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March 2010
External Examining - a workshop for new and aspiring examiners
18 March 2010, York

One-day workshop is offered by the STEM Group of Subject Centres and is aimed at academic staff who have either recently been appointed, or who aspire to become appointed, as external examiners.

Information Technology in Support of Materials Education
26 March 2010, Cambridge

This international symposium will explore how software and information resources can be used to best advantage across engineering and materials courses. Focusing on: engaging and retaining 21st century students, integrating sustainability into the engineering curriculum, PBL and supporting interdisciplinary study.

Creating Inclusive Engineering Courses
29 March 2010, London

One day seminar aimed at engineering lecturers and programme managers who would like to explore how they can make their courses and engineering departments more inclusive across under represented groups.

April 2010
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2010
12 -14 April 2010, Loughborough University

This high level event not will be looking at the themes of Incentivising Excellence, Internationalisation and Future Funding.

The Materials Entrepreneur - Taking Your Innovation Forward
19 April 2010, IOM, London

This one day conference will go through all the steps needed to commercialise your innovation, including protecting your idea, writing an effective business plan, applying for funding, pitching with credibility, marketing and pricing, making decisions and taking risks, dealing with setbacks, and positioning your company for growth.

National HE STEM Programme Engineering Activity Workshop
20 April 2010, Loughborough University

This event aims to help University Engineering Departments get value from the National HE STEM Programme.

Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Climate Change and Sustainability
29 April 2010, Manchester

This conference compliments the ‘Pedagogy of Climate Change Session’ at the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) held in August 2008. It will also showcase the resources and learning outcomes derived from the GEES Subject Centre 'C-change in GEES Project' (Open licensing of climate change and sustainability resources in the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences).

May 2010
Sustainability and the Humanities: Shaping Culture and Community for a Changing World
10 May 2010, Cardiff University

This one-day CHRI conference and workshop has been organised to explore the implications of sustainability for the Humanities, and to address a range of intriguing and pressing questions in this area.

Green Gown Awards 2010
14 May deadline, Ceremonies in Bangor & London

The Green Gown Awards 2010 have now been launched and are inviting applications. The deadline for Stage 2 applications is 14th May 2010.

June 2010
Employability in the Curriculum: Beyond the Bolt-on?
22-23 June 2010, Lancashire

This conference explores the processes, value, and impact of different ways of delivering employability within subject curricula and asks whether we have moved beyond the bolt-on.

July 2010
Fourth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis
4 - 7 July 2010, Cambridge

Elsevier will host the Fourth International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis at Churchill College in Cambridge. This will be the latest in an important series of conferences which have established a respected biennial forum for the discussion and dissemination of knowledge and experience in Engineering Failure Analysis.

EE2010: Inspiring the next generation of engineers
6 - 8 July 2010, Aston

This international conference aims to provide a platform to consider how we can inspire the next generation of engineers, from attracting more young people to consider the profession through to engaging students in universities and the workplace.

EEE10
12-15 July 2010, Las Vegas, USA

EEE10s main aim is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact.

Tomorrow’s Sustainable University Conference
15 – 16 July 2010, University of Bradford

The conference focuses on issues around strategic vision and change, curriculum and teaching and virtualisation.

August 2010
Engineering Social Justice and Peace network - 6th Annual Conference
4 - 6 August 2010, London

The Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (ESJP) network are delighted to announce their Sixth Annual International Conference, to be co-hosted with the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (The RSA) in London.