EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2018: What works?

We bring you a new format, new insight, and evidence-based accounts of “What works” for you to take back to your university with you. Hear from the new regulator as Sarah Howls of the Office for Students joins us to discuss “What works?”. Plus, UCAS Director, Helen Thorne MBE, will give us unprecedented insight into what works in engineering admissions through an evidenced-based reflection on some of the engineering data exclusively held by UCAS. With a welcome from Professor Sir Chris Husbands.

14 November, 2018 | Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield, UK

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We bring you a new format, new insight, and evidence-based accounts of “What works” for you to take back to your university with you.

Hear from the new regulator as Sarah Howls of the Office for Students joins us to discuss “What works?”. Plus, UCAS Director, Helen Thorne MBE, will give us unprecedented insight into what works in engineering admissions through an evidenced-based reflection on some of the engineering data exclusively held by UCAS.

With a welcome from Professor Sir Chris Husbands.

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14 November, 2018 | Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield, UK

EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2018: What works?

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Speakers

Sarah Howls

Head of Access and Participation Funding and Programmes Office for Students

IB & Engineering

IB & Engineering

Henry Coverdale

Improving conversion by developing aspiration: the use of employability and personal development in student recruitment

Improving conversion by developing aspiration: the use of employability and personal development in student recruitment

Louise Hall

Researching Futures in Engineering (REFINE)

Researching Futures in Engineering (REFINE)

Dr Diane Harris, Dr Maria Pampaka and Prof Julian Williams Head of the Critical Pedagogies Research Group

State of play of STEM post 16 education in Kent

State of play of STEM post 16 education in Kent

Anne Nortcliffe

Peer Mentoring Success, Expansion and Evaluation

Peer Mentoring Success, Expansion and Evaluation

Holly Castleton, Emma Carter, Annie Fonseca

Developing appropriate admissions tests using STEM-based problem solving MCQs

Developing appropriate admissions tests using STEM-based problem solving MCQs

Dr Jane Buckle

Authentic Assessment in STEM

Authentic Assessment in STEM

Dr Ian Tuersley

Dr Georgina Harris

Dr Georgina Harris

Chair EPC Recruitment and Admissions Committee

Stella Fowler

Policy and Research Officer Engineering Professors' Council

Professor Mike Bramhall

Professor Mike Bramhall

Emeritus Professor of Engineering Education Sheffield Hallam University

Kathryn Jones

Education Marketing Consultant The Honest Marketer

Fran Dainty

Head of STEM Content and Expertise STEM Learning

Dr Susan Scurlock

Dr Susan Scurlock

CEO and Founder Primary Engineer

Helen Thorne MBE

Helen Thorne MBE

Director, External Relations UCAS

Dr Geoff Parks

Reader in Nuclear Engineering University of Cambridge Department of Engineering

Professor Sir Chris Husbands

Professor Sir Chris Husbands

Vice-Chancellor Sheffield Hallam University

Agenda

09:45 - 10:00

WELCOME

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

Professor Sir Chris Husbands

10:00 - 10:30

KEYNOTE: Engineering admissions: trends in applications, offers and acceptances

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

Helen Thorne MBE

10:30 - 11:30

ATTRACTION: Engineers in the making / What attracts a school student to study engineering?

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

11:30 - 11:45

Refreshments in the Atrium

11:45 - 12:45

RECRUITMENT: What's so special about you?

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

Kathryn Jones

12:45 - 13:30

Lunch and poster presentations

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

13:30 - 14:30

ADMISSIONS Launch of the EPC engineering enrolments survey results 2018 / Entry qualifications - The River of Constant Change

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

14:30 - 14:45

Refreshments in the Atrium

14:45 - 15:45

RETENTION: How to keep a student through to graduation

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

Professor Mike Bramhall

15:45 - 16:15

KEYNOTE: What Works?

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

Sarah Howls

16:15 - 16:30

Round up and close

Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre

Dr Georgina Harris

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