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A Ring Over Time
By Helen Sloss Luey
Recently, I had to face the fact that a ring I wear all the time could no longer be twisted or soaped enough to fit over my arthritic knuckle. Since this was no ordinary ring, it took me some time to let it go to an expert for resizing.
The ring was my father's. He wore it all the time; I never saw his hand without it. I know that he had it well before his marriage. Since my uncle wore a similar one, I assume that, in their upper class, professional world of the 1930's, a high quality, distinctive ring was a marker of a young man's launch into adulthood.
I choose to believe that this ring has absorbed creative energy from each of the hands it has served."
My father, a lawyer by profession, was also devoted to public service, literature, and opera. He never talked about his own ring, but he wrote an essay about the role of rings in myth, history, and literature:
"Rings that occur and recur as symbols, tokens and amulets. Rings that heal and rings that kill. Rings that bind and rings that divide. Rings that frighten us, and rings that make us laugh."
He explained how rings were signs of power, as in a king's signet, and also of servitude, as in the Prometheus legend. A wedding ring might be seen as a symbol of love or of subjugation. Rings were key elements in many of Shakespeare's plots, both charming romances and dark manipulations. Wagner and Tolkien, both probably channeling Norse legend, saw the ring as a source of corrupting and cataclysmic power. But my father's favorite writer on the subject was Robert Browning who, in his poem "The Ring and the Book," compared the base metal in a ring with pure facts, while the gold alloy represented the imaginative insights of the poet. For Browning, and perhaps for my father, the ring was a symbol of the creative process itself.
My father could always find ways to share his knowledge and his methodical, disciplined mind. I remember the day I reported that, while roller skating, I had found a dime on the sidewalk. He was glad I was happy, but did I think it was right to take money that happened to be there?
I can still see his brow furrowing.
"Always?" The wisest defense my seven-year-old self could come up with was "finders keepers." That's the rule, right?
"Well," Dad asked, "suppose it wasn't a dime, but a dollar?"
I still thought it was okay. So he raised the ante. Five dollars? A hundred? At what point would I feel that keeping it wouldn't be right? He invited me to imagine how important lost money might have been to someone. Probably not this dime, but how do I know? What else might I have done? To this day, I am unlikely to take things I find, and even less likely to accept a slogan about much of anything. I hear my father's voice. "But on the other hand." And I hear his integrity. "This could matter. Do what's right."
On Halloween the year I was six, my older brother had some fun party to go to, so Dad took me out for my own trick or treating. I was a witch that year. I came down the steps from the first house I visited and saw displeasure on Dad's face.
"I didn't hear you say you say 'thank you.' "
"But I'm a witch," I told him. "Witches don't say thank you."
"Perhaps not," he said thoughtfully, "but you have to." This was worrisome.
"Do I have to say 'please'?" He wasn't ready for that one. He took what seemed like an eternity to make his ruling. At last, with a regretful sigh, he told me that, no, I didn't have to say "Trick or Treat please," but I most definitely did have to say "thank you." I still do.
When my father died, my mother offered the ring to me. I took it home, tried it on, and immediately saw it on my father's hand. I couldn't wear it. My mother soon noticed and asked about it.
"If you can't wear it," she said, "bring it back to me, because I can." I did. Two days later, a home burglary took everything from my jewelry box. But the ring was safely on my mother's finger, where it stayed for the next seven years.
My mother did not share Dad's even and judicious temperament. Intuitive and elegant, she chose people and decors with quick and discerning judgment. She took pride in her individuality, speed, and perfectionism. Scrupulously polite and charming in public, she expressed sharp criticisms in private. People she saw as "dull," "unattractive," or, perhaps worst of all, "conventional" were to be avoided. At the same time, she was passionately enthusiastic about particular people, all animals, and excellence in all forms of art. Within her chosen circle, she was boundlessly generous and loyal.
Being my mother's daughter was not always easy. Much as I yearned to please her, I rarely did. I was not endowed with her charm or taste, and my efforts in the world, while admirable in her view, did not achieve the scale or status that she could recognize as significant. But much of that changed in her later years. Her judgments softened and I came to appreciate the depth of her musings and the talents she had never been able to claim.
As she wore the ring throughout her final years, she knew that one day it would come to me and that, in time, I, too, would become able to wear it. When I found it on her nightstand the day after she died, I took it without reservation and have worn it regularly ever since.
I have now reached the age my mother was on the day she asked me to return the ring to her. It has become my turn to welcome it back, resized and polished, to my changing hand and life. Now I think about the day when it will move on to someone else — someone who did not know my parents and may not have known me. Supported by my ever-rational father's love of Browning's poetic imagination, I choose to believe that this ring has absorbed creative energy from each of the hands it has served. Wherever it goes, may it always carry my father's reason, calm, and fairness; my mother's enthusiasm, discernment, and individuality; and perhaps some of my drive to remember and preserve.
Helen Sloss Luey, a retired social worker, is a community volunteer in San Francisco. She has published in Reform Judaism, Aging Today, Western States Jewish History, and in social work journals. The quotation is from "Rings" in Frank H. Sloss's book, Only On Monday.
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5 thoughts on "A Ring Over Time"
Janet Winans says:
This is beautiful, Helen. Thoughtful and so true. Both your parents would appreciate what you express. Thank you.
Love, Janet
Carol Barker says:
A wonderful tribute to the author's lparents, vital and distinctive, and a tribute to their daughter as well.
What a wonderful tribute to parents, so alive and so distinctive, and to their daughter as well.
Bill Klingelhoffer says:
Loved your story!!!
Quentin Paquette says:
So many treasures here preserved.
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Guest Author – Karen Campbell on writing beyond her own experience
Filed Under Asylum Seeker, Fiction Hot Picks 2013, Glasgow, Karen Campell, Refugee Camp, Somalia, This Is Where I Am
Many people say they read fiction because a book gives them the chance to step into lives other than their own. Sometimes this comes in the form of escapism, sometimes anything but. In fact, novels are often judged on the author's ability to draw the reader into a world which is believable and that can only happen if the characters feel like real people. I chose Karen Campbell's This Is Where I Am as one of my Hot Picks 2013 because of the way it explores both universal human emotions and the specific trauma of leaving a refugee camp to begin life in another country. I wondered what it would be like to take on such a difficult subject, and I'm delighted that Karen has accepted my invitation to the Literary Sofa to talk about writing beyond her own experience: (my mini-review follows)
Being a writer is about imagining yourself into the heads of all your characters, getting right behind their eyes, so you're looking out at their world, not your own. I suppose it's about trying to inhabit their skin. With the first book I wrote, I played safe. Write about what you know, they tell you. So I did. Set in Glasgow's red light district, 'The Twilight Time' was told through the voice of a young policewoman, experiencing how it feels to walk down the street in a uniform when all you want to do is hide – well, that was me. I'd been there, done it, got the handcuffs (they made me hand them back when I left the job, sadly..).
I went on to write three more books in this vein, each one taking me a little further from my comfort zone: writing about being armed when I'd never held a gun; being a dynamic chief inspector when I'd only ever been a cop. But all still set in a world I was familiar with. When it came to my fifth book, I wanted to push myself further. Could I inhabit the skin of a Somali refugee? Just to make it more complicated, let's make it a man as well.
All my books have been about identity – the person behind the uniform; who you are and what others see – and they've been about social issues too, about outsiders. Glasgow, the city in which I grew up, has the largest amount of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland – although, contrary to the hype – all these displaced people would still only fill half of Hampden football stadium. And none of them had anything to do with me. Most writers sook inspiration from anywhere they can – family secrets, eavesdropped conversations, a painting in a gallery, a quirky news story. Often, it's not conscious; you just wander round with your antennae out, like a big tuned-in sponge. My husband had begun volunteering for the Scottish Refugee Council (SRC), a charity which offers support to these strangers in our midst and, one of the things he was doing was training to become a refugee mentor. As we sat, planning out where in the city you would take someone, to show them both the good and bad places, the true character of Glasgow, the thought struck me: this would make a good structure for a book. Meeting once a month, over the course of a year, at 12 different places in and around the city. I'd already been thinking about the stories he'd been bringing home from the SRC – not to steal them, but because they were so moving. And eye-opening. I couldn't count how many times I must have said: 'You're joking?' Folk destitute after having their claim for help refused. Asylum seekers left in limbo for six or seven years. Families with children, settled at school after years of living here, being 'dawn-raided' and returned to a place their kids no longer knew.
And I kept thinking: what if it was me? That was the key for writing 'This Is Where I Am'. I know people can have very differing views on asylum seekers, and the book isn't meant to be a polemic. I wanted to try and imagine what it must be like to lose your home, your job, your family and wind up in a place you never even knew existed. To become a piece of driftwood. The starting point for me was thinking about what it's like when you go abroad, and you think you can speak a little of the language. You're in France say, you can ask for baguettes et biere. Then your car gets stolen and you're at the police station, all panicked, and you forget the few words you know. You can't articulate what it is you feel. You feel stupid, vulnerable. Scared.
Multiply that sense of panic by a million, because you're not on your holidays, you're in a tower block on a dodgy estate, your skin screams 'Look at me', you last saw your mum being dragged off by militia and you have no idea if she's still alive. You used to be a teacher. You had a garden and a dog.
All the time, I kept thinking 'what if it was me?' I spoke to several refugees and asylum seekers, to try to get the facts right, about refugee camps, about the asylum process. I did loads of online research, watching documentaries about Dadaab, reading UN reports. But when it came to writing the characters, I wanted to boil all the facts down to feelings. Abdi, my Somali refugee, is a dad who's lost his wife. He has fled to a foreign country – which is lonely. And brave. He's trying to get to grips with Glaswegian, which is not a tongue he's ever heard before – and which offered me a lot of fun in the writing! He is making decisions all the time about who he can trust and what is real. About what kind of life he can make for himself now. His wee girl is hurt and he's desperate to protect her. These are universal emotions –we've all felt them, which makes it easier for me, as a writer, to describe. Of course, Abdi's traumas are far bigger than any I've suffered, so I was also careful to talk to a couple of doctor friends and an educational psychologist about the impact Abdi's experiences could have, and weave these insights into the story.
If this all sounds a bit doom and gloom – it's not! One of the main things that struck me about the refugees I spoke to is their resilience, their gratitude to their host community, and, most importantly, their hope. If anything, the book is about hope. Ultimately, This is Where I Am is a statement about where your heart is as much as your feet.
Thank you Karen for this sensitive and enlightening article. You can hear much more about Karen's inspiration and research for the novel in the interview she gave on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour.
In Brief: My View of This Is Where I Am
This novel gives a powerful insight into what the human spirit can endure. Emotions run high throughout, but are tempered by a gritty and realistic sense of place. This applies not only to the horrors of Dadaab refugee camp but also to Glasgow – for Abdi it's a bleak and confusing place where he encounters kindness but also cruelty and racism. He and volunteer mentor Deborah meet monthly over a year and the structure works well for the story, which is generally strong although some elements of the final part of the novel didn't entirely work for me. The writing is very assured, with some searing scenes I cannot erase from my mind as well as some tender and touching ones, particularly with Rebecca. Discussions on immigration and asylum seekers are often one-sided; with This Is Where I Am Karen Campbell has given a voice to those who usually go unheard. It deserves to reach a wide audience.
Next week I'll be posting an in-depth review of Stuart Nadler's greatly anticipated first novel Wise Men.
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As you know Isabel, Karen is not only a very good friend of mine, but also my unofficial mentor in supporting my own writing ambitions so I have to declare a huge bias in favour of Karen's new book. I'm still waiting on my copy to arrive and I can't wait to read it. I'm also going along to the official Scottish launch of the book at the Aye Write festival in Glasgow next month so I'm looking forward to hearing Karen talk about her latest work. As she says, this is new territory for her and I hope that it gets the global attention and success she deserves.
Posted by helenmackinven | March 19, 2013, 12:31
You're very lucky to have Karen as a mentor for your writing. Really look forward to your response to the book -do let me know. Enjoy the Scottish launch too!
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Lauri Kalevi Patomäki, född 10 augusti 1934 i Viborg, död 15 juni 2010 i Helsingfors, var en finländsk fysiker.

