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EPC 25th Annual General Meeting
FULL AGENDA AND PAPERS: Download The 25th Annual General Meeting will take place during the EPC Annual Congress at UCL. There is no need to register for the Congress and...
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Engineering change: EPC Congress 2019
Engineering change: Surviving and shaping the policy environment Joining instructions are now available here. See also the EPC Congress 2019 Delegate List and speaker Biographies....
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EERN Spring Colloquium 2019
The 2019 UK and Ireland Engineering Education Research Network Spring Colloquium will take place on 2nd – 3rd May 2019 at the Technological University Dublin. You can download more details...
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CPHC Conference 2019
The 2019 CPHC Conference is due to be held on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th April 2019 at Middlesex University, The event is due to start with parallel Workshops on...
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AAU Committee meeting and Universities Seminar
The AAU Committee meeting (follow link for agenda) will take place in the morning followed by the free annual Universities Seminar (follow link for details) in room C1 in Geroge...
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EPC Elections 2019
NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSORS’ COUNCIL Honorary Treasurer, Secretary and four elected Ordinary Board Members On the occasion of the AGM, the period of office...
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Bid to host EPC Congress in 2020 or 2021
Proposals are invited from higher education Engineering departments to host the Engineering Professors’ Council Annual Congress in 2020 or 2021. ‘Hosting the 2018 Engineering Professors’ Council Congress was a great way to...
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Brexit impact on engineering research will scar economy nationally and regionally, shows new EPC report
MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Johnny Rich, 078-1111 4292Date: 28th March 2019For immediate release As the political crisis over Brexit continues in Parliament, an exclusive new analysis by the Engineering Professors’ Council...
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The impact of Brexit on engineering research funding
Using exclusive analysis, the EPC has produced an important insight into the impact that Brexit will have on UK engineering research. The findings are far-reaching and disturbing. A briefing is...
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Teaching students to learn for themselves
Dr Sunny Bains, author of a new book on emerging technologies, examines how to support students to make use of the technical literature and to look beyond it. The best...
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New Approaches Case Studies launch
Six universities leading the way for change in engineering higher education In a new joint document, the IET and the Engineering Professors Council (EPC) have selected several UK institutions that...
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Engineering higher education faces multiple threats, according to new landmark report
A worrying convergence of challenges, outlined in a high-profile report published today, is threatening the vital role of higher education in supporting the UK’s engineering sector, a critical part of...
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DATA BLOG: First glimpse HESA student data for 2017/18 highlights a decline in part-time, postgraduate, and male enrolments
First glimpse official 2017/8 HESA student data appears static in the Engineering and technology subject group (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-01-2019/sb252-higher-education-student-statistics/subjects). A closer look at the absolute numbers shows a nominal one-year fall in...
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PHEE 2019 Conference
The 2019 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) was held...
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EPC engineering enrolments survey
EPC Engineering Enrolments Survey Results 2018/19 Firstly, a huge thank you for your contributions which the Recruitment and Admissions Forum confirmed are highly valued by our members. You told us...
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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...
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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...
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Recruitment and admissions forum 2018
[pinwheelslider id=’20’] 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,...
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Recruitment and admissions forum 2018 presentations
RA Forum programme 2018 Download presentation KEYNOTE: Engineering admissions: trends in applications, offers & acceptances Helen Thorne MBE, Director, External Relations, UCAS ATTRACTION: Engineers in the making What attracts...
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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,...
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John Barnes Conference for Students
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; this year we are pleased...
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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’...
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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...
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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...
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SEFI 2018 Annual Conference
This year SEFI’s flagship annual conference will be held between 17th to 21st September at the Technical University of Denmark (Copenhagen/Lyngby) and will coincide with the 45th Anniversary of our...
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COMEH Annual Conference
The International Conference on Manufacturing Research will be held 11-13 September at University of Skövde, Sweden. This is the first time the conference has been held outside the UK. The...
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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...
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Engineering Ethics Conference
Bringing engineering ethics to life in education, professional development and industry The EPC is one of the partners behind a landmark conference at Leeds University bringing engineering ethics to life...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Annual Congress 2018 Summary
The EPC Annual Congress 2018: Fit for the Future, was hosted by Harper Adams University. Following an eclectic selection of hands-on activities and entertainment, Congress 2018 was officially opened by...
