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Over the years there have been a lot of conference publications by UK-based authors  in the field of Engineering Education. There has also been a growing number of journal publications by UK-based authors. This implies that more and more UK academics are now seriously engaging with the field of Engineering Education. However, the number of PhD theses focussing on Engineering Education and related fields, including such fields as Engineering Practice, still lags behind most academic disciplines. In this article I list all these PhD theses that I could find that have been awarded to UK-based students since the year 2000.

Why should we be interested in the number of PhD theses in Engineering Education, you may wonder. There are severa reasons, but the most important one is that the number of PhD theses in a particular field indicates the level of serious thought, research and innovation taking place within that field. According to the website FindAPhD, a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) is an advanced postgraduate degree  involving three or more years of independent research on an original topic that is carried out with the support of one or more expert academic supervisors. Hence the publication of a PhD thesis is indicative of a sustained period of research collaboration on a particular topic by two or more people. It also indicates the growth in the number of experts in that particular research field.

I have carried out a search of the British Library E-Theses Online Service (EThOS)  to identify Engineering Education related theses that have been awarded in the UK since the year 2000. Some of them focus on the History of Engineering, whilst some focus on Engineering Practice. I believe that by bringing all these theses in one place they can serve as a useful quick reference for someone who needs to have a quick overview of the current and recent work  that has been taking place within the UK Engineering Education Research  and related fields.

I’m sure this list is not comprehensive. If you know of a PhD thesis that I have missed, let me know via the comments section and I will add it to this list.

McCrone, Georgia	2021	Further Education lecturers’ early career development and identity : policy, practice, and discourse	Lancaster University
Fletcher, Ashleigh Jane	2020	Development and evaluation of open-ended learning activities to support chemical engineering students’ development	University of Strathclyde
Olukayode Olusola, Awonuga	2020	Skills gap assessment to enhance the delivery of technical and vocational education : a case study of electrical installation graduates in Ogun and Kaduna states of Nigeria	University of the West of England, Bristol
Mabley, Seren	2020	A qualitative analysis of students’ naturalistic learning processes during their first experience in problem-based learning	University of Strathclyde
Jahangiri, Nooshin	2019	An exploration of female students’ choices, experiences and future aspirations of studying undergraduate mathematics and engineering programmes in Iran	University of Manchester
Ismail, Norhariati	2019	An analysis of staff perceptions of their preparedness for the implementation of active learning in Malaysian engineering education : exploratory approach	Aston University
O’Toole, Chris	2019	The lived experiences of ICT and Engineering Faculty teaching in higher education institutions in Ireland and the United Kingdom, who adopt and implement mobile technology enhanced learning initiatives : a phenomenological investigation	Lancaster University
Zainuddin, Suhaiza	2019	Investigation into the effectiveness of practical work in achieving curriculum objectives for engineering studies in secondary education	University of Lincoln
Onyia, Uzor	2019	Improving the supervisory and managerial skills and competences required in construction management in Nigeria	London South Bank University
Grover, Robert	2019	A critical issue? : educating for sustainability in the architectural design studio	University of Bath
Atesh, Manal Habeeb	2019	Assessing ethics education effectiveness in engineering programmes : a multi-phase approach	University of York
Snape, Kirsty	2019	An exploration of students’ experiences of placement in computing and engineering : a sociocultural analysis of learning	University of Huddersfield
Broadbent, Rebecca	2019	Children’s experiences of engineering education activities in rural schools in England at age 9/10 : the implications for engineering education and our approach to building engineering career aspirations in young people	Aston University
Jackson-Cole, D.	2019	Navigating toward success : Black and Minority Ethnic students in postgraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses in England	University of East London
Jenns, Caroline Louise	2019	Understanding Emirati women’s reasons to study the STEM-related subject of engineering : lessons from Dubai	University of Liverpool
Tang, W. F. F.	2019	An investigation into how the Science and Engineering curriculum in higher education institutions supports undergraduates entering the Testing and Certification industry in Hong Kong upon graduation	Nottingham Trent University
Mavromihales, Michael	2019	Enhancing teaching-learning effectiveness in Mechanical Engineering education through structured interventions and Action Learning	University of Huddersfield
Mahmud, Mohd Nazri	2018	Interdisciplinary learning in engineering practice : an exploratory multi-case study of engineering for the life sciences projects	University of Cambridge
Pg-Ya’akub, Dk S. R.	2018	The impact of online learning : mechanical engineering education perspectives	Loughborough University
Shawcross, Judith Karen	2018	Manufacturing excellent engineers	University of Cambridge
Nyamapfene, Abel Zvamayida	2018	Teaching-only academics in a research intensive university : from an undesirable to a desirable academic identity	University of Exeter
Dziallas, Sebastian	2018	Characterising graduateness in computing education : a narrative approach	University of Kent
