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HE Bulletin - Autumn 2021

Updates to compensation and condonement guidance

Published: 05/11/2021

A review of the Engineering Council’s ‘Compensation and Condonement Policy’ began one academic year after publication of the policy. The review working group considered all items of feedback received since the policy was published and concluded that: it had not seen strong evidence of a need to change the policy, or delay its implementation; the original policy had struck a fair balance between the competing needs for consistent accreditation standards and for students to progress in their degre …

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 …

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. …

New data suggests increase in number of women working in engineering

New data suggests increase in number of women working in engineering

Published: 23/06/2021

New analysis from EngineeringUK has shown 14.5% of those working in engineering are female, which is an increase from 12% as reported in 2018. The latest data is taken from the Labour Force Survey Q3 2020 shows that the proportion of women working in engineering has increased …

'Infection resilient environments: Buildings that keep us healthy and safe'

'Infection resilient environments: Buildings that keep us healthy and safe'

Published: 22/07/2021

Good ventilation inside public buildings and on transport systems is essential to reducing the risk of Covid-19 and other infections, according to a report published by the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC). …

Vocational T Level qualifications roll out further

Vocational T Level qualifications roll out further

Published: 28/05/2021

A new kind of vocational qualification is rolling out further across England from September 2021. T Levels are two year courses, for students aged 16-19, which have been developed in collaboration with businesses. T Levels follow on from GCSEs, are equivalent to three A Levels …

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 …