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EPC Equality, Inclusion and Diversity policy statement agreed by AGM
The EPC is an inclusive organisation that is fully committed to the principles of fair treatment and to valuing diversity. We recognise that by encouraging equality and diversity in all...
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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...
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7th International Symposium of Engineering Education
A Connected Engineering Curriculum – Learning Through Enquiry and Practice 17th/18th July 2018 – UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences, London, UK Engineers increasingly find themselves tasked to envision, invent, and construct...
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Inclusive Engineering Education: Exploring what it means and how you can do it
Designing Inclusive Engineering Education – exploring what it means and how you can do it! Addressing diversity and inclusion within an engineering degree can at times seem irrelevant or futile....
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Engineering for People Design Challenge Grand Finals 2018
Engineers Without Borders UK invites you to spend the afternoon at the Engineering for People Design Challenge Grand Finals 2018. This year 6,000 students have participated in the Engineering for...
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Chief Executive invites EPC to influence Engineering Council review of UKSPEC
At this year’s EPC Congress, Alasdair Coates’s invited the EPC – as the representative body of engineering in higher education – to input to the current review that is being...
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New Approaches to Engineering HE: The Six Facets
The EPC and IET are delighted to launch six case study examples for each of the six new approaches. We believe this proves that the required changes can be achieved...
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24th EPC Annual General Meeting
This year our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held during our Annual Congress which will be held at Harper Adams University from 14th – 16th May and is kindly...
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EPC Annual Congress 2018
BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED Joining instructions Joining instructions (no accommodation) EPC Congress 2018 Programme Congress poster Congress brochure Is engineering HE fit for the future? The EPC Congress 2018 will...
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Engineering Education Research: Spring Symposium
Following on from the success of the 5th Annual Symposium held in November 2017 at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London, the UK and Ireland EER Network are pleased...
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ICE/IStructE/ACED Annual Meeting
ACED 090518 presentation slides The presentation slides by most speakers may be found at the link above. Thank you to all who attended and contributed to the event, in particular...
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UCL Centre for Engineering Education Conversation Series Event: Learning Pathways in Engineering
The UCL Centre for Engineering Education is pleased to invite you to the following event on Tuesday, 10th April at 6pm, at UCL: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cee-conversations-series-learning-pathways-in-engineering-tickets-41954647480
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AAU Committee Meeting and the free annual RAeS's FSG Universities Seminar
For a Committee meeting agenda and more details for this event, please follow the link AAU 28th March 2018 For the flight simulations agenda, please follow the link flight simulations
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DATA BLOG: The state of engineering? Not too shabby
The supply of skilled engineers may not yet be being met by the education pipeline, but the evidence base required by the sector to make sound strategic decisions is met...
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Statement on strike action over USS Pensions
As the EPC represents both institutional members and individuals, we cannot directly take sides in supporting or opposing the current strike action. That said, we understand this is an issue...
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DATA BLOG: UCAS Engineering applications down but applications from women up
UCAS’ latest application data released today gives us a first glimpse into this Autumn’s enrolments into HE (15 January deadline). Applications to Engineering (totalling 144½ thousand) are down by 1.7%...
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DATA BLOG: New year, new data? Can aging stats really help today’s strategies?
Last week, UCAS completed its suite of 2017 data when it published detailed stats for last autumn’s undergraduate admissions to the UK’s largest universities and colleges. But while the accepted...
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PHEE Annual Conference 2018: New Perspectives on UK Higher Education and Research
The PHEE Annual Conference 2018“New Perspectives on UK Higher Education and Research” – in conjunction with PHOMME and Co-sponsored by EPC – will be held on Wednesday 17th January 2018...
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EERN Symposium: Time for change! Challenging the status quo in engineering education
The UK & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network celebrates its fifth anniversary this year with a symposium hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Engineering Education Research Network is a professional...
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Recruitment and Admissions Forum presentations 2017
Programme Download presentation Keynote 1 – Is ‘engineering’ a broken brand for applicants? Mary Curnock Cook OBE Workshop 1 – What entry requirements do you need? Dr Neil Cooke, Birmingham...
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EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum
We’ve listened to your feedback and prepared a packed and informative programme for all those working in recruitment and admissions to UK higher education engineering courses. We will be having...
