Education White Paper giving the sector much to chew over. Sir William Wakeham, this year’s...
Campaigns
ACED Annual Heads of Department Meeting 2016
The 2016 meeting was held on 16 May 2016 at the ICE offices at 1 Great George Street, London Programme Links to files from the meeting are below: Welcome to ACED...
Events
Policy Lab: What is the future of innovation support in the UK?
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will look at...
Events
EPC President speaking on BBC Look North
Acknowledgement: BBC Look North Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) President, Professor Stephanie Haywood of the University of Hull, appeared on BBC’s Look North last week in a segment about Hull’s upcoming...
Press & media
International Symposium on Gender Inclusive Engineering Education
Research and Ideas for Practice Centre for Engineering Education, UCL, London Join us for this informative and lively symposium on inclusion in engineering education. Our aim is to bring together...
Events
Policy Lab: Building a better research system? Supporting excellence in post-Nurse structures
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will explore how...
Events
University College London partners with Primary Engineer to bring Special Leaders Award to London Schools
The Faculty of Engineering Sciences at University College London (UCL) is one of the EPC member organisations that has been working with Primary Engineer to run the Special Leaders Award...
News
SEFI: 8th European Convention of Engineering Deans
Schools of Engineering at the Forefront of Meeting Development Challenges Discussing the future of Engineering Education in the original agora of our technological and democratic roots. ECED is an annual...
Events
IET's Engineering and Technology magazine: "Brexit: science, engineering and technology says no"
The IET’s Engineering and Technology magazine reported on the EPC’s and Campaign for Science and Engineering (Case) report, published in December, this week following attendance at EPC’s AGM last week,...
Campaigns
Come and work for us...
The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) is looking for its next Executive Director. Following a highly successful four years for the Council, our Executive Director, Susan Kay, is moving on to...
News
Engineering Professors' Council President's Prize 2016
Over 50 senior staff from university engineering departments across the UK gathered for the Engineering Professors’ Council’s Annual General Meeting yesterday (6th April, 2016) at Senate House, University of London...
Events
Engineering Professors' Council Annual General Meeting
Download notice of Annual General Meeting The Engineering Professors’ Council will hold its Annual General Meeting on 6th April 2016 at Senate House, University of London. Attendees from member institutions...
Events
AAU Committee meeting followed by free Flight Simulation and Universities Seminar
The AAU Committee meeting will take place in the morning followed by the Seminar after lunch at 1215. Follow the link for a provisional agenda, directions and more details. The Chief...
Events
Engineers Without Borders: Declaration of Global Responsibility for Engineers workshop
Engineers Without Borders UK are co-organising two workshops with the University of Leeds Inter-Disciplinary Applied Ethics Centre during spring 2016 to develop a Declaration of Global Responsibility for Engineers. The...
Events
Quick poll: how does your university allocate its QR funding
[poll id=’13’] If you’ve some more time, take a few minutes to provide input to our response to the Stern Review...
Opinions
Engineering UK: State of Engineering 2016
repo”. Its three overriding messages are: that engineering and skilled engineers make a significant contribution to the UK economy and its productivity as well as working towards mitigating the grand global challenges of...
Reports
Our position on the TEF
Thanks to all those who took the time to let us have their thoughts on the proposals for the Teaching Excellence Framework – and particularly to those who took part...
EPC policies
PHEE 2016 Conference
The 2016 Professors and Heads of Electrical Engineering Conference (PHEE), in conjunction with PHOMME (Professors and Heads of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) was held at the IET, Savoy Place, London...
Events
AS and A level reform: regulations for maths and further maths
Earlier this month, OfQual launched one of a series of consultations on AS and A level reform – specifically on maths, further maths and design and technology. This consultation is...
Consultations
The role of EU membership in UK science and engineering research
The Engineering Professors’ Council and CaSE launched a joint report in December, 2015 on the ‘Role of EU membership in UK science and engineering research’. Download the press release. The full report...
Campaigns
Comprehensive Spending Review
Quick summary of today’s CSR The government will protect the £4.7 billion science budget in real terms over the Parliament Engineering mentions: Support will be provided to secure launch funding...
Campaigns
UCL Centre for Engineering Education: New models in engineering education
Amidst continued discourse around a projected shortfall of engineering talent and talk of deregulation of HE coming from Government, this event seeks to explore how the higher education landscape may...
Events
EPC sectoral group Association of Civil Engineering Departments (ACED) Conference 2015
Download programme Register now Accommodation We have reserved accommodation for delegates at a special rate in the Orchard Hotel, which is on campus adjacent to the conference centre. Please see...
Events
Engineering Professors' Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum
This year’s Engineering Professors’ Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be held on 11th November at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Download programme Download flyer A packed and informative programme...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2015
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on 11th November 2015 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions sub Committee chair, Professor Mike Bramhall...
