September 2019
Our annual resource reports are on target for delivery to HEIs in the fall. These reports comprise one of the major outputs from the Enrolment and Degrees Awarded Survey, providing institutions with a useful overview of programs in their region and nationally, which helps them with planning and resource allocation.
September 2019
At our System Advisory Committee meeting in August, members confirmed that the calculations we’ve designed for the Tandem system back-end will meet the accreditation criteria for quantifying curriculum content. Our review with the committee also resulted in a requirement clarification, new ideas for the system help sections, and a confirmation that all the calculation options were reflective of the applicable accreditation criteria. All in all, this marks another significant step in the process of moving accreditation data entry to the Tandem system.
September 2019
This month we continued our discovery conversations with Armature, which are focused on exploring the best configuration of the Tandem system so it will meet our accreditation needs. Areas of functionality currently being examined are the request for accreditation, accreditation questionnaire, and the visit team set/up selection process.
August 2019
On Tuesday, August 20, Engineers Canada facilitated a session between the AIP Data Management System Advisory Committee and Armature (our data management system vendor). The purpose of the session was to confirm that Armature’s description of Engineers Canada’s accreditation calculation requirements was reflective of the accreditation criteria and accurately quantifies curriculum content for engineering programs. This is an important early step in preparing Tandem to be used for the accreditation process.
June 2019
The Enrolment and Degrees Awarded Survey closed on June 21, 2019, marking a successful introduction of our new data management system, Tandem. Thank you to those institutions who provided data this year. The survey continues to be a critical tool for understanding the trends and composition of engineering education in Canada. If you have any feedback on your experience providing data through the survey, please get in touch with us at accreditation@engineerscanada.ca.
