Hawley Award nominations are open
Published: 28/01/2019
A prize of up to £5,000 is available for an outstanding engineer, whose innovative work has demonstrable benefit to the environment. …
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HE Document Retention Statement
HE Document Retention Statement
Published: 11/01/2019
HEIs should be aware that the provision of evidence for future accreditation activities is a legitimate reason to retain assessed student work. …
New qualifications database
New qualifications database
Published: 05/12/2018
The Engineering Council has developed a new database for accredited qualifications, which will merge and replace the existing Accredited Course Search (ACAD) and the Database of Technician Qualifications (TechDB). …
Compensation and condonement policy
Compensation and condonement policy
Published: 05/12/2018
The Engineering Council has agreed wording for rules on compensation and condonement in consideration of the accreditation of undergraduate and postgraduate engineering degrees. …
Engineering degrees in top 20% for average earnings
Engineering degrees in top 20% for average earnings
Published: 03/12/2018
Engineering is in the top 20% of degree subjects in terms of raw average earnings for individuals at the age of 29 …
Six of the top 12 graduate jobs are in engineering
Six of the top 12 graduate jobs are in engineering
Published: 17/09/2018
Six of the top 12 best-paid graduate jobs (ranked by the degree subject they studied) were in engineering …
Accreditation of engineering courses
Accreditation of engineering courses
Published: 08/05/2018
Undertaking an Engineering Council accredited degree has appeal for many students, as it puts them on a straightforward path to professional registration …
Shaping the future of engineering
Shaping the future of engineering
Published: 08/05/2018
The Engineering Council takes an active interest in developments in national education and skills policies …
Future funding planned for engineering education
Future funding planned for engineering education
Published: 08/05/2018
The Office for Students’ (OfS) Business Plan 2018-19 includes an expectation of continued financial support for STEM …
More students taking STEM subjects
More students taking STEM subjects
Published: 18/08/2017
The number of students sitting A-levels in science, technology, engineering and maths-related (STEM) subjects rose in 2017, with 41% of A-level entries overall in STEM subjects, up from 40% in 2016. …
Report finds STEM graduates have higher employment rates and salaries than general graduate population
Report finds STEM graduates have higher employment rates and salaries than general graduate population
Published: 23/05/2017
The Graduate labour market statistics 2016 report shows that graduates who studied STEM subjects, on average had higher employment rates, greater high-skilled employment rates, lower unemployment rates and higher median salaries than the graduate population as a whole …