Akeel, Usman	2018	Engineering sustainability : devising a suitable sustainability education intervention for the Nigerian engineering curriculum	UCL (University College London)
Moffat, Kenneth Alexander	2018	Unexpected journey : from autoethnography to a Bourdieusian analysis of engineering education	University of Edinburgh
Derr, Katja Susanne	2018	Mathematics for engineering students in the ‘Dual System’ : assistance in study start-up and conduct	University of Plymouth
Jackson, Noel R.	2018	Comparing active and didactic pedagogies in electronic engineering	Staffordshire University
Sani, Maryam	2018	Women’s representation in STEM related education and careers : a case study of female university students in Saudi Arabia	Staffordshire University
Varga-Atkins, Tunde	2018	Designing curricula to develop digitally capable professionals in engineering and management : the case in two universities	Lancaster University
Larson, Adam Howard	2017	Becoming technicians in the ‘hydrocarbon state’ : transitions into post-compulsory vocational education and training in the State of Qatar	King’s College London
Vijay, Venkatesh Chennam	2017	A Knowledge Based Educational (KBEd) framework for enhancing practical skills in engineering distance learners through an augmented reality environment	Birmingham City University
White, Carol	2017	A critical review of evidence for the claims and perceptions of a shortage of science and engineering graduates in the UK	University of Sussex
King, D. C.	2017	The Engineering Council’s influence on Building Services Engineering education and qualifications : towards an internationalist education and training model	Liverpool John Moores University
Morgan, Thea Rose	2017	Constructivism, complexity, and design : reflecting on group project design behaviour in engineering design education	University of Bristol
Shah, Raza	2017	Property inference decision-making and decision switching of undergraduate engineers : implications for ideational diversity & fluency through movements in a Cartesian concept design space	University of Cambridge
Bull, Christopher Neil	2016	Studios in software engineering education	Lancaster University
Abul-Ola, Mohammad Mahmoud	2016	How can the education-industry partnership within the Qatari oil & gas industry facilitate engineering graduates’ transition from school to work and enhance their engagement with the labour market?	University of Leicester
Hill, S.	2016	The entrepreneurial engineer : an investigation into the relationship between humanitarian engineering and entrepreneurship	Coventry University
Bataw, Anas	2016	On the integration of Building Information Modelling in undergraduate civil engineering programmes in the United Kingdom	University of Manchester
Sivapalan, Subarna	2015	Engineering education for sustainable development (EESD) for undergraduate engineering programmes in Malaysia : a stakeholder defined framework	University of Nottingham
Herman, Clem	2015	Gendered careers in science, engineering and technology : transforming spaces and changing identities	Open University
Kenan, Thuraya	2015	Improving the effectiveness of e-learning implementation in the School of Engineering at Tripoli University	University of Huddersfield
Byroms, Richard	2015	William Fairbairn : experimental engineer and mill-builder	University of Huddersfield
Vickerstaff, Rebecca	2015	Implementation of technology enhanced learning pedagogy and impact on employability and learning within engineering education frameworks	University of Plymouth
Mohammed, Abdul Majid	2014	Integrated technologies instructional method to enhance bilingual undergraduate engineering students	Brunel University
Kockelbergh, David	2014	The origins of student misunderstanding of undergraduate electrical machine theory	Loughborough University
Johnson, Anthony	2014	Sustainability – its incorporation into the mechanical engineering design process	University of Huddersfield
Morley, Helen Ruth	2014	What can be done to improve the ethical decisions made by engineers?	University of Leeds
Routledge, Patrick	2014	A strategy for enhancing the learning experience of Indian marine engineering students in transnational education	University of Sunderland
Tan, Joyce	2013	Negotiating the occupational landscape : the career trajectories of ex-teachers and ex-engineers in Singapore	Institute of Education, University of London
Tudor, Jenna	2013	An exploratory investigation into the context specific perceptions and practices of second year mechanical engineering undergraduates	Northumbria University
Liyanage, Lalith	2013	A case study of the effectiveness of the delivery of work based learning from the perspective of stakeholders in Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences at Northumbria University	Northumbria University
Sach, Rien	2013	The impact of feedback on the motivation of software engineers	Open University
Zhang, Dan	2013	Effective teaching of technical teamwork to large cohorts of engineering students in China	Queen Mary, University of London
Woodrow, Michael	2013	Educating engineers for a holistic approach to fire safety	University of Edinburgh
Hamblin, Katy Joanne	2013	Men of brain and brawn and guts’ : the professionalization of marine engineering in Britain, France and Germany 1830-1914	University of Exeter
Phuong, Nguyen H.	2013	Engineering education for sustainable development in Vietnamese universities : building culturally appropriate strategies for transforming the engineering curriculum towards sustainable development	University of Gloucestershire
Al-Hamad, Salah Madhi Ahmad	2013	Blended learning system for further and higher education mechanical engineering courses in Bahrain	University of Huddersfield
Hunter, Kathleen Allison	2013	Gender and science in twentieth-century British engineering : an interdisciplinary analysis	University of Oxford
Tan, Kia Ann Aaron	2012	Learning patterns of engineering students in a Singapore tertiary education context and the implications for continuing education in the field of engineering	Durham University
Gartland, Clare	2012	Cultivating rough diamonds’ : a study of student ambassadors’ contribution to widening participation schemes in engineering and medicine at two contrasting universities	Institute of Education, University of London
