Engineering Education and Management
Engineering Management is about the application of management theories to real engineering problems, situations and businesses.
Our research addresses the skills and knowledge needed for personal development within higher education; transitioning to and within employment; continuing professional development (CPD) and entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.
We're interested in constructing the knowledge necessary to develop skills needed for real world applications, how they are stated, how they are taught and how they are measured.
We also explore how university education prepares students for careers in industry and employment, and the problems in preparing an engineering syllabus that excites students while also developing their transferable skills and technical competence needed for real applications. Supporting this, we investigate skills definition, pedagogy and assessment in engineering education.
Contact us
Professor Tony Ward
Head of Engineering Education and Management research group
tony.ward@york.ac.uk
+44 (0)1904 32 3021
Project spotlights
We've been involved in a range of pan-European collaborative projects in engineering education and management issues, including:
Application areas
Engineering education
- eLearning log
- Peer assessment
- Public speaking assessment rubric
- Curiosity based learning
- Teaching ethics
- Emotional intelligence in group working
- Education for disabilities
Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
- CEO characteristics
- Measuring entrepreneurial intent
- Venturing self-efficacy
Skills frameworks
- CPD
- Employment skills
- Sector skills analysis
- Defining skills
- Measuring and assessing generic skills
Our spin-out company SkillsForge is a software service which draws on more than 20 years of our skills frameworks research.
Research degrees
Push the boundaries of knowledge in our supportive and stimulating environment.
Study with usMasters degrees
We offer a taught MSc course in Engineering Management and an MSc by Research.
Explore our coursesResearch collaboration
We engage in collaborative R&D, allowing your business to access our expertise and facilities.
Get in touchContact us
Professor Tony Ward
Head of Engineering Education and Management research group
tony.ward@york.ac.uk
+44 (0)1904 32 3021