Patomäki blev filosofie doktor 1971. Han verkade som geodet vid Geodetiska institutet 1958–1960, sjukhusfysiker vid Strålbehandlingskliniken, Helsingfors universitetscentralsjukhus 1964–1972, biträdande professor i fysik vid Kuopio högskola 1972–1974 samt professor i medicinsk fysik där 1974–1997.

Patomäki var aktiv medlem i många föreningar, bland annat styrelsemedlem i Finlands fysikerförening 1977–1979, ordförande 1978, Matematiker- och fysikerförbundet i Finland, ordförande 1970–1972, styrelsemedlem i Professorsförbundet 1983–1984. Han skrev ca 160 artiklar och läromedel behandlande dosimetri vid strålbehandling, isotopmedicin och EKG-analys.

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Q: Creation of a partitioned external table with hive: no data available I have the following file on HDFS:

I create the structure of the external table in Hive:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE google_analytics(
  `session` INT)
PARTITIONED BY (date_string string)
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
LOCATION '/flumania/google_analytics';

ALTER TABLE google_analytics ADD PARTITION (date_string = '2016-09-06') LOCATION '/flumania/google_analytics';

After that, the table structure is created in Hive but I cannot see any data:

Since it's an external table, data insertion should be done automatically, right?

A: your file should be in this sequence.
int,string
here you file contents are in below sequence
string, int
change your file to below.
86,"2016-08-20"
78,"2016-08-21"
It should work.
Also it is not recommended to use keywords as column names (date);

A: I think the problem was with the alter table command. The code below solved my problem:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE google_analytics(
  `session` INT)
PARTITIONED BY (date_string string)
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
LOCATION '/flumania/google_analytics/';

ALTER TABLE google_analytics ADD PARTITION (date_string = '2016-09-06');

After these two steps, if you have a date_string=2016-09-06 subfolder with a csv file corresponding to the structure of the table, data will be automatically loaded and you can already use select queries to see the data.
Solved!