Events
3rd Annual Engineering Education Research (EER) Network Symposium
The Manufacturing Industry Education Research Group (MIERG) at the Institute for Manufacturing is hosting the 3rd Annual Engineering Education Research (EER) Network Symposium in Cambridge. The EER Network used to be...
Events
World Congress on Engineering Education
This Congress is organized by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations – Committee of Education in Engineering (WFEO-CEIE) in collaboration with the Federation of Lebanese Engineers (FLE), the Federation of...
Events
The public PhD viva
In his article in the Times Higher on 22nd October, UCL’s Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of the Doctoral School, David Bogle, examines the concept of the public PhD...
News
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) - have your say
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) As we write, we’re still waiting for the much-trailed Green Paper from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which, alongside other issues which we’re...
Consultations
AAU Student Conference and AGM 2015
The AAU Student Conference and AGM will be the grand finale event for the season. The Programme consists of the agendas for the Committee meeting & the AGM, and, the...
Events
Westminster Higher Education Forum: The future for Postgraduate Taught education
Coming as the HE sector prepares for the introduction of student loans for taught postgraduate students in 2016, and as those in receipt of HEFCE’s interim bursaries begin their programmes,...
Events
Young Researcher Competition: Aviation in Europe – Innovating for Growth
Abstract Submission deadline is 3rd August 2015. For more details, click here.
Events
Engineering conversion course pilot scheme – Invitation to bid for funding
HEFCE is inviting applications for new funding to support the development of conversion courses in engineering (England only). This pilot scheme aims to help the higher education sector develop more...
News
EPC former President Helen Atkinson meets Will.I.Am
September 15/16 2015 The Chinese Academy of Engineering recently hosted a major international summit on Global Grand Challenges, a series inspired by the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering , 14 ambitious goals...
Events
The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) invites feedback on position paper on engineering skills
SEFI invites comments and feedback on this Position Paper and a longer discussion paper which will be available at www.sefi.be from October. Input will be reviewed by the SEFI Working ...
News
Programme analysis of HEFCE’s Postgraduate Support Scheme: Final report published
HEFCE has now published its report on the Postgraduate Support Scheme pilot. EPC members will recall that Paul Wakeling of the University of York was commissioned to conduct an evaluation...
Reports
Consultation on GCSE and A level Statistics
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Consultations
Consultation on reform of GCSE, AS and A level Electronics qualifications
Dear all, It was announced this morning that DfE has confirmed that the development work for the reformed GCSE, AS and A level Electronics qualifications will continue through to the...
Consultations
5th CEAS Air & Space Conference Challenges in European aerospace
From 7-11 September 2015 the Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS) will organize its fifth Air and Space Conference. CEAS represents 12 European Aerospace Societies with in total about 35.000...
Events
European Aeronautics Science Network Workshop
The 5th EASN International Workshop aims, like its acclaimed annual predecessors, to offer a forum for discussion and exchange of information about state-of-the-art research and development activities, this year in...
Events
Calling keen engineers with writing skills...
Calling all keen engineers with great writing skills to help with the science notes for a popular science series called Outrageous Acts of Science for the Discovery Channel. The series is running...
News
Children as Engineers - inspiring a generation...
“I’ve really enjoyed this project because not only did I feel like I was teaching a class, I felt like I was teaching a generation”. Student Engineer At its 2014...
Reports
Pathways to success in engineering degrees and careers
The Royal Academy of Engineering has, this month, published its report “Pathways to success in engineering degrees and careers”. Members will recall the author, Dr Tim Bullough, of the University...
Reports
GCSE reform: Design and Technology
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Discussions
New GCSEs, AS and A levels for first teaching from 2017 - Engineering
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Discussions
Passionate about enthusing the next generation of engineers? Encourage someone to become a Young Engineers fieldworker...
Young Engineers Fieldworker Full time – London, South East and the South West Salary range £24,000 – £28,000 depending on experience Young Engineers is one of the UK’s leading charities...
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Entry to Engineering in higher education: advisory panel
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Discussions
Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation
HM Treasury has published the report “Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation” or the Government’s “productivity plan”. In it, the Government says it will support the “fast spreading”...
Reports
"Metrics cannot replace peer review in the next REF..."
The findings of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment and Management have been published, concluding that “no set of numbers is likely to be able...
Reports
HEA Engineering Enhancement Event
The Higher Education Academy is holding an Enhancement Event for academics in Higher Education in Cardiff on 2nd July. There are a number of streams to the day including a...
Events
HEA Engineering Enhancement Event
The Higher Education Academy is holding an Enhancement Event for academics in Higher Education in Cardiff on 2nd July. There are a number of streams to the day including a...
Events
Dowling Review of Business-University Collaboration
Dame Ann Dowling DBE FREng FRS has now published her Review of Business-University Research Collaboration, to which the Engineering Professors’ Council was one of very many contributors from across industry...
