Engineering Professors' Council
Encyclopedia
The Engineering Professors' Council (EPC) provides a forum for senior academics in the United Kingdom
responsible for engineering
teaching and research in higher education
. It was formed in January 1994 by a merger of the Engineering Professors' Conference (established in the 1950s) and the Committee for Engineering in Polytechnics (established in 1981).
Activities of the EPC include an Annual Conference, working parties and Output Standards Project.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
responsible for engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
teaching and research in higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
. It was formed in January 1994 by a merger of the Engineering Professors' Conference (established in the 1950s) and the Committee for Engineering in Polytechnics (established in 1981).
Activities of the EPC include an Annual Conference, working parties and Output Standards Project.