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It was a good run GAN, and hope that this means something better for everyone in the long run.


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A good 30 minutes for women's sprinting continues with Briana Lystons 22.52 into a -2.2 headwind at 17 years of age
Carlos Mayo won the Trofeo Iberico 10,000 in Portugal, 27:38.59. He already has the Eugene standard with his 27:25 from last year's European Cup 10,000.
In the Women's race Maitane Melero retained her Spanish title, running 32.14.57, a 12s PB at the age of 39 and 3 weeks after setting a 10km PB on the roads!
On her 10,000 debut Irene Sanchez-Escribano ran 32:22.6 and Beatriz Alvarez, the reigning Spanish 5000m champion, ran very well for a 32:25.8 PB. The three of them had all passed through halfway in 16:07. I expected Lucia Rodriguez to run well on her debut and she hung with them for about 3km but later dropped out.
Neither of the European champions Ana Dulce Felix or Sara Moreira started, though these days I wouldn't have expected either to factor at the sharp end.
PS Mahamed Mahamed was a DNS.
Both the Dutch NRs fall at the Rotterdam Marathon ...
First, Olympic silver medalist Abdi Nageeye won in 2:04:56.
Then, in the Women's race Nienke Brinkman, a 28yo who only took up running in 2020, ran 2:22:51 for 2nd place. Also, in third, Kazakhstan's Zhanna Mamazhanova ran 2:26:54, breaking a 35 year old NR.
Valarie Allman has broken her own US record in the disc with 71.46.
15th all time and longest throw in the world for 30 years. Many will no doubt think this is the real WR.
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Occasional Hope commented
Best marks from today's ASA Athletics Grand Prix 4 in Jo'burg, a WACT Challenger series meeting ...
M 100: 1 Omanyala 9.98 (-0.9), 2 Simbine 10.11
M 200: Munyai 20.33 (-0.6)
M LJ: Jovan van Vuuren 8.10 (-0.9)
W 100H: Marione Fourie 12.93 PB (-0.4) - she doesn't turn 20 until 30th April
Full results: https://www.worldathletics.org/compe...7178017/result
Allyson Felix to retire at the end of the season. Fantastic athlete.
Allyson Felix: US Olympic great to retire at end of season - BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk
Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field Olympian of all time, will retire at the end of the season.
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British indoor Champion, Multi-Eventer Ella Rush, who was 18 just last week is competing in a heptathlon in the USA at the Mt Sac Relays. On Day One she took half a second off her 200m PB with a time of 24.65sm (+1.4) ran a14.48s 100mH into a -0.8w, High Jumped 1.69m and put the Shot 12.73m, just off her PB set indoors this year.
Interesting Seoul Marathon this morning.
Romania took the win in the Women's race! Joan Chelimo Melly with 2:18:04, a 3 minute PB. She's now representing Romania (but won't be eligible for championships until 3 July 2024). In second Sutume Asefa Kebede ran a 2+ minute PB for 2:18:12 and 2 others including Eunice Chumba were a tick outside 2:20. South Korea's Doyeon Kim was, until about 30km, on course to improve her NR (2:25:41) but faded to 2:34:31.
The men's race was won with a last kilometre burst by Mosinet Geremew in 2:04:43 from Herpasa Negasa, 2:04:49. In 3rd place Brazilian Daniel Do Nascimento ran a brilliant race to take down Ronaldo Da Costa's 24 year old South American Record with 2:04:51. Interesting to see a couple of Mongolians running with the leading Korean men (neither of them honorary Geordie Ser-Od Bat-Ochir!), the first one home was Olonbayar Jamsran in 2:11:02 PB.
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Well, I watched 19yo uber-mega-talent Seira Fuwa (30:45 at 10,000 last December) in the Women's 5000 at the Japanese University Individual Championships today and was shocked!
JapanRunningNews helped clear up why she was dead last though ... "Fuwa never engaged, running 3:30/km from the start and finishing last by over 37 seconds in 17:30.45. Post-race she revealed that she had injured her Achilles tendon at January's National Women's Ekiden and been forced to take time, only starting up again on April 7. She and her coach had indicated that her goals for this race were to make it to the finish and to run an even pace, and with both accomplished seemed positive about the result and her chances at next month's 10000 m national championships."
But, I'm going to suggest it's going to be tough to get in 31 minute shape in 3 weeks' time!
Japanese 35km Race Walking Championships report!
Four weeks ago, after her 3 minute PB in the All Japan 20km, I posited the idea that Serena Sonoda could become a world-class race walker and that, at 25 years old, she has plenty of time to achieve it.
Well, she wasted no more time by entering the world-class ranks this weekend in Wajima! Debuting at a distance above 20km, like all but two of the women's field, she smashed the tough 2:51:00 Japanese standard for Eugene (vs the WA standard of 2:54:00) with 2:45:48, the 3rd fastest in the world this year. She also put on a masterclass of how to pace yourself - see her 5km splits below. Furthermore, 30 days ago her 20km PB stood at 1:35:21. Yesterday, however, she covered the last 20km in 1:34:05 !
1 Serena Sonoda 2:45:48 - 5km splits: 24:08 - 23:55 - 23:40 - 23:36 - 23:29 - 23:31 - 23:29
2 Kaori Kawazoe 2:54:25 - A best performance in 3 years for the 26yo. Perhaps she's found her distance?
3 Maika Yagi 2:55:55 - Maybe this 23yo with a 1:36:11 20km PB has also found her distance?
4 Masumi Fuchise 2:59:18 - The veteran of the field at 35yo; 50km NR-holder and no.2 on the national A-T 20km lists
5 Mao Tatsumi 2:59:37 - This 22yo has a 1:38:17 PB at 20km so again today's performance is quite a bit superior to that
With 5 women under 3 hours (and also having the two world-class 20km walkers below) this demonstrates, I think, a gradually increasing depth in Japanese women's race walking and certainly bodes well for them at the longer distance.
In the Men's 35km, four men got the tougher Eugene standard set by the Japanese federation (2:30:00 vs the WA standard 2:33:00). 50km NR-holder Masatora Kawano took a more even-paced approach than long-time leader Daisuke Matsunaga and reeled him in with a few kilometres to go. At 22:31, Matsunaga's final 5km was 2:27 slower than his first 5km! Japan can take 4 athletes in this event to Eugene because Yusuke Suzuki (absent here) has a wildcard as the reigning 50km world champion.
1 Masatora Kawano 2:26:40 WL
2 Daisuke Matsunaga 2:27:09
3 Tomohiro Noda 2:27:18
4 Satoshi Maruo 2:29:19
5 Hayato Katsuki 2:30:41
A special 20km event was also laid on for 4 Eugene team contenders (during the 35km to give them some athletes to chase) - 2 men and 2 women - to allow them a chance to get the standards set at 1:20:00 & 1:30:00 by the Japanese federation, each 1 minute quicker than the WA standard. And, all 4 took full advantage of the opportunity ...
1 Koki Ikeda 1:18:53 WL
2 Eiki Takahashi 1:19:16 - Is there any need to say that both these athletes are amongst the very best in the world?
1 Nanako Fujii 1:29:29 - 5th at the 2022 World RW Team Champs and 7th at Doha 2019 at age 20, just one place behind her team-mate below
2 Kumiko Okada 1:29:31 - NR-holder at 1:27:41. From what she's said, this seems like her last year before she hangs up her shoes and she said she wants a medal in Eugene
Next Saturday is the Dudinská 50 in Dudince, Slovakia, a World Race Walking Tour Gold meeting. But, should it be renamed the Dudinská 35?? Not quite the same ring to it, I admit.
Anyway, the entry lists for the 35km are really, really good with a very international feel (including some top Chinese & South Americans etc). Of course, I'll be posting live streaming details for it.
Walsh7 commented
Excellent summary of this competition! Sonoda definitely likes the longer distance. With Rio Maior and La Caruna coming up in May, the 2022 Race Walking season will get even more interesting.
No signs that the Jamaican women sprinting success will end any time soon, the u20 girls have just set a 4x1 WJR.
Oh, that's not on!
At the Dudinska 50 World RW Tour meeting, the Men's 35km started one minute before the Women's race ... Right from the start 2 Chinese guys started really slowly ... It turns out they were waiting for the leading women to catch up so that they could then speed up and pacemake for Qieyang Shenjie & Li Maocuo ! Poor Kimberly Garcia (PER) in that group is probably feeling a bit ganged up on.
Well that seems very unfair indeed.
Fortunately it didn't seem to bother Kimberly Garcia who walked an Area all-time Best in 2nd place, 2:43:19, sixteen seconds behind another Area Best by Qieyang Shenjie.
The challenges of holding a 2 Mile race on an Italian track ... In Milan they've got the measuring tape and gaffer tape out to mark the start line!