Reports
Re-engineering engineering education
“Young people are like wet cement. Thinking in a systems way, thinking across disciplines and across political boundaries, is something that will be easier to teach if we start with...
News
Royal Academy of Engineering: Innovation in Autonomous Systems
This latest in the Academy’s Innovation in… series of events will showcase a selection of some of the most recent advances in autonomous systems. It will focus on the potential...
Events
BIS acknowledges work of EPC and RAEng in Perkins Review work
Asked by David Simpson (Upper Bann) Asked on: 10 June 2015 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Engineering 1985 To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans...
News
The Engineers Without Borders Challenge - a view from the judging panel - "I was impressed"
Like many academics, I have often struggled to know quite how to engage students so that they learn something of the essence of engineering, rather than simply turning the handle...
Events
Wakeham Review of STEM degree accreditation and graduate employability
The announcement of the Government’s science and innovation strategy in December included a commission to establish a general review of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and a specific review...
News
Ingenious resilience: messages for a new Government
Engineering matters to the UK economy, on both a regional and national level, and the profession is vital to maintaining the UK’s position in the world. It drives innovation, regional...
Consultations
RAEng's industrial secondment success for EPC members
Congratulations to seven EPC members on securing a place in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Industrial Secondment scheme. The scheme will see them spending up to 12 months working onsite with...
News
The role of the university Technology Transfer Office (TTO), and why TTO-investor discussions can be difficult and take time to conclude.
Added to the Members’ Portal… a useful briefing note for those of you involved in spin-outs and negotiations about intellectual property. Authored by a number of sector bodies on knowledge transfer, it...
Research papers
7 research areas marked by EPSRC for growth...
In case you’ve missed them….the EPSRC has identified 7 areas of engineering research for strategc focus and growth. For more, go to EPSRC research… Electrical motors and drives / electromagnetics...
Reports
Come and work with us...
Policy officer (intern) The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC)[1] is the representative organisation for engineers in UK universities. With 80 institutional members comprising more than 6,000 academic staff, we provide advocacy...
News
ACED Annual Heads of Department Meeting 2015
The 2015 meeting was held on 22 May 2015 at the IStructE offices at 47-58 Bastwick Street, London EC1V 3P Programme Links to files from the meeting are below: Welcome to ACED...
Events
AAU Committee Meeting and Seminar
The 2015 AAU Committee Meeting will be held on the 21st of May from 10am-midday in 2S601 at UWE, Bristol. Lunch will be from midday and the AAU Seminar will...
Events
New "Engenius Film" added...
Dr Emma Carter of the University of Sheffield was one of the two winners of the EPC's 2014 Engaging in Engineering public engagement grant awards. The latest of her series...
Toolkits
RAEng Visiting Professors' Scheme - now open - closing date 16 June, 2015
Applications for the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Visiting Professors’ scheme are currently open. “This industry-into-academia initiative aims to utilise the experience of the Visiting Professors to enhance student learning as well...
News
IP for engineers...
Intellectual property is now featured in the Engineering Council’s Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) “Professional Engineering Competence Guidance”. The Intellectual Property Office have developed a useful toolkit for those...
Toolkits
Council of Professors and Heads of Computing Conference 2015
For details of the conference, follow the link http://cphc.ac.uk/what-we-do/conferences/conference-and-agm-2015/
Events
Election 2015 - higher education in the parties' manifestos...
In the run up to the general election on 7th May, colleagues at the British Universities Finance Group (BUFDG) have prepared the following summary of what each political party has in...
Campaigns
8th IMA Mathematical Education of Engineers
SECOND CALL eOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCE FEES This Eighth MEE Conference will provide a full interactive one-day format covering current topics and initiatives of broad interest to the mathematical education...
Events
Engineering Professors' Council 21st Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Engineering Professors’ Council will be held in the Digital Performance Lab, Media City Building, University of Salford on Tuesday 14th April, 2015 at 16.00 during...
Events
20th anniversary awards 2015
[pinwheelslider id=’3′] The Engineering Professors’ Council is delighted to announce that the 2015 prize of £1,000 for the best student essay and video on the subject of “Can engineers make a beneficial...
Events
Congress 2015
The 2015 Engineering Professors’ Council Congress took place at the University of Salford’s MediaCity Campus on 14/15 April 2015 with the theme: Skills for Impact. The Distinguished Guest Lecture “The reality...
Events
New report published on the contribution of teaching to academic career advancement
Thanks to all members who contributed to this piece of research (and you did in numbers), published today by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The report, “Does teaching advance your...
Reports
Free RAeS Education and Skills Seminar - 'Where are we now? Pre-election update on skills landscape'
The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Education and Skills annual Spring seminar will take place on Monday 23 March at our London HQ, No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ. Themed, “Where are we...
