Welsh Engineering Project

The Welsh Engineering Project was delivered as a partnership between The Royal Academy of Engineering and Technology Alliance Wales (TAW). Under the governance system set out for the project, TAW took responsibility for selecting the range of activities undertaken and delivered them safely and efficiently at the end of the project.

In addition, the Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) and the Technology Enhancement Project (TEP) were drawn into specific strands of the project.

The evaluation report for the WEP can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Background

In the summer of 2005, HEFCE funded the Royal Academy of Engineering to lead the London Engineering Project (the LEP): a 30 month pilot project to uncover effective ways of increasing participation in engineering higher education by widening participation in engineering higher education.

In 2008, HEFCE asked all of its SIV projects in STEM (strategically important or vulnerable subjects in STEM: mathematics, engineering, physics and chemistry) to join together as a single STEM SIV Programme by July 2009.

In 2008 HEFCW signalled a willingness to fund a series of pilot STEM SIV projects in Wales for the academic year 2008-2009. The Funding Council approached The Royal Academy of Engineering for a proposal on the engineering strand of this SIVs work.

As with HEFCE, the proposal for the Welsh Engineering Project (WEP) submitted in July 2009 was written in the knowledge that HEFCW would also require all STEM SIV projects to join together into a single STEM Programme from July 2009. A further proposal was submitted in May 2009 for a small extension to the WEP through which interaction in project schools was deepened.

The evaluation report sets out the outputs and outcomes from the WEP. Project partners The WEP was delivered as a partnership between The Royal Academy of Engineering and Technology Alliance Wales (TAW).

TAW took responsibility for selecting the range of activities undertaken and under the governance system set out for the project, TAW was held responsible for safe and efficient delivery.

In addition, the Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) and the Technology Enhancement Project (TEP) were drawn into specific strands of the project.

Technology Alliance Wales (TAW) is a body of professionals from a wide range of educational and industrial sectors, who have a joint interest in developing technology education and training throughout Wales, and in the identification and development of skills for the future prosperity of Wales.