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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...
Congress 2019
The theme for this year’s Congress was ‘Engineering Change: surviving and shaping the policy environment’, the programme designed to help our members navigate unprecedented engineering change. Following a fascinating walking...
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...
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...
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...
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Future frameworks for international collaboration on research and innovation: call for evidence
This consultation ran from April to May 2019. In March 2019, Professor Sir Adrian Smith was commissioned by BEIS to provide independent advice on the design of future UK funding...
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...
Bid to host EPC Congress in 2020 or 2021
Proposals are invited from higher education Engineering departments to host theEngineering Professors’ Council Annual Congressin 2020 or 2021. ‘Hosting the 2018 Engineering Professors’ Council Congress was a great way to...
OFSTED consultation on the education inspection framework 2019
This consultation ran from January to April 2019. Ofsted sought to attain views on its proposals for changes to the education inspection framework from September 2019.
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...
UKRI consultation on the Knowledge Exchange Framework
This consultation ran from January to March 2019. Research England had been tasked to develop a Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) to evaluate and benchmark the contribution UK higher education institutions...
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...
Independent review of TEF: call for views
This consultation ran from January to March 2019. Dame Shirley Pearce had been appointed to conduct an independent review of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF). This consultation...
UKSCQA degree classification consultation
This consultation ran from November 2018 to February 2019. UKSCQA co-ordinates a UK-wide co-regulatory approach to quality and standards by bringing together the UK funding bodies and regulators for higher...