EWB-UK & EAP Education Conference 2012

The EWB-UK & EAP Global Dimension To Engineering Education Conference 2012

'Changing Course'

26th March 2012

University College London

 

The Research and Education Conference traditionally is a one day event designed to bring students, academics, professionals and development practitioners together to discuss the role of engineers and technology in international development, with a particular focus on the work and study from EWB-UK’s Research and Education Programmes.

The full Conference Proceedings are now available, along with the Workshop Notes.

 

About the theme: 'Changing Course'

Engineering education must evolve to adequately address pressing global challenges such as poverty, urbanisation, climate change and sustainability. Forward-thinking higher education institutions are already adapting courses to equip graduates with the skills, knowledge and attitude required to become global engineers of the future. But constraints remain, and must be overcome, if these improvements are to be scaled-up and maintained over time.
 
This event represented the culmination of a comprehensive three-year Global Dimension for Engineering Education project, supported amongst others by EWB, EAP and the Engineering Council. We welcomed attendees for a lively showcase of best practice case studies, lessons learnt, and on-going challenges for the future.
 

 

What happened on the day?
There were presentations, and panel discussions surrounding this year’s research alongside workshops on the global dimension of engineering education. The day had a broad range of attendees, from Deans of Engineering to first year students and included input from education systems and models all over the world through a mix of speakers and workshops.  Special thanks has to go to the academics and professionals from South Africa, Germany, USA, Ecuador and Canada who shared with us their views on global context and gave us ideas global dimension is being incorporated into undergraduate education.

Past Events
This is our first event of this type - it is an evolution of our National Research Conferences and is designed to give a holistic view of engineering curricula.

 

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