Future of EngD tops agenda for AEngD conference

(11 November 2013) - The annual conference of the Association of Engineering Doctorates, in London on 26 November, will debate the future of the EngD qualification in light of new research into EngD impacts and recent changes in EPSRC funding.

New AEngD/EPSRC-funded research from Manchester Business School looking at the impact of the EngD qualification will be presented by Dr Fumi Kitagawa at the AEngD conference at the Building Centre in London on the afternoon of 26 November.

The event will also consider recent changes to the EPSRC funding affecting various industrial doctorate centres, as well as encouraging debate among current and recent EngD researchers about what the AEngD could do to support them during their four-year research terms.

Presentations by finalists in the AEngD Engineering Research Writer of the Year competition will also present their papers.

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The second AEngD annual conference takes place at the Building Centre, Store Street, London WC1 on Tuesday 26 November 2013. To register to attend click here.