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It's my favourite time here on the blog where I get to share Sixty Seconds of Awesomeness from a recent wedding! Today it's the turn of Charlotte and Dan who were married at The Granary Estate in Cambridgeshire.
Sit back, relax, find some popcorn and have a little sneak peek into Charlotte and Dan's beautiful wedding at The Granary Estate. These two were such a sweet couple and despite a little breeze, they had the most amazing day! Don't forget to keep an eye out here on the Journal for their highlights film which will be coming soon!


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The latest stage of beach management for an important local landmark and coastal defence has been given the go-ahead this week by New Forest District Councillor Sophie Beeton, Portfolio Holder for the Environment, when she agreed that officers can apply for allocated Environment Agency funding of £300,000.
Hurst Spit is an historic natural beach feature which extends 2.5km from Milford-on-Sea. towards the Isle of Wight into the Solent. The money, if the application is successful, will be used to carry out a study to understand the viability of a recharge of beach materials, and to assess any environmental impacts.
Back in 1996, after major storms, coast protection works were done which saw 300,000 cubic metres of beach material and 125,000 tonnes of rock used to stabilise the spit. But extreme storms in the winters of 2013 and 2014 resulted in serious damage and loss of beach material and the spit is now in need of a 'recharge' of materials with proposals to add another 150,000 cubic metres of beach material within the next five years.
Steve Cook, Coastal Service Manager, said, "The spit at Hurst is a well-known and important key feature of our coastline that provides protection by reducing the risk of damage to properties by flooding. It also shelters the environmentally important salt marshes and mud flats. This funding will mean that the 'Guardian of the Western Solent' can continue to provide protection from coastal erosion and flood risk in the future".
As well as a coastal defence, the spit is a popular destination for tourism and recreation, and home to Hurst Castle.
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EPS forecasts for CRM stock in 2023 should be considered alongside the company's long-term growth prospects. The company is expected to double its annual revenue to $50 billion by fiscal 2026. However, if macro headwinds lead to a full-blown recession, revenue could slow down.
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Nomination for REF 2021 Engineering Panel
November 8, 2017 By Administrator Leave a Comment
The Engineering Professors' Council is a nominating body for the Research Excellence Framework and, as such, we have been invited to nominate members of the engineering panel.
If you would like to be nominated by the EPC or would like to propose someone to be nominated, you should find all the details you need below. For anything, please contact the EPC Chief Executive Johnny Rich.
Please note that although the Funding Council's deadline for the EPC to submit our nominations is 20th December 2017, the EPC has its own procedures to follow and so, any proposals must reach us by midnight on 4th December 2017.
What are the nominations for?
The EPC has already submitted its nomination(s) for the Engineering REF Panel Chair. The EPC is now seeking to nominate individuals to be:
additional main panel members (with expertise in leading, commissioning or making use of interdisciplinary research, leading research internationally, or senior level experience in the commissioning, use or wider benefits of research)
sub-panel members and assessors (including practising researchers, individuals with expertise in commissioning, applying or making use of research, and interdisciplinary advisers).
How to propose someone for nomination by the EPC (including proposing yourself)
Please complete the form at this link (www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EPCREFNominations/) no later than midnight on 4th December 2017. If you are proposing someone else, please ensure that know that you are proposing them, that they understand the level of work involved and that they are willing to undertake that commitment. (Please read the section below on 'What does it involve to be on a REF expert panel?' and the linked documents.)
How the EPC will decide whom to nominate
The Research, Innovation & Knowledge Transfer Committee (RIKT) has determined the procedure for nominating and will decide whom to nominate. It is likely that several individuals will be nominated, but that may not be everybody who applies to be nominated, nor even everybody who applies to be nominated and meets the criteria.
RIKT have agreed a selection panel of three senior academics representing a range of institutions, disciplines, backgrounds and experience. After the deadline (4th December) they will review the applications for nomination and assess how well they meet the EPC's criteria and those of the funding bodies. The selection panel will then decide who to nominate, bearing in mind the need to maintain diversity across the range of nominees.
The following criteria will be used by the RIKT selection panel:
To be nominated by the EPC, any individual:
Must be research active with publications in the current REF period;
Should be known to Engineering Professors' Council Board – ie. they should be able to demonstrate active engagement in EPC activities and be a member of staff at a university that is a member of the EPC;
Should have some of the following attributes:
Already served on an RAE/REF Panel;
Extensive experience of assessing research quality (e.g. chair of University Research Committee, internal University Research Assessor);
Evidence of awareness of REF requirements;
Should show evidence of unbiased support for the Engineering Higher Education Research Community (for example, having served on Education/accreditation committees of PEIs, Editors/Associate Editors of International Engineering Research Journals, etc);
Should have acted as an assessor for EPSRC or other major research funders.
Just because an individual meets these criteria, it does not mean they will necessarily receive the EPC's nomination.
We have been urged to nominate individuals to cover the full breadth of engineering research interests and from a diverse range of backgrounds, institution types and geographical region. We would be particularly keen to nominate individuals from groups previously under-represented on assessment panels, including women, people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, and people with disabilities.
The Funding Councils have also told us "We would like to receive nominations of individuals who have served previously on REF or Research Assessment Exercise panels, as well as those for whom this would be a new experience. Heads of HEIs may not be nominated as panel members."
We know that the number of applications to be nominated is likely to far exceed the number that the EPC can reasonably nominate and that we won't be able to nominate some highly able candidates. The RIKT selection panel's decision however will be final.
Regardless of whether the EPC is able to nominate them or not, we would encourage applicants to seek nomination from other nominating bodies without waiting to hear about the EPC's intentions. Not only is there no limit on the number of nominations an individual can have, it is also likely to improve their chances if more than one nominating body has put forward their name.
Can I be nominated by more than one nominating body?
The EPC is just one of a number of nominating bodies recognised by REF.
We have already received a large number of proposals for nominees – far more than we can reasonably nominate. Indeed, sadly, not only will we not be able to nominate everyone, we probably won't be able to nominate everyone who meets our criteria or the Funding Councils. Furthermore, the schedule for our selection process probably won't allow time for you to approach another nominating body after we have advised you of our selection panel's decision.
With that in mind, we suggest that, if possible, you contact other nominating bodies to seek their nomination as well. Not only is it permissible to be nominated by more than one body, our understanding is that it adds strength to applications if they are.
What is the background to the selection of the REF Engineering Panel?
The REF is the system for assessing the quality and impact of research in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). It was first conducted in 2014, and replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The REF will be undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies: the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Scottish Funding Council, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland.