Events
Pre election Budget 2015
The Engineering Professors’ Council welcomes the Chancellor’s commitment to science and innovation. Engineering has proved to be the powerhouse of economic growth (Royal Academy of Engineering – Engineering for a...
News
University partners collaborate on £138M Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC) project
The UK Collaboration for Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC) is a £138 million capital investment that will be centred around the Olympic Park in Stratford and will include 13 university...
News
REF funding implications starting to be announced...
With the Grant letter now issued, we’re awaiting the announcements about how the quality-related research funding will be divvie’d up between institutions based on the latest REF results. The Scottish...
News
Westminster Higher Education Forum - addressing the STEM skills gap
I was pleased to be invited to represent Engineering Professors’ Council members at the Westminster Higher Education Forum last week, on the subject of “Addressing the STEM Skills Gap”. I...
Campaigns
New RAeS Spring fair - Career FLIGHTPATH LIVE
Visitor registration is now open for the Royal Aeronautical Society’s new Spring recruitment fair, Career FLIGHTPATH LIVE 2015 taking place at our HQ on Friday 6 March 2015. Careers FLIGHTPATH...
Events
Student IP – Creating an IP savvy workforce Paintworks, Bristol
This Intellectual Property Office (IPO) event will be held on 5th March 2015 at Paintworks, Bristol. The event will be a celebration of entrepreneurial spirit and provides an opportunity to...
Events
Westminster Higher Education Forum - Addressing the STEM skills gap
Timed to follow the publication of the ‘one year on’ report of the Perkins’ Review of Engineering Skills, expected in late 2014, delegates at this conference will assess progress made by...
Events
Tuition fee bursaries available for MScs - still time to apply
A reminder that tuition fee bursaries for aerospace engineering MScs are still available for study starting in academic year 2015-16, after which this scheme will close. Each worth up to...
News
UK and Kazakhstan Early Researchers Workshop on Waste Utilisation and Treatment
Call for participation The University of Wolverhampton is pleased to be the coordinator of a British Council sponsored workshop, under the Newton-Al-Farabi Partnership Programme, to be held in Almaty-Kazakhstan between...
Events
Fees for PhD programmes...a question...
Fees for doctoral students (ie home / EU PhDs) seem to be about £4k pa for the few universities I have looked at. Yet, fees for home / EU undergrad...
Discussions
Royal Society-CaSE Science Ministers' Debate 2015
Engineering Professors’ Council incoming President Professor Stephanie Haywood and Executive Director Susan Kay attended CaSE’s Science Ministers’ debate at the Royal Society, on 14th January. Some lively questioning – including one...
Events
PHEE 2015 Conference
The 2015 Professors and Heads of Electrical Engineering Conference (PHEE), in conjunction with PHOMME (Professors and Heads of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) was held at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,...
Events
Winter 2014 Newsletter now available with a round-up of the REF results for engineering...
Our winter 2014 newsletter is now available with a round-up of the year so far, an overview of the REF results for engineering, news of work on a postgraduate information...
News
Science and innovation policy published...
HM Treasury and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have today, 17th December, 2014 published their “Plan for Growth – science and innovation”. While its tone is reassuring, with a...
Reports
Test event #2
The 12th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2014, www.icmr2014.com) will be held at Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK from 9th to 11th September 2014. Initiated by the Consortium of...
Events
Engineers can become talented physics teachers...and support the profession of Engineering...and can earn £20k while they train
In July 2011, the Institute of Physics was invited to the DfE for what we thought was going to be a routine consultation on physics teacher training numbers. In the...
Consultations
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee lunch - a report and a personal view from incoming EPC President Professor Stephanie Haywood
I was delighted to attend the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee’s annual lunch at the House of Lords on behalf of the EPC on 26th November. We were wondering why security...
Events
MSc Aerospace bursaries
The AeroMSc bursary scheme pays tuition fees for MScs in aerospace for study starting next academic year 2015-16. Applications are open now at www.raeng.org.uk/aeromsc. Please make your eligible STEM...
News
WES student engineers conference
For more information on this Women in STEM conference for female engineering students, please download the flyer or visit http://conference.wes.org.uk/engineering-inspiration-2014)
Events
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum
Engineering admissions tutors and related recruitment and admissions staff – BOOKINGS NOW OPEN ! Hear about the results of the latest early enrolments poll. Special session on barriers and benefits of...
Events
Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2014
Professor Mike Bramhall (far left) and delegates at the Engineering Professors’ Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum, 2014 The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Institution of Mechanical...
Events
Perkins Review One Year On Report launched at Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2104
An impressive group gathered at Shell UK’s London headquarters this morning (3rd November, 2014) to launch Tomorrow’s Engineers week 2014. Erik Bonino, Chairman of Shell UK (pictured here) and Vince Cable...