PUBLIC EVENT
Data‑Centric Engineering (DCE) and AI are rapidly reshaping engineering practice. As industries move toward data‑driven operations, universities play a critical role in preparing graduates with the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to lead this transformation.
Join us for the launch of a new report exploring how Data‑Centric Engineering and AI are currently embedded within UK higher‑education engineering programmes, and how they can be more coherently and equitably scaled across undergraduate and postgraduate education.
This report marks the first release from the Skills Observatory, a key function of the Academy’s National Engineering Skills Centre. The Skills Centre is a new centre of expertise that will upskill and reskill engineers at scale, responding to the UK’s chronic and growing shortfalls in engineering skills capacity.
You will hear directly from the report authors and representatives from academia and industry with a panel discussion and Q&A, where you can have your questions answered.
Be the first to hear the insights from this new report and take part in shaping a more data‑centric future for engineering education in the UK.
Programme*
| 2.50pm | Zoom webinar opens |
| 3.00pm |
Welcome and Introduction Dr Rhys Morgan, Director for Education and Skills, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 3.05pm |
Presentation of report findings Dr Gabin Kayumbi, Senior Research Community Manager for the Sustainability Mission, The Alan Turing Institute |
| 3.25pm |
Panel discussion
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| 3.35pm | Audience Q&A |
| 4.00pm | End of webinar |
*subject to change
Recording notice
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Dr Rhys Morgan
Dr Rhys Morgan is the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Director for Education and Skills and is regarded as one of the UK’s leading experts on engineering and technology education. He is responsible for the Academy’s policy and programme work in STEM education - from elementary schools through to skills in the workforce. His portfolio of work includes analysis of the UK engineering and technology skills base and the capacity and capability of the UK education system to deliver the workforce of the future. Rhys advises various UK government skills taskforces including nuclear, quantum, semiconductor, 6G telecoms and future transport. He has led major projects including Formula 1 Champion Lewis Hamilton’s Commission into improving the representation of Black people in motorsport and the Formula 1 Diversity and Inclusion charter which was published last year. Rhys is a materials engineer by background, and developed one of the first metal 3D printers in 1996.
Dr Gabin Kayumbi
Claire Lucas
Executive Dean and Professor of Engineering Education & Skills at Aston University
Professor Adam Sobey
Mission Director for Sustainability at the Alan Turing Institute
Poppy Harrison
Senior Engineer at AtkinsRéalis