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Hawley Award 2025: Nominations now open to recognise excellence in net zero engineering solutions

Published: 02/12/2024

Applications are now open for the Hawley Award for Engineering Innovation, presented by the Worshipful Company of Engineers through the Engineers Trust. Awarded annually, the prize includes an engraved medal, certificate and a £5,000 prize, recognising an individual whose innovation contributes to achieving net zero carbon by 2050. …

Engineering Council vacancy: Education and Skills Senior Executive (HE)

Engineering Council vacancy: Education and Skills Senior Executive (HE)

Published: 05/11/2021

The Engineering Council is looking to recruit an Education and Skills Senior Executive (Higher Education). This role will be responsible for delivering the Engineering Council’s Higher Education related activities, including …

Engineering Council 2025 Strategy

Engineering Council 2025 Strategy

Published: 05/11/2021

The Engineering Council has published its 2025 Strategy ‘Advancing Regulation’, setting out its priorities for the next four years. The goal of the 2025 Strategy is to maintain the public’s confidence in the engineering profession through wider …

Accredited degrees now listed on European Database

Accredited degrees now listed on European Database

Published: 05/11/2021

Accredited degrees listed on the Engineering Council’s recognised course search database are now also listed on the FEANI European Engineering Education Database (EEED). The EEED is a very important reference tool for …

Updated Guidance on Risk & new resources on Security

Updated Guidance on Risk & new resources on Security

Published: 05/11/2021

The Engineering Council produces guidance on topics, reflecting both current and future needs, to support individual engineers and technicians. This includes those at all career stages and includes engineering students. Risk is an inherent part of all …

Pocket Guide to Professional Registration

Pocket Guide to Professional Registration

Published: 05/11/2021

The latest edition of the Pocket Guide to Professional Registration (sometimes known as the Pink Book) is now available on the Engineering Council’s website. Reformatted for easy reading on screen, this contains updated profiles of all the professional engineering institutions and Professional Affiliates, as well as a …

Covid-19 and accreditation

Covid-19 and accreditation

Published: 05/11/2021

The Engineering Council has updated its Covid 19: Information for HE Providers This can be found under the heading ‘useful documents’ on both the Engineering Council webpage Information for HE providers and the EAB page  Key changes include: clarification that whilst the Engineering Council is not prescriptive regarding …

Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) joint accreditation visits

Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) joint accreditation visits

Published: 05/11/2021

Higher Education Institutions seeking accreditation by three or more professional engineering institutions for a single programme or group of related programmes can request an EAB visit. EAB visits are intended only for consideration of degree programmes against AHEP learning outcomes …

Implementation of revised Engineering Council Standards – AHEP and AAQA

Implementation of revised Engineering Council Standards – AHEP and AAQA

Published: 28/10/2021

Following publication of the fourth edition of Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP), Higher Education providers with accreditation visits held before September 2024 can request accreditation against either old or new learning outcomes …

Nominations for 2022 Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) prizes now open

Nominations for 2022 Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) prizes now open

Published: 23/09/2021

Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) prizes and medals recognise excellent engineering wherever it might be found. The celebration of engineering excellence is key to demonstrating the relevance of engineering to society today and inspiring the next generation of engineers. …

Report gives key recommendations to improve diversity and inclusion across the sector

Report gives key recommendations to improve diversity and inclusion across the sector

Published: 15/09/2021

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is gradually progressing across engineering and scientific bodies, but data collection remains a challenge, according to a recent report. The Diversity and Inclusion Progression Framework Report 2021, co-published by The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and the Science Council, follows up on the first Progression Framework benchmarking exercise, carried out in 2017. …