The REF exercise will be completed in 2021 and the results will be used by the four funding bodies to drive their allocations of research funding to HEIs. It will also provide useful benchmarking information and reputational yardsticks, and provide accountability for public investment in research and demonstrate its benefits.
What does it involve to be on a REF expert panel?
The REF will be undertaken through a process of expert review. HEIs will be invited to make submissions which will be assessed by 34 subject-based expert sub-panels, working under the guidance of four main panels. Further information on the panel structure, the roles, responsibilities and workload of panel members and the Funding Councils' criteria for appointment can be found in the publication 'Roles and recruitment of expert panels' (REF 2017/03).
High-calibre panel chairs and members who command the confidence of the academic community and wider stakeholders will be essential to the success of the REF. The four main panel chairs have been appointed (their details are available at www.ref.ac.uk) and the Funding Councils are currently in the process of appointing the sub-panel chairs.
Individuals who are nominated will need to confirm that they are willing and able to serve as a panel member, before their names and contact details are put forward.
A guide for research users taking part in the REF is available here.
We will treat any information supplied to us as confidential as far as possible and proposals for nominations will not be made public, however, the EPC reserves the right to make public the names of individuals that we do choose to nominate. That decision will be taken by RIKT.
Please also be aware that proposals for nominations will be circulated among the members of RIKT who are currently as follows: Nathan Gomes, University of Kent; Stephanie Haywood, University of Hull (EPC Vice-President); Simon Hodgson, Teesside University; Barry Lennox, University of Manchester; Long-yuan Li, Plymouth University; Linda Newnes, University of Bath; Eann Patterson, University of Liverpool; Johnny Rich (EPC Chief Executive); Alan Smith, Sheffield Hallam University (Chair); Sarah Spurgeon (EPC President); Tony Unsworth, University of Durham; Tanya Vladimirova, University of Leeds. On behalf of the EPC executive, Vicky Elston and Stella Fowler act as observers to the committee.
Further information about the REF can be found on the REF website at www.ref.ac.uk.
To promote someone for nomination now, please complete the form
before midnight, 4th December 2017
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Brexit impact in Engineering Higher Education
August 31, 2016 By Ines Direito 1 Comment
As the political crisis over Brexit continues in Parliament, an exclusive analysis by the Engineering Professors' Council reveals that a cascade of effects – resulting simply from Brexit's impact on engineering research – will deal a blow to the economy nationally and will hit certain regions even harder.
The analysis shows the critical role EU funding has in fuelling innovation through engineering research, which boosts industry at a regional level, which in turn drives the national economy.
Engineering research in UK universities receives £877 million in EU-based grants and contracts and is the largest national recipient of such funding. Under current Brexit plans, the UK would no longer be eligible for these funds and even if they were directly replaced by funding from UK taxpayers, that would still not compensate for the loss of a 'multiplier effect', which, the EPC calculates, increases the value of international research revenue by a factor of 3.35 as well as providing soft benefits.
The EPC research briefing, deeper analysis and downloadable data exclusively for members is available here.
Updated 30/1/17
Assuming Theresa May is able to stick to her intended timetable (the first hurdle of which is to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March 2017), the UK will cease to be a member of the EU in 2019.
The picture is getting clearer about what this may mean. In the meantime, there are far more questions than answers. So, to support its members, the EPC has tried to ask the questions that engineering in HE needs answered most urgently and to summarise what we know so far (if anything). Rather than repeat what you will no doubt have seen elsewhere, we have tried to focus specifically on concerns and opportunities for engineering in HE.
These questions are complex. Our answers have tried to be simple, but they may be simplistic. There may well be other questions that need asking and our answers will undoubtedly benefit from further comment.
We would be grateful if you would use the comments facility to pose further questions and share your own reflections, expertise and, in particular, real life experiences in relation to the issues raised.
How Brexit might affect UK students?
Will engineering students' mobility be affected? For instance, will they still be able to participate in the Erasmus programme?
There is no immediate change to the UK's participation in the Erasmus+ scheme, with guaranteed funds for applications in 2016 and 2017[i]. After that, however, a British exclusion from the scheme is, for the moment, highly likely[ii]. Other non-EU members – Norway and Switzerland – do have agreements to participate and the UK might broker a similar arrangement. However, there are costs to participating in the single market and both Norway and Switzerland pay a contribution to EU programmes on research and education. The Government has so far provided no indication that it would do the same.
Update 5/10/2016: A petition has been started to urge the Government to continue to participate in the Erasmus scheme after Brexit.
Update: 30/1/2017: In her speech Brexit on 17th January, Theresa May made it clear that she has no intention of 'buying back' into elements of EU membership. However, in the Q&A session in the Commons later the same day, she hinted that the UK might "pay into specific programmes" after all. On balance, it looks like she regards continued membership of the ERASMUS+ programme as something for the negotiating table and not one over which she will lose any sleep.
Will UK students be more inclined to study engineering abroad given the increasing costs of studying in the UK and potential damage to their international work prospects?
The increase in costs was a reality before Brexit with the rises in tuition fees in recent years. In other European countries (such as Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark), the tuition fees are, relatively speaking, extremely low compared to UK universities – sometimes they are even free – and many such courses are taught in English[iii]. Some data suggest there has been a rise in recent years in the number of UK students taking up these opportunities to study abroad, however the evidence is not conclusive.
Many international engineering companies, such as Rolls Royce, which have strong links with UK HE engineering departments and support high quality students' placements, might consider developing their core business outside the UK. This could limit the number and quality of placements available in the future, and students might consider taking studies abroad in universities with stronger links with international companies.
However, if Brexit means UK students face higher fees to study abroad, they may be put off. They may choose to opt for UK courses even though the quality and range of placements may have been compromised.
Will international partnerships be affected? For example, will students be as able to do placements in international companies during their studies?
Will the employment prospects of UK engineering students be affected?
This will depend on the impact of Brexit on the wider economy and the engineering sector in particular. See below. (It also depends on the impact on the financial sector, which recruits a significant proportion of engineering graduates.)
Economic pressure hits the recruitment of entry-level staff first and hardest. Engineering firms may scale down recruitment or, in the case of larger businesses, they may move it to other European countries.
However, the skills shortages in engineering are such that engineering graduates may find their skills are still in sufficiently high demand to be largely unaffected by economic tides.
Since employment rates are to be used as a key metric for TEF, any impact on graduates may have significant repercussions for universities and academic departments too.
How Brexit might affect international students?
Will UK universities still be an attractive place to study engineering for international students?
Update 26/01/2017: in the light of May's 'Global Britain' speech, delivered on the 17th January, there is a willingness to keep the UK as a "magnet for international talent", and high-skilled immigration, whether to work or study, but with a strict control of the number of people coming to Britain from the EU. Free movement to Britain from Europe will not be guaranteed.
