Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre

The Engineering Subject Centre’s work focuses on the sharing of effective practice as departments respond to the needs of employers in industry and employee (or work-based) learning.

The higher education framework (2009), Higher Ambitions, sets out the government’s strategy for universities to remain world class, providing the nation with the high level skills needed to remain competitive. This will involve business being more engaged in the funding and design of programmes, sponsorship of students, and work placements; and creating more part-time, work-based and foundation degrees to make it easier for adults to go to university.

The Engage Project (2008) aimed to facilitate dialogue between employers and engineering and physical sciences academics. Resources from the project include guides and case studies are on the Engage website.

The Engineers for Enterprise Study (2009) identified effective practices within current and developing experience-led engineering degrees that meet the needs of industry.