Gao, Mingyi	2012	A theoretical model for the effectiveness of project-based learning in engineering design education	Loughborough University
Carter, Alan	2012	Assessment-in-action : a study of lecturers’ and students’ constructions of BTEC national assessment practice in a college engineering programme area	University of the West of England, Bristol
Tzanakou, Charikleia	2012	Beyond the PhD : the significance of boundaries in the early careers of highly qualified Greek scientists and engineers	University of Warwick
Cockerton, Caitlin	2011	Going synthetic : how scientists and engineers imagine and build a new biology	London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
Mokhtar, Mahani	2011	Exploring the intentions, expectations and experiences of female Ph.D. students in the fields of education and engineering at one university in Malaysia	University of Bristol
Taylor, Annette Louise	2011	Engineering mathematics and virtual learning environments : a case study of student perceptions	University of Plymouth
Gallagher, John P.	2011	Changing relationships of the state, the professions and higher education in contemporary Ireland : the examples of medicine, law and engineering	University of Sheffield
Soltani-Tafreshi, Fakhteh	2010	The impact of industrial sponsorship on students, academia and industry	Loughborough University
Hopkinson, Viviana	2010	Why do I have to do key skills? : accounting for year one engineering college students’ perspectives on work and vocalisational education : a case study	The Open University
Russell, M.	2010	A personalised assessment programme in engineering education	University of Hertfordshire
Grierson, Hilary J.	2010	Towards principles and project memories for distributed-design information storing in engineering design education	University of Strathclyde
Powell, Abigail	2009	The (un)balancing act : the impact of culture on women engineering students’ gendered and professional identities	Loughborough University
Hasan, H.	2009	Exploring engineering employability competencies through interpersonal and enterprise skills	Coventry University
Pei, Eujin	2009	Building a common language of design representations for industrial designers & engineering designers	Loughborough University
Cowley, David	2009	Student perceptions of the impact of Science and Engineering Ambassadors	University of Brighton
Thompson, Mark S.	2009	The rise of the scientific soldier as seen through the performance of the Corps of Royal Engineers during the early 19th century	University of Sunderland
Shin, Inyoung	2008	English for Korean postgraduate engineering students in the global academic community : perceptions of the importance of English, skills-based needs and sociocultural behaviours	Institute of Education, University of London
Phillipson, A.	2007	The business of engineers’ : the organization and education of military engineers during the eighteenth century	University of Portsmouth
Arbuckle Araki, M. H.	2007	Japanese engineering and Scotland : Ryūgakusei and Oyatoi between 1865 and 1900	University of Edinburgh
Cooke, Robert Stewart	2006	The use of alternative energy technologies in buildings : the influence of engineering consultants	Brunel University
Oriogun, Peter Kehinde	2006	Towards understanding and improving the process of small group collaborative learning in software engineering education	London Metropolitan University
Webster, Michele Marie	2006	Key skills and personal attributes in the engineering technicians’ curriculum : a study of two further education institutions in Hong Kong and England	University of Leicester
Fang, Woan Pin	2005	Teaching and learning in higher education : a case study of engineering students learning economics	Durham University
Phipps, Alison Elisabeth	2005	Women’s education in science, engineering and technology : researching the arena of activity	University of Cambridge
Sng, Bee Bee	2005	Academic staff’s responses to educational changes in a School of Engineering in a university in Singapore	University of Leicester
Robinson, Paul.	2004	Contributions to multidisciplinary engineering education and training	University of Hull
Butchers, Ann Marjorie	2004	Learning off the job : engineers and professional education	University of Sheffield
Tan, Hock Soon	2003	The use of a virtual environment in the education of engineering students	Durham University
Koutsantoni, Dimitra	2003	Rhetoric and culture in published and unpublished scientific communication : a comparative study of texts produced by Greek and native English speaking engineers	University of Birmingham
Doyle, S.	2003	Differences and similarities between minority groups in U.K. undergraduate engineering courses	University of Cambridge
Cooper, Timothy	2003	Science-industry relationship: the case of electrical engineering in Manchester 1914-1960..	University of Manchester
Nasr, Atef Ali Mohamed.	2002	A reading improvement programme for engineering trainees in Egypt	University of Ulster
Ahmad, Abdul Rahim	2002	An investigation of major change in the future world of work for engineers and the consequences for educational practices	Loughborough University
McDermott, Anne Patricia	2002	Internet delivery mechanisms for the continuing professional development of the marine engineer	University of Plymouth
Rivera Martell, David F.	2002	Introducing environmental concerns within an undergraduate engineering curriculum: A case study of innovation in a Mexican university	University of Sussex
Awang-Ngah, Zainab.	2001	Exploring the factors related to academic publication productivity among selected Malaysian academic engineers.	Loughborough University of Technology
Brooks, Donald Andrew John	2001	Training the military engineer : a study of assessment and its validity	Open University
Brown, Keith Bordinel.	2000	A case study of the changes to engineering education in the UK from 1987 to 1999.	University of Lancaster
Intaraprasert, Channarong	2000	Language learning strategies employed by engineering students learning English at the tertiary level in Thailand	University of Leeds
Alias, Maizam	2000	Spatial visualisation ability and problem solving in civil engineering	University of Surrey