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Recruitment & Admission Forum 2017
Essential insights for anyone with responsibility for student recruitment, admissions or strategic planning in university engineering departments. Highlights include: keynotes by Mary Curnock Cook OBE (recent CEO of UCAS and...
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EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2017 Event Summary
This year’s Engineering Professors’ Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum, held on 15th November, was a huge success. Thank you to all those who attended and presented in order to make...
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World Engineering Education Forum 2017 - WEEF 2017
7h World Engineering Forum – The Era of Synergistic Collaboration. WEEF 2017 is hosted by the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and the International Federation...
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Nomination for REF 2021 Engineering Panel
The Engineering Professors’ Council is a nominating body for the Research Excellence Framework and, as such, we have been invited to nominate members of the engineering panel. If you would...
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ACED Annual Conference 2017
2017 ACED Conference – November 2nd to 3rd, Edinburgh Each year one of the ACED member departments hosts a 2-day conference open to all, whether academic or industrial, involved in...
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Party Conferences 2017
From Johnny Rich, EPC Chief Executive… The Party Conference season is an opportunity to bend the ears of politicians, policymakers and thought leaders at a time when they’re relaxed and...
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EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2017
This year’s Engineering Professors’ Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be held on 15th November at Manchester Metropolitan University. We are delighted to announce not one, but two not-to-be-missed keynote speakers...
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Engineering in Society – new module for engineering citizenship
Undergraduate student engineers at UWE Bristol will get the chance to learn about engineering citizenship from September. A new module is being launched to highlight the importance of professional development,...
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EPC Annual Congress 2017: Beyond Borders
[pinwheelslider id=’7′] The Annual Congress is the big event in the EPC calendar – an opportunity to network, gain and share insights and stay in touch with developments in policy...
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Congress 2017
[pinwheelslider id=’10’] The 2017 Engineering Professors’ Council Congress took place at the University of Coventry on 11-13 September 2017.We are delighted that the IET Academic Partners generously supported the Congress....
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DLHE 2015/16 - Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education
We’ve updated our engineering DLHE datasets. Check out our Member’s portal on the website. If you haven’t received the updated password to access the portal, please get in touch with...
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The Engineering for People Design Challenge - Grand Finals 2017
19 June at The Crystal, 1 Siemens Brothers Way, E16 1GB Organised by Engineers Without Borders UK, the Grand Finals will bring together the top 36 teams from universities across the...
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AAU event at Tromsø, Norway
This event will be held at The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th June 2017. The campus lies about 2 km east of the...
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IET/EPC Conference ‘New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education’
Save your place. Bookings are now open – click here. The conference “New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education” will be co-organised by the IET and the EPC. The conference will coincide with the...
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EPC 23rd Annual General Meeting
The Engineering Professors’ Council 23rd Annual General Meeting will be held at the IET, on 22nd May 2017. This date and venue has been arranged to coincide with the high-profile...
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Conference Report: New Approaches to Engineering in HE
On 22nd May 2017, in association with the IET, the EPC held a landmark conference at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London to lay out a bold new vision...
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EPC Strategic Plan 2017
The EPC has published Making Waves, a coordinated plan of changes and activities to maximise our effectiveness in representing engineering academics in national policy, to engage more members at all...
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ACED Joint Meeting with Heads of Civil and Structural Engineering Departments, ICE and IStructE
The ICE/IStructE/ACED joint annual meeting will take place on Tuesday 9 May at the Institution of Structural Engineers in London (47-58 Bastwick Street, EC1V 3PS). Registration and coffee is between...
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Reforms to Mathematics qualifications: new A-levels and the future of Mathematics provision post-16
THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED Guests of Honour A senior speaker confirmed from the Department for Education Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Vice Chancellor, University of London and Lead, 16-18 Mathematics...
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Flight Simulation and Universities Seminar
This AAU day of activities will start with a Committee meeting in the morning followed by the free annual Flight Simulation and Universities Seminar in the afternoon in partnership with...
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SEFI/CESAER European Convention for Engineering Deans, Directors and Departments Heads - A University Dialogue
The 9th edition of the SEFI/CESAER European Convention for Engineering Deans, Directors and Departments Heads – A University Dialogue will be hosted and organised by the Technical University of Munich (TUM)...
