Latest AEngD news

(10 July 2014) - Richard Craig, an EPSRC-funded EngD student in Systems programming, at the University of Bristol's Industrial Doctorate Centre won first prize in the UK Council for Graduate Education's BIG 2014 Image competition.

(9 June 2014) - EngD research work at Loughborough University, on corrosion management and repair of reinforced concrete, has won an award from the Institution of Civil Engineers. The project, Corrosion Management and Repair of Reinforced Concrete Structures, was Highly Commended in the Studies & Research category at the Institution of Civil Engineers East Midlands Merit Awards (EMMAs)

(23 May 2014) - Laura Pickard, an EngD candidate from the University of Bristol, received £1,000 in the 2014 Engineering Professors’ Council and Hammermen of Glasgow Student Awards, based on her work in response to Professor John Perkins’ keynote speech on Engineering Skills in the UK.

(12 May 2014) - A team of entrepreneurial postgraduate research students from the Manufacturing Technology Engineering Doctoral Training Centre (MTEDC), including researchers from The University of Nottingham and the University of Birmingham, has won the first Heat of the 2014 Engineering Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES), seeing off competition from the universities of Glasgow, Warwick, Manchester and UCL.

(2 May 2014) - The Minister for Universities and Science, the Rt Hon Mr David Willetts MP has responded positively to the Association of Engineering Doctorates (AEngD) when it recently shared its concern about funding for EngD centres. Mr Willetts said: "The Government recognises that the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) qualification is an important and distinctive part of the UK’s postgraduate landscape. I have written to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to ask them to continue to work with the Association of Engineering Doctorates (AEngD) to consider the EngD landscape as part of EPSRC’s wider commitments in engineering doctoral training. I would also encourage the Association to continue making its case to the universities, industry and other engineering organisations, to ensure the UK has sufficient supply of engineers with the diverse skills needed to tackle today’s global challenges."