News & events
HEFCE Grant Letter 2013/14
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Minister for Universities and Science have has now confirmed funding allocations and the Government’s priorities for higher education...
News
REF 2014
UK higher education institutions (HEIs) plan to submit the work of a slightly increased number of their staff for assessment in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), compared with the...
Research papers
Election of SEFI President
We are delighted to announce that EPC Committee member,Professor Kamel Hawwash(University of Birmingham) has been elected Vice President and President Elect of the European Society of Engineering Education (SEFI). SEFI...
News
End of term reports
End of term reports… UCAS has published itsend of cycle reportfor 2012, the year which its Chief Executive Mary Curnock Cook called “one of the most complex and challenging years...
Reports
Engineering UK: the state of engineering 2013
Engineering UK Engineering UK’s annual flagship reportEngineering UK: the state of engineering 2013was launched on 3rd December. It projects that engineering companies will have 2.74 million job openings from 2010...
Research papers
IMechE scholarships and studentships
Institution of Mechanical Engineers Each year, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) supports the educational and development needs of students and graduates with scholarships and awards totalling £400,000. This includes...
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Ideas for student projects
Check outBespokenfrom the Blackwood Foundation for details of how to get involved in its Design Challenge. Brunel, Coventry and Loughborough Universities are already involved and it’s a good source of...
Resources
Improving the employment chances of our graduates
With Engineering UK’s forecast that we need to nearly double the number of engineering graduates to meet demand from employers in the near term (more of which below), do take...
Research papers
Chancellor's Autumn Statement
While we welcome the additional funding announced for science and engineering in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, CaSE have published aninterim analysis of Government spending on science since the 2010 Spending...
News
HESA to make REF-eligible staff statistics available...
Times Higher Education 9 January, 2013 The proportion of staff submitted by each unit of assessment to the 2014 research excellence framework will become clear for the first time after...
News
Fred Maillardet - Times Higher Education
EPC former President and committee member Professor Fred Maillardet responds to reports of the “abolition” of examinations in HE – not so for engineering. Made to Measure.Times Higher Education 3rd...
Campaigns
HE Academy: Undertaking Pedagogic Research in the HE STEM Disciplines
On the 7/8 June 2012, the National HE STEM Programme, in conjunction with the Royal Society of Chemistry and sigma, held a two-day workshop aimed at supporting those wishing to...
Events
Welcome boost for science and engineering... but some concerns
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £600M injection into the UK’s scientific research infrastructure in his Autumn Statement. The money is directed at eight strands of research outlined by the...