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FMSP event Changes to Level 3 Mathematics in England
Changes to Level 3 Mathematics in England The Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) is holding a one-day event in Manchester on 21st March 2017. The aim of the day is...
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RAEng response to the Government Green Paper on Industrial Strategy - have your say
The Royal Academy of Engineering is gathering as much opinion and evidence from the engineering community to respond to the Industrial Strategy. There are several ways in which engineers can contribute...
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PHEE-PHOMME Annual Conference 2017
The PHEE-PHOMME Annual Conference 2017 will take place on Wednesday 11th January 2017 at the IMechE, Birdcage Walk, London “The Future of Teaching and Research in HE” Keynote speakers: The Rt....
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Changes to Level 3 Mathematics in England
The Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) is holding a one-day event in London on 29th November 2016 at the Imperial Hotel, 61-66 Russell Square, London WC1B 5BB. The aim of the...
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RAeS President's Conference
Technology and Innovation in Aerospace – Vision 2066 London / 29 November 2016 Register for the conference here Is the aerospace industry still world-leading in terms of exploiting new technologies? Is the risk associated...
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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....
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Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2016
The annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum took place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 9th November 2016 convened by EPC Recruitment and Admissions Sub-Committee chair, Professor Mike Bramhall, and Deputy...
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EPC Sectoral Group ACED Annual Conference 2016
The annual ACED Conference took place this year on the 3rd and 4th of November 2016 at the University of the Sheffield ACEDConferenceSheffield – Nov 2016 – Final Programme Link...
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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...
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Engineering a Better World - CAETS 2016
Engineering a Better World is a flagship global conference, bringing national academies of engineering from around the world together with international development stakeholders to discuss the global importance of engineering for...
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SEFI Annual Conference: Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry University Cooperation
“Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry University Cooperation” Organised by the Tampere University of Technology – 12-15 September 2016, Tampere, Finland. Subthemes include but are not limited to:...
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Engineering Professors' Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2016
This year’s Engineering Professors’ Council Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be held on 9th November at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. A packed and informative programme for all those working...
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20th Anniversary Awards 2016 - Back to the Future
The Engineering Professors’ Council is delighted to announce the winning entries in the 2016 20th Anniversary Awards. The prizes were presented at the EPC Congress 2016 dinner on Monday 5th September...
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Congress 2016
[pinwheelslider id=’6′] The Art of Engineering was the theme of the 2016 Engineering Professors’ Council Congress that took place at the University of Hull on 4-6 September 2016. Coinciding with...
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Brexit impact in Engineering Higher Education
Updated 28/03/19 As the political crisis over Brexit continues in Parliament, an exclusive analysis by the Engineering Professors’ Council reveals that a cascade of effects – resulting simply from Brexit’s...
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EPC Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit
The EPC is pleased to announce the launch of its new Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit for Engineering Departments which can be found on our website at the following link: Degree Apprenticeships Toolkit...
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EPC President speaking on Estuary TV
Acknowledgement: The Culture Zone Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) President, Professor Stephanie Haywood of the University of Hull, appeared on Estuary TV last Friday in a segment about Hull’s upcoming Amy...
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Lord Stern’s Review of the Research Excellence Framework
President of the British Academy Lord Nicholas Stern was commissioned by the government to carry out the review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The independent report “Building on Success and...
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Could your students inspire the engineers of the future?
Teaching physics is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind as a career for an engineering graduate. However, it is a rewarding, valuable and important occupation and engineers...
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AAU Committee meeting followed by technical discussion on aerospace materials
The next AAU Committee meeting will be held during the afternoon of Tuesday 5th July at the University of Hertfordshire starting at 1pm. The main item in the Committee meeting...
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Professor Helen Atkinson among ‘Top 50 Women in Engineering’
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...
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Engineers Without Borders Challenge Finals
Engineers Without Borders UK invites you to spend the afternoon at the EWB Challenge Finals 2016. The EWB Challenge is an inter-unversity design competition where student teams develop design solutions...
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“Children as Engineers – Paired Peer Mentors in Primary Schools”
EPC’s 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...
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Policy Lab: UK research and innovation - visions for 2030
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 ahead...
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Short poll: Support for early career academic and research staff in engineering
The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) is the representative body for engineering in higher education. But we’re not just for professors… Our primary purpose is to provide a forum at which all...