Thursday / Friday
9.15 Arrival and Coffee - Conference Registration
Visit educational exhibitors
9.45 Welcome and Introduction – Warwick Hall, Conference Chair
9.50 Johnny Rich, Chief Executive, Engineering Professors’ Council
What skills should Engineering students end up with and how do they acquire them?
Steps to embed employability, work related placements, correct attitudes and soft skills.
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10.20 Q&A on previous presentation
10.30Tea / Coffee and Visit Educational Exhibitors
10.50John Hewitt, Hewitt Studios
Innovation in sustainable building technology, the integration of renewable energy and the electrification of transportation.
11.20Q&A on previous presentation.
11.30 NFEC Ltd AGM – Jon Gill – NFEC Chair
Lunch
Visit educational exhibitors
13.15Louise Doyle, Strategic Development Network
Challenges, positioning, design and delivery of future Degree Apprenticeships, with the crossover of Ofsted and HEFCE
13.45 Q&A on previous presentation
Thursday
13.55 Linda Stone and Martin Ibbotson, Brathay Trust
Understanding behaviours in the new Apprenticeship standards. Looking into best practice models for assessing behaviours with workshops to discuss and feedback opportunities
15.00 Tea / Coffee and Visit Educational Exhibitors
15.25Andrew Parsons, Toyota Manufacturing UK
Kerry Ellis, IMechE
End Point Assessment –
  • What does it mean within the new Standards?
  • The role of the End Point Assessment Organisations.
  • The nature of the partial independence adopted by the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Sector during the apprenticeship
  • The need for continuous assessment during the program
  • Costs of end point assessment
  • What does end point assessment look like in practice?
16.05Q&A on Previous Presentation
16.15 Plenary of Day 1
19.30for 20.00 Conference Dinner Residential delegates andinvited guests / 8.45 New Arrivals Registration and Coffee
Visit educational exhibitors
9.15 Welcome to day 2 – Warwick Hall, Conference Chair
9.20Clair Mowbray, Chief Executive Officer, National College for High Speed Rail
The development of the College, the curriculum offer, plans for future growth and how other colleges can support /engage/progress students who are interested.
9.50 Q&A on previous presentation
10.00 Dr Rhys Morgan, The Royal Academy of Engineering
Developing the T Level qualification for Engineering & Manufacturing and progress to date
10.30 Q&A on previous presentation
10.40 Tea / Coffee and Visit Educational Exhibitors
11.00Charlotte Govan, Head of Technical Education Relationship Management Unit Department for Education
T Levels - Rationale and Implementation
11.30 Q&A Session on previous presentation.
11.40Simon Moorhouse, Denford Limited
“The F1 in Schools STEM Challenge – A Project Approach to Delivery”
A Presentation covering the F1 in Schools story so far, teaching and learning benefits, how the challenge addresses the skills gap, and a case study of an industrial partnership with Nissan.
12.10 Q&A on Previous Presentation
Friday
12.20 Dr Richard Fairchild, Aurrigo Group
Autonomous Vehicles
The rise in autonomous vehicles with design case studies from Milton Keynes and Cambridge
12.50Q&A on Previous Presentation
13.00 Plenary
13.15Lunch, Conference Close & Departure