Welcome to the blog of the Association of Engineering Doctorates (the AEngD). As our profile says, the AEngD is a community engaged in research in engineering and related disciplines. It encourages high calibre research engineers (REs) to undertake EngD programmes at university-based Industrial Doctorate Centres (IDCs), funded by EPSRC with backing from UK industry sponsors, many of them companies at the leading edge of innovative thinking and practice.
AEngD members include almost all of the UK's university-based centres offering the EngD qualification. In total, we currently have some 25 centres covering more than 40 universities, as some centres involve two more universities in their specialist research. Across these centres, we have a growing community of (to date) almost 300 individual members, including current RE's, alumni, sponsor staff and academics and other university staff.
Officially launched on 1 November 2012 at the Royal Academy of Engineering, the AEngD is funded by its member institutions, but has no full-time staff. It therefore relies on the time and effort volunteered by people from across its network. It is managed by a steering committee, and is supported by an external communications consultant (Paul Wilkinson).
This blog augments the main news feed on the AEngD website (and complements our places on Facebook and Twitter), and is intended to be a place where we share news and views, and - hopefully - get feedback about our activities. It will also be a place where we will link to blogs run by some of the IDCs and others written by individual members.
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