EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2019
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2019
The 2019 Recruitment and Admissions Forum will be held at University of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea, on 27th November 2019. The EPC’s annual Recruitment and Admissions Forum is the must-attend event for staff at all levels in engineering departments who share the responsibility for attracting, selecting, admitting and retaining students.
Highlights of this year’s programme include:
- New data and analysis on student admissions patterns in Engineering, revealing previously unexplored trends (drawn from Dr Tim Bullough’s ground-breaking research, which he will present)
- Professor Vikki Boliver, whose work on context admissions has been highly influential on OfS’s guidance on access
- Nicola Turner MBE, Head of Access & Participation, Office for Students
- The latest findings from EPC’s exclusive Enrolment Survey: the first snapshot of 2019/20 recruitment.
The full programme is available here.
Following its success in 2018, delegates are now invited to submit, share and network over recruitment and admissions posters. Poster presentation should focus on one of the four key strands of the forum:
- ATTRACTION
- ADMISSIONS
- RECRUITMENT
- RETENTION
The delegate fee (£99 non-EPC members, £75 members) will be waived for one delegate per poster where poster submissions are successful. Note that space is limited and submission is not a guarantee of acceptance.
Submit your poster presentation outline now!
For more details and to reserve your space, with or without a poster, please visit our booking site.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
All staff involved in recruitment and admissions in any engineering discipline – from early career staff through lecturers and researchers to department heads, deans of faculties, PVCs and VCs – anyone with an interest in recruitment and admissions who wishes to network with colleagues, develop their professional practice and stay on top of best practice.
The event is also open to non-academics working in engineering or in professional bodies, who have an interest in the talent pipeline.
Please note: the EPC is dedicated to supporting early careers staff and so we are offering heavily discounted delegate tickets to individuals who have been working in engineering in UK universities for less than five years.
Are you an early career staff? Why should you attend?
Aside from covering contemporary research and admissions topics through the hand-picked line up of speakers and the excellent networking opportunities this is a chance for you to directly interact with your engineering academic peers. Each presentation/talk will be followed by discussion of the topics in smaller groups meaning that you will actively discuss the current topic with your peers. We will capture the essence of the discussions using Padlet and Twitter to encourage the discussions to continue after the individual sessions end.
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2019
Submit your poster presentation outline now!
Following its success in 2018, delegates are now invited to submit, share and network over recruitment and admissions posters. Poster presentation should focus on one of the four key strands of the forum:
ATTRACTION
ADMISSIONS
RECRUITMENT
RETENTION
Poster submissions can now be submitted using this form.
The delegate fee (£99 non-EPC members, £75 members) will be waived for one delegate per poster where submissions are successful. Note that space is limited and submission is not a guarantee of acceptance.The deadline for poster submissions is 5pm on Friday 18th October 2019.
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09.15 - 09.45 |
Registration and refreshments |
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09.45 - 10.00 |
WELCOME Professor Medwin Hughes, Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
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10.00 - 10.30 |
PLENARY: From Admission to Graduation – UK Engineering Students’ Demographics and Qualifications Research Dr Tim Bullough, University of Liverpool |
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10.30 - 11.30 |
DATA HACK SESSION 1: Evidence-based recruitment and admissions Dr Tim Bullough, University of Liverpool |
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11.30 - 11.45 |
Refreshments and networking |
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11.50 - 12.50 |
DATA HACK SESSION 2: Entry qualifications Dr Tim Bullough, University of Liverpool |
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12.50 - 13.40 |
Lunch and poster presentations |
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13.40 - 13.50
13.50 - 14.10
14.10 - 14.40 |
MADE project: An insight into UWTSD’s innovative provision to enable those already in industry to study level 7 and MSE Engineering programmes Graham Howe, Senior Research Fellow, UWTSD
EDT: Encouraging Young People into STE(A)M Careers (working title) TBC, EDT
LAUNCH: EPC engineering enrolments survey results 2019 Stella Fowler, Engineering Professors’ Council |
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14.40 - 15.15 |
KEYNOTE: Access and participation in a fixed-size market: a subject approach Nicola Turner MBE, Head of Access & Participation, Office for Students |
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15.15 - 15.30 |
Refreshments and networking
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15.35 - 16.10 |
KEYNOTE: Contextualised admissions Professor Vikki Boliver, Durham University Evidence Centre for Education |
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16.10 - 16.25 |
2020 RA FORUM TASTER: NMITE speak out on recruitment & admissions Professor Helen Rogers, Academic Programme Lead & Quality Assurance, NMiTE |
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16.25 - 16.30 |
ROUNDUP AND CLOSE Richard Morgan, Vice Chair of EPC Recruitment and Admissions Committee and Programme Director, School of Engineering, University of Wales Trinity St David |
| EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum day ticket | £75.00 |
| EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum day ticket (Early Career Staff) | £37.50 |
| EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum day ticket (non-member) | £99.00 |
EPC Recruitment and Admissions Forum 2019
UWTSD Swansea campus is at the heart of the city and just a short walk from the city's main train and bus stations. For more information on getting there, please see their website.
The IQ building is building 10 on this campus map.
The two most convenient overnight accommodation options are:
- Premier Inn Swansea Waterfront (approximately 10min walk from the university campus)
The Waterfront Development,
Langdon Road,
Swansea
SA1 8QY
- Village Hotels (approximately 10 min walk from the university campus)
Langdon Road,
Swansea,
SA1 8QY