Beyond Erasmus (see above), there are no immediate changes planned to the funding of EU students studying in the UK. For now, the Government is saying that students who have started a course before August 2016 will have the eligibility for the duration of that course. There's no word yet on what will happen in future[iv]. However, if EU nationals are in future treated on a par with other international students when it comes to fees, it would leave them facing far higher costs to study in the UK and they are unlikely to be entitled to student loans. It is hard to imagine how this could not act as a powerful disincentive.
Having said that, Brexit may offer new opportunities for non-EU students to study in the UK thanks to lower competition from their EU counterparts. The same may happen with non-EU staff[v], although some reports suggest that Brexit may mean that the UK is regarded in future by people from outside the UK – both EU and non-EU – as less tolerant and welcoming.
The current low value of the pound will make international fee levels relatively more affordable[vi], but conversely, it will also make salaries paid in sterling less attractive.
Update 5/10/2016: In her speech to the Conservative Party Conference yesterday, Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced major new restrictions on international students coming to the UK to study. She is not waiting for Brexit before imposing these new rules.
The proposal includes limiting the availability of student visas to those accepted on to "high-quality" courses, but it is not clear how that would be determined. One suggestion is that high performance in the TEF may be used, but, since the discipline-level TEF is unlikely before 2019, that would mean that for the next few years all disciplines across an institution would have to be treated as equal for the purposes of student visas – which might be very bad news for engineering departments.
Another suggestion is that the Government would simply apply a prejudicial judgement of quality based on, for example, membership of the Russell Group. The Government's argument is that these measures will preserve the quality of the education that the UK 'exports' by only allowing the best institutions to do so. However, given that the stated intention is to reduce absolute student immigration, the logic is flawed and the effect will be to drive down numbers not drive up standards.
Whatever the arguments, restrictions on international student numbers may be very damaging to UK engineering departments because of the loss of high-quality applicants, funding and international relationships. It will also impact on the UK skills shortage which will be exacerbated if the UK has to rely on a home-grown supply of engineering graduates.
Ms Rudd has said that there will be a consolation on the proposals. The EPC will examine them in detail and respond forcefully on behalf of UK engineering departments which attract far more international students than most UK HE courses.
Update 11/10/2016: The Department for Education has now confirmed that EU students applying for university places in England in 2017/18 will continue to be eligible for student loans and grants, and entitled to home fee status for the duration of their course, even past the point that the UK leaves the EU.
Welsh Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has also confirmed that EU students applying for a place at a Welsh university for 2017/18 will continue to receive financial support.
Update 14/10/2016: The Scottish Government have also announced that EU students commencing their studies in 2017 will be entitled to complete their studies post-Brexit without a change in fees status.
Will students still be able to do placements in the UK as part of their studies?
The assumption has to be that, post-Brexit, European students would have to apply for a student visa like other foreign nationals, adding to the complexity and obstacles of studying in the UK and doing placements.
Theresa May's track record on student visas when she was Home Secretary was that she regarded them as too easy a target for exploitation by illegal immigrants. There have been no announcements to suggest that she will be more sympathetic as PM.
How Brexit might affect courses in engineering disciplines?
Will UK engineering accreditation still have the same international recognition?
Currently, European recognition is possible across the European Union and the EEA (the European Economic area – the countries covered by agreements on free movement of people and trade)[vii] and international recognition outside Europe is guaranteed through the Engineering Council's membership of the International Engineering Alliance[viii]. However, recognition of Professional Titles, and the right to work in the EU, can be denied if UK leaves EEA[ix].
In other words Brexit is unlikely to have any significant impact on the recognition of accreditation, but it will be worth keep a close watch.
How Brexit might affect academic staff in engineering (lecturers, researchers, other staff)?
How safe are the jobs of European staff at UK universities?
Update 26/01/2017: in the light of May's 'Global Britain' speech, delivered on the 17th January, it is still unclear what the status of the EU staff already working in the UK will be, as stated in point 6 (Rights for EU nationals in Britain, and British nationals in the EU). However, free movement to Britain from Europe will not be guaranteed, in order to control immigration.
For now, there's been no change to the rights and status of EU citizens working in the UK. Nationals from the European Economic Area (EEA) can get a permanent residence card if they have lived in the UK for a continuous period of 5 years[x].
For EU nationals who have been in the UK for less time than that, there are no guarantees, however key Brexit campaigners argued after before and after the Referendum that anyone legally resident in the UK before the Referendum should be given a right to remain. The Government has refused to commit to this, linking the issue to the right of British citizens currently in European countries to remain there.
Given skills shortages in the UK, even if there is no blanket agreement on EU nationals, it has to be supposed that academics in engineering would be well placed to be allowed to stay in the UK along with their families (if already resident here). Unmarried partners, however, may face a more awkward position.
How safe are the jobs of UK staff at European universities?
How will the recruitment and retention of staff from the European Union be affected?
On this question, there are no answers – only more questions. How will Brexit affect staff who have been living in the UK for less than 5 years (not eligible for a permanent resident card)? How will this affect new staff who come to the UK after the Referendum?
In the long term, the recruitment of EU staff will depend on the negotiations between UK and the European Union. At the heart of those negotiations will be whether the free movement of people can be uncoupled from access to trade freely with the EEA. If it cannot and the UK Government decides that access to the free market is a price worth paying for immigration control, then recruitment is likely to be restricted.[xi]
Academics and researchers in engineering will be regarded as more desirable immigrants than most, but even to have to talk in such terms illustrates the change that might take place.
Will British academics be as able to move to positions in European institutions?
That will depend on the outcome of Brexit negotiations, but unless an arrangement is made for the free movement of people, the process is likely to become more bureaucratic at the very least.
How Brexit might affect engineering research and innovation?
Will it be possible to secure ongoing research projects with European funds and European partners? And what are the risks for future research funding?
On the 13 of August 2016, Universities Minister Jo Johnson wrote an open letter to Madeleine Atkins (HEFCE President) to "reassure" the HE sector about the continuity of funding of Horizon 2020 projects[xii]. This was preceded by a Statement from BIS on the 28th June 2016 on higher education and research[xiii]. These announcements were prompted by a Treasury commitment made by the Chancellor Philip Hammond to guarantee EU funding beyond the date that the UK leaves the EU[xiv].
On the face of it, these commitments should be welcome news for the sector. However, in practice, they do not go very far. EU-funded research projects are almost always made to international consortia representing at least two EU nations. They are contractual arrangements setting out the term of the contract. Brexit should not normally affect the contract with a UK research partner as part of the consortium, even if they are the lead partner. There may be contractual provisions that, for example, state that the consortium partners must come from more than one EU nation. Brexit might then put the consortium in breach of the contract. Even then it is hard to see how the Treasury commitment might step in to protect the funding of a consortium that compromises non-UK partners.
