POWERful Engineering - The Supply Chain

Outline of the presentation: - In short the presentation will address the supply of professional engineering graduates - It will show the recent development in the demand for engineering undergraduate and postgraduate courses from both home and international students - It will examine the relationship between the recorded number of funded engineering places in HE and the number of professional engineering graduates - It will illustrate the career destinations of engineering graduates and show the likely financial return in comparison with other disciplines

Professor Michael Sterling is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham. He served as Vice Chancellor of Brunel University for 11 years from 1990 - 2001 until his appointment to Birmingham and is now one of the longest-serving University Vice Chancellors in the UK. He previously held senior academic posts in the Universities of Sheffield and Durham, as well as operating successfully as a consultant and entrepreneur in the private sector. He has served on the Engineering Council and has undertaken work for the Higher Education Funding Council for England in various capacities. He is a former Chairman of the Russell Group and also past President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly the Institution of Electrical Engineers) and the Institute of Measurement and Control. He was Chairman of the UK Higher Education Statistics Agency for 12 years and previously the Universities Statistical Record. He is: a Member of the Council of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Chairman of its Membership Committee; a board member of Advantage West Midlands (Regional Development Agency), a member of AWM's Innovation and Technology Council and Chair of AWM's Information and Communication Technology Steering Group. He is also Chairman of STEMNET (Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics Network) and Chairman of OCEPS Ltd.