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DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION AND SKILLS: proposals for long-term capital investment
Consultations
Professor John Perkins' Review of Engineering Skills
Professor John PerkinsFREngis the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). His Review of Engineering Skills was published in November, 2013. The review endorses the...
News
Lords express disappointment as Government rejects Committee's findings on immigration policies
Earlier this year, the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee conducted an inquiry into the impact of the changes to immigration regulations on international STEM students. As a...
News
The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) welcomes the appointment of Greg Clark MP as Minister for Universities, Science and Cities
The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) welcomes the appointment of Greg Clark MP as Minister for Universities, Science and Cities Professor Simon Hodgson, President of the EPC, said: “We’re looking forward...
News
RAEng-EPSRC study on assessing the economic returns to the UK of investment in engineering research and associated training
In the spirit of evidence-based policy development, the RAEng and the EPSRC have joined forces in a project chaired by Professor John Fisher CBE FREng, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University...
Reports
HEA annual conference 2014
The conference marks the tenth anniversary of the HEA and asks what the past ten years can tell us about what the next ten years might bring. The event will...
Events
Lasham Human Powered Flight Rally
Come and join a team that is putting in two entries for the rally. Starting mid to end of May come and help prepare the aircraft in Tisbury. Participate as...
Events
Engineers can become talented maths teachers...and support the profession of Engineering...and can earn £25k while they train
Mathematics is an essential component of an engineering education. In the past, a number of engineering students have found the application of mathematics to what is an essentially practical subject,...
Campaigns
HEA Workshop: Simulations, virtual worlds and augmented reality
Do you want to know more about using digital technologies in learning and teaching? If you want to explore innovative uses of digital technologies to enhance your teaching practice, don’t...
Events
HEA Workshop: Flexible and seamless learning
Do you want to know more about using digital technologies in learning and teaching? If you want to explore innovative uses of digital technologies to enhance your teaching practice, don’t...
Events
HEA Workshop: Online Assessment and feedback
Do you want to know more about using digital technologies in learning and teaching? If you want to explore innovative uses of digital technologies to enhance your teaching practice, don’t...
Events
HEA STEM Strategies for Better Lectures - a workshop for European academic practitioners, 4 June 2014, Brussels, Belgium
A didactic 50 minute lecture that seeks only to transmit information to a generally passive audience is rarely the most effective way to facilitate learning. Contact time with students is...
Events
Guardian league tables out today - how did you do?
Engineering – chemical Engineering – civil Engineering – electronic and electrical Engineering- general Engineering-materials and mineral Engineering – mechanical …remember, this one doesn’t include any research metrics – it includes...
Data
Reports available from Excellence in Postgraduate Education: Manufacturing, Materials and Design event
Dear All, Thank you to those of you who attended the Excellence in Postgraduate Education: Manufacturing, Materials and Design event on 8th May. Key findings from the presentations and discussions...
Reports
UK Engineering Education Research Special Interest Group Symposium 2014
The Engineering Education Research Special Interest Group’s second annual symposium will be taking place at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne on May 20th 2014. Attendance is free, but numbers are...