The Treasury's reassurance does not do anything to address the issues as reported to EPC by own members to the EPC – and by others to Scientists for EU[xv] and elsewhere – that suggest EU partners are more reticent about new research partnerships with UK universities or are even excluding UK partners from existing initiatives. Underwriting the funding for UK universities does not help non-UK partners and makes funding no easier to win.
Furthermore, the Treasury's protection extends only to funding under Horizon 2020. In practice, that horizon is approaching fast and the period after Brexit has taken place and before funding is due to end anyway is not likely to be much more than a year anyway. The Treasury may have calculated that this is a commitment it can afford to make because it is unlikely ever to cost much, if indeed anything at all.
Nonetheless, it is comforting that The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) has expressed its support for UK engineering research, reaffirming a commitment to cooperation initiatives with UK members[xvi].
What European funding options will be available after Brexit?
Update 26/01/2017: in the light of May's 'Global Britain' speech, delivered on the 17th January, the UK will no longer be a member of the single market. A new trade agreement will be negotiated, and participation in some specific European programmes will be sought. Point 10 (The best place for science and innovation) raises some hope for science, research, and technology initiatives, as the PM welcomes an agreement to continue to collaborate with EU in science and innovation.
As with Erasmus (see above), Switzerland and Norway, which are not members of the EU, can apply for Horizon 2020 funding and will probably continue that arrangement with whatever funding scheme replaces it. To qualify for this support, those nations contribute financially to the EU's research funding. Theresa May has ruled out "buying back" into the benefits of the EU in the past, but in the Q&A in the Commons following her speech, she hinted that the UK might "pay into specific programmes".
However, from a political perspective, if the UK is making large payments to the EU in order to participate, it is hard to see that as consistent with May's interpretation of voters' intentions as expressed in the Referendum. Also, full participation in the Horizon 2020 programme – or any similar successor – relies heavily on freedom of movement (which Norway and Switzerland allow). Being seen to have banned free movement is clearly going to be a red line for May in negotiations.
This issue appears to be one that May hopes to resolve at the negotiating table and, probably, she regards the UK's research excellence as a strong card to hold.
Particularly in the light of the Stern Review, will Brexit have an impact on REF?
Even with the Treasury's protections (see above), in the absence of a new arrangement (like that with Norway or Switzerland), EU research funding to UK universities is likely to tail off around the same time that the next REF round is due. A Brexit-related fall in funding would create barriers to research competitiveness and would negatively impact the wider public research impact.
What will happen to the UK's membership of non-EU European organisations?
UK to withdraw from Euratom
Update 27/01/2017 As well as triggering Article 50, the Brexit Bill before Parliament empowers the PM to withdraw from Euratom, the community that provides the basis for research into nuclear power. As this is not an EU body, it is unlikely the Government would seek this authority unless it intends to exercise it, which casts a worrying shadow over the future of fusion research in the UK and international collaborations which may prove critical for the future of energy trade and combatting climate change. Read more.
How Brexit might affect knowledge transfer in engineering?
Will collaborations with industry be affected and, if so, how?
Research collaborations need not be affected so long as the UK engineering sector itself remains economically healthy and competitive (see below).
It is even possible to argue that a reduction in EU research funding may encourage private sector to plug funding gaps because the research drives their own innovation (although the funding criteria would of course be quite different). However, the gap to be filled may open up only in the UK and, instead of supporting more research in Britain, larger industrial partners will look to what may be a more healthy research environment in EU universities.
In any case, most predictions for the economic health of the engineering sector post-Brexit are not encouraging. That might lead to shrinking business, falling recruitment and relocation of investment overseas.
Having said that, in order to stave off economic hardship, some of the larger, more resilient firms may decide to invest more heavily in research and innovation. Whether they do so in the UK will depend on the value they place on the competitiveness of UK research. That in turn will be linked to engineering faculties' ability to recruit and retain highly skilled researchers (which links back to the mobility of staff, see above).
Will there be impacts relating to patents?
The UK is a signatory to the European Patent Convention and this is separate to membership of the EU. At the moment there are no immediate changes regarding UK businesses' ability to apply to the European Patent Office for patent protection[xvii].
How Brexit might affect the engineering sector as a whole?
Is it likely to become harder to meet engineering skills shortages?
There is a significant and recognised shortage of engineering skills in the UK and the UK HE system ameliorates this shortage for the wider economy by attracting students and staff who have desirable skills from other countries. The skills shortage is a reality and could be massively exacerbated with Brexit.
Will there be an impact on the sector's international competitiveness?
The vast majority of experts, from academic economists to financial institutions, predicted before the Referendum that Brexit would be damaging to the UK economy. In particular, an exit from the EEA would make exports to the UK's largest trading partners less competitive and imports from the EEA more expensive.
Since the Referendum, the economic signals have been mixed, but the general trends so far give little reason to believe that the predictions were wrong – and, of course, the UK is, for now, still in the EEA.
The value of the pound dropped heavily immediately after the Referendum which has given a boost to the UK's export economy. However, this is unlikely to be a long-term effect, because the currency value is a self-limiting mechanism: sterling will strengthen again if its low value boosts the UK economy. Indeed, it has already rallied in the absence of an immediate economic post-referendum meltdown.
Any economic downturn may hit the engineering sector especially badly. Some areas of engineering rely heavily on European exports (eg the automotive industry) or on the major infrastructure projects that, over recent years, have received large-scale European funding. Engineering is a global industry and so many firms will find it relatively easy to move investment out of the UK if the conditions here are disadvantageous. Any economic hardship is likely to result in smaller R&D budgets and consequences for HE research partners.
The majority of the UK engineering sector, however, is made up of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which will not be in a position to relocate or expand investment in the face of an economic downturn. They are likely to recruit less.
If so, what repercussions are there likely to be for engineering in HE?
On the negative side: loss of EU prospective students and staff; funding issues; damaging of European partnerships.
On the positive side: links between industry and universities may strengthen.
Universities UK "Policy priorities to support universities to thrive post-exit" [February 2017]
Universities UK has produced a briefing paper (PDF) which outlines the policy priorities the government should deliver. These priorities fall into three clear stages:
Short-term transitional arrangements
Domestic policy change
Photograph: Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay
Filed Under: Brexit, Education, Employability and skills, Funding, Research
IET's Engineering and Technology magazine: "Brexit: science, engineering and technology says no"
The IET's Engineering and Technology magazine reported on the EPC's and Campaign for Science and Engineering (Case) report, published in December, this week following attendance at EPC's AGM last week, at which Vicky Ford MEP was a keynote speaker leading a discussion on the role of EU membership in science and engineering research.
