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Westminster Higher Education Forum event: the way forward for graduate employability
Bringing together key policymakers with stakeholders – including university leaders and careers advice staff, graduate recruiters and social mobility groups – this seminar will provide an opportunity to consider how...
Events
ACED Conference 2012
The ACED Annual Conference was held on 18-19 October 2012 at theMary Rose Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Programme Session 1a – Attitudes to Assessment (Panel Session) Educationalist view – Yaz...
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Westminster Higher Education Forum event: The Future for Post-graduate education
As Government implements the recommendations of Sir Adrian Smith’s March 2010 review, this timely seminar focuses on the future of post-graduate education in the UK, at both Master’s and doctoral...
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US study shows that people who majored in engineering had the highest earnings of any bachelor’s degree field
The field of bachelor’s degree makes a considerable difference in a college graduate’s annual earnings, according to 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Reports
Messages about maths education and the contribution of engineering to the economy are the same over the pond...
One of the aerospace industry's most respected leaders said Wednesday that government and industry badly need to take steps to reform the U.S. education system to dramatically boost teaching of...
News
...but a somewhat different situation in university recruitment of engineering professors in the US compared with the UK...
Purdue University plans to hire more than 100 new engineering professors and boost engineering enrolment by 10 percent over the next five years to help move the school to the...
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Built in Britain: has Britain finally rediscovered its great tradition of epic engineering?
Victorian Britain was famous for its magnificent feats of engineering, but over a century later our once groundbreaking systems are aged and creaking. In this two part series, Evan Davis...
Press & media
Royal Academy of Engineering publishes report...
…on the importance of engineering skills to the economy. Read it here: Jobs and growth: the importance of engineering skills to the UK.
Reports
IPPR call for evidence on “The Future of Higher Education in England”
Consultations
Online engineering courses?
The American Society for Engineering Education reports that Columbia University is to offer engineering courses through Coursera.
News
HEA STEM: New to Teaching (NTT) residential workshop
This two-day residential workshop is intended for teaching staff who are newly-appointed within the last three years to an academic post in materials and engineering subjects at UK HEIs. The...
Events
International Conference on Manufacturing Research 2012
The International Conference on Manufacturing Research 2012 will take place on the 11-13 September 2012 at Aston University. There will be a strong emphasis on industrial relevance and senior executives...
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HEA STEM: Transitions, employability and professional identity: case study in architecture
The seminar will showcase and reflect on learning activities with level 4 architecture students to introduce them both to higher education and the construction of a professional identity. It will...
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Mathematics for Engineering: Entry to Engineering Advisory Panel
Entry to Engineering Advisory Panel Mathematics is a subject of enormous importance to the education of engineers in all disciplines. This importance is illustrated by the fact the Engineering Professors’...