"The UK is very successful in winning competitive funding," said Vicky Ford, Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the East of England. "Especially in engineering, more UK people are applying for grants than any other country and we come second after only Germany in the amount and value of grants that we receive."
You can read the full article here.
Filed Under: Blog, Funding, Miscellaneous, Research, Uncategorized
Quick poll: how does your university allocate its QR funding
February 19, 2016 By Administrator 2 Comments
How does your university allocate the Funding Council's Quality-Related funding it receives (based on the outcome of the REF)?
On an "as earned" basis through our resource allocation model - i.e. it is returned to the department that earned it based on unit of assessment and head count
A proportion is retained at the centre for strategic projects but the remainder is returned to departments/schools on an "as earned" basis
It is retained centrally and used for strategic projects to support university-wide research activities
It is retained centrally and departments/schools/faculties can bid for an allocation to support their research activities
If you've some more time, take a few minutes to provide input to our response to the Stern Review...
Comprehensive Spending Review
November 25, 2015 By Administrator Leave a Comment
Quick summary of today's CSR
The government will protect the £4.7 billion science budget in real terms over the Parliament
Engineering mentions:
Support will be provided to secure launch funding to create a new university in Hereford focused on engineering in 2016
Committing £18 million to the Excellence in Precision Agriculture Innovation Centre, which will be partly headquartered in Shropshire. This will be 1 of 4 agri-tech
centres, which will develop new engineering technologies to increase the productivity and sustainability of UK agriculture
Adult skills:
The government will protect funding for the core adult skills participation budgets in cash terms, at £1.5 billion.
HE:
HE maintenance grants will be switched to loans
The government will provide funding for a real terms protection for the overall budget for STEM subjects in higher education.
For all STEM subjects, tuition loans will be extended to students wishing to do a second degree from 2017-18.
The government will provide new financial support through maintenance loans for part time HE students, tuition fee loans for higher level skills in Further Education and new loans for postgraduate Master's degrees
Apprenticeships:
By 2019-20 government spend on apprenticeships, including income from the new apprenticeship levy, will be double the level of spending in 2010-11 in cash terms.
Filed Under: Funding, Miscellaneous, Research, Uncategorized
The public PhD viva
October 29, 2015 By Administrator 1 Comment
In his article in the Times Higher on 22nd October, UCL's Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of the Doctoral School, David Bogle, examines the concept of the public PhD viva. While common practice across the Continent, opening up a PhD viva to the public is not something we tend to do in the UK. Initially sceptical, he says it's time to discuss seriously the idea of "throwing open the doors of the UK viva", owing to the international nature of doctoral standards and increasing PhD student mobility. "The great advantage of having an audience," says David, "is that it allows the public to see that scientific debate is thorough, and that standards are high". He does, however acknowledge the additional effort and cost involved, together with a need for training for examiners. What do you think?
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RAEng's industrial secondment success for EPC members
May 29, 2015 By Administrator Leave a Comment
Congratulations to seven EPC members on securing a place in the Royal Academy of Engineering's Industrial Secondment scheme. The scheme will see them spending up to 12 months working onsite with an industrial partner, collaborating on a project with a direct industrial application.
The secondment scheme, say the Academy, provides a valuable opportunity to establish strategic partnerships between industry and academia based on collaborative research projects, facilitating knowledge transfer and enabling academics to gain first-hand experience of working in an industrial environment.
Dr Rafic Ajaj, University of Southampton, seconded to Airbus Operations Limited.
Dr Tao Chen, University of Surrey, seconded to Unilever UK Central Resources Limited.
Dr Andrea Da Ronch, University of Southampton, seconded to Airbus Operations Limited.
Dr Gillian Ragsdell, Loughborough University, seconded to the Energy Technologies Institute
Dr Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, Coventry University, seconded to MIRA Ltd.
Dr Rafael Mauricio Morales Viviescas, University of Leicester, seconded to AgustaWestland.
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Ingenious resilience: messages for a new Government
Engineering matters to the UK economy, on both a regional and national level, and the profession is vital to maintaining the UK's position in the world. It drives innovation, regional growth and is leading in tackling the "grand challenges" that face society more generally. The c.90 engineering faculties in universities across the UK are playing lead roles in educating the engineers of the future and working with businesses of all sizes, and in doing so, ensuring enduring economic resilience through their regional spread and provision of talent and cutting edge research to innovative firms.
In this briefing, from the Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange (CUSPE) and the Engineering Professors' Council, we call for a long term, consistent approach to policy and funding, particularly around early educational engagement and strong and effective university collaboration and provide some case-study examples of some great initiatives led by universities from across the sector.
Early educational engagement: We need more engineers. To address this, engagement must begin at primary school and university engineering departments are playing their part to build from the foundations set by schools.
Strong university-industry collaboration: The UK's historical record of partnerships between higher education and industry in engineering is strong, but more needs to be done to include mid-sized innovators.
Download the briefing (pdf)
If you are a university member and wish to download the amendable briefing, you may do so here. Or please contact us.
Filed Under: Blog, Education, Employability and skills, Funding, Miscellaneous, Recruitment and admissions, Research
The role of the university Technology Transfer Office (TTO), and why TTO-investor discussions can be difficult and take time to conclude.
Added to the Members' Portal… a useful briefing note for those of you involved in spin-outs and negotiations about intellectual property. Authored by a number of sector bodies on knowledge transfer, it examines the role of the university Technology Transfer Office (TTO), and why TTO-investor discussions can be difficult and take time to conclude. Also includes a number of case studies.
And if you need some help teaching IP then check out the Intellectual Property Office's IP Tutor tool…
Filed Under: Blog, Funding, Miscellaneous, Research
7 research areas marked by EPSRC for growth…
In case you've missed them….the EPSRC has identified 7 areas of engineering research for strategc focus and growth. For more, go to EPSRC research…
Electrical motors and drives / electromagnetics (design and manufacture of electromechanical systems with associated drives and controls, also electromagnetism and electromagnetic interactions in engineering materials and devices, including electromagnetic compatibility).
Microsystems (underpinning microengineering research aimed at developing a diverse range of novel miniaturised micro-structured devices).
Photonic materials and metamaterials (synthesis, characterisation and theoretical understanding of photonic materials in other words materials which can mould the flow of light under certain conditions).
Radio frequency and microwave devices (synthesis, characterisation and theoretical understanding of photonic materials in other words materials which can mould the flow of light under certain conditions).
Synthetic biology (Application of engineering tools and principles to the design and manufacture of biologically based parts, devices and systems that do not exist in the natural world, and redesign of existing biological systems)
Water engineering (Design and optimisation of technologies relating to water resource management, treatment and distribution systems. Engineering research pertaining to management / treatment of waste water and sewerage, including drainage systems).
Whole energy systems (socio technoeconomic analysis of the whole UK energy system from supply of fuels for generation of energy through to end use of energy).


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