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01/2022

SEFI NEWSLETTER

Monthly news feed about engineering education in Europe and overseas

SEFI Annual Conference - the biggest conference on the latest research in engineering education in Europe - will be organised by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona. We are delighted to announce that the call for papers is officially open and you may submit your abstracts until 19 March 2022. 

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Please see the conference website for further details on the conference's tracks and the paper requirements.

SEFI ETHICS SIG

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Engineering ethics education and social justice: synthesis and growth

31st March and 1st April 2022 - Leysin, Switzerland. The spring school will give as space for those interested in the topic of engineering ethics education, to map out, combine, and generate new approaches to practicing micro and macro engineering ethics education. The spring school is intended to maximise opportunities for interaction, discussion and exchange. There is no registration. Participants will pay only their accommodation costs. Registrations will open soon. (Some sessions will also be available in hybrid format).

2-6 May 2022 - Leuven, Belgium. The Summer School provides an opportunity for PhD students engaged in engineering and science education research to learn from experts and their peers. Students will participate in workshops led by experts, centered around aspects of research in engineering and science education research. PhD students conducting research in engineering and science education are invited to apply via our website. 

Deadline for registration is 7 February 2022. 

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11 - 13 May 2022 - Tampere, Finland. We would like to invite you to attend the 11th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education organised at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences. The topic covers all aspects of learning natural sciences in the STEM field: theory, laboratory work, field work, programming, assessment, assignments, pedagogical aspects, projects, interdisciplinarity etc. You may submit your papers by 15 February.

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SEFI@WORK

8 February 2022, 12:30-13:30 CET  – register here

Anita Campbell will present highlights of the inspiring European Journal of Engineering Education review study “Developing growth mindsets in engineering students: a systematic literature review of interventions” by Campbell, Direito & Mokithi. Apart from the content, the art of performing a systematic literature review will be discussed. In the spirit of a growth mindset, we expect the audience to engage in the discussions and find take-home messages related to the topic and the research methods discussed.

SEFI@WORK

28 February 2022, 12-14:00 CET  – register here

During this seminar, Prof. Arnold Pears will discuss the results of his SteppingStones project organized in Sweden in 2006-2007. The aim of this project was to build a community of engineering educators and to increase their familiarity with evaluation and research approaches to assess the impact of classroom interventions. Thanks to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) at institutional and national level an investigative ‘capacity’ was realized by drawing together a pool of engineering education expertise.

CALL FOR ORGANIZERS: SEFI 2024 Annual Conference

SEFI Institutional members are invited to send a candidature to organise the SEFI 2024 Annual Conference. Letter of intent needs to be signed by the rector or president of the submitting institution and sent to SEFI office until 31 March 2022. For further information you may contact the SEFI HQ and refer to the SEFI Annual Conference Handbook.

SEFI PUBLICATIONS

We have updated the SEFI 2021 Annual Conference proceedings with a few missing pages and they are now available at the SEFI website. They ofer more than 1600 pages of the latest engineering education research. The ISBN reference is 978-2-87352-023-6. 

You can download the full publication here.

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FROM SEFI MEMBERS

EVENT INVITATION

AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, UNESCO AGH Chair, is a beneficiary of the program of the National Agency for Academic Exchange SPINAKER - Intensive International Education Programs in the implementation of the project entitled: AGH UNESCO DigiCamp (DigiCamp). Competition website here and project information here.

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SEFI CALENDAR 2022

20 January 2022

15:00-17:00 CET

SEFI@work: Engineering education for sustainability
Register here

8 February

12:30-13:30 CET

SEFI@work: Growth mindset and the art of performing a systematic literature review

Register here

9 February

15:00-17:00 CET

SEFI@Work: Empowering and engaging engineering students

Register here

28 February

12:00-14:00 CET

SEFI@Work: Enhancing engineering teaching by building a community of educators

Register here

28 March

15:00-17:00 CET

SEFI@Work: Teaching societal responsibility through real life projects and challenge-based learning

Register here

31 March - 1 April

Leysin (CH)

SEFI Engineering Ethics SIG Spring School 2022 

Engineering ethics education and social justice: synthesis and growth 

11 - 13 May 2022

Tampere (FI)

PTEE 2022: Towards better learning

Methods and practices in physics teaching in engineering education

17 May

15:00-17:00 CET

SEFI@Work: Workshop: Responsible Research and Innovation in Engineering Education

Register here

22 June

15:00-17:00 CET

SEFI@Work: Engineering Education Leaders' Vision on the Role and Prospects of Ethics
Register here

19 - 22 September

Barcelona (ES)

SEFI Annual Conference 2022 

Towards a new future in engineering education

FROM PARTNERS

4 March 2022 - The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) is an official International day proclaimed in 2019 by the United Nationals Educations, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). This was based on a proposal from the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO). They are organising a hackathon, and the submissions are due at midnight on 23 January 2022 (GMT+1). More information and subscription. 

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Adapting to Global Disruption: meeting the challenge with integrative, holistic, and sustainable engineering

28 November - 1 December 2022 - Cape Town, South Africa. For years the WEEF & GEDC conferences have been invaluable forums where educators, students, engineers and industry representatives have gathered to prepare for a future of global disruption. The past two years have accelerated the global reality as the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly planted us in a state of global disruption. 

Call for papers is now open and the deadline for abstracts is 31 March.

Rising to the Top provides an intimate and inspiring look into the experiences that have shaped the lives and careers of women engineering leaders from around the world, from Sudan to Chile to Malaysia, and many points in between. Rising to the Top makes it clear that women engineering leaders are not only essential for the advancement of all societies—they are here to stay. More information.

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06-10 June 2022 - Uniersity at Buffalo, US. The 2022 IACEE World Conference takes place in the scenic Buffalo-Niagara region of Western New York State (USA). Hosted by the State University of New York at Buffalo, the conference features in-person sessions, Keynote, networking, and social events.

For those unable to attend in person, a virtual option will be available for session viewing only.

17 - 18 February 2022 - University of Deusto | Bilbao, Spain - The European Learning & Teaching Forum is an EUA event that provides an opportunity for participants to meet and discuss developments in learning and teaching at European universities. The Forum is an ideal event for vice-rectors for academic affairs, deans, and management involved in learning and teaching. It also welcomes students, policy-makers and other stakeholders in higher education. More info and registration.

04 - 20 March 2022 - France. IESF will hold its National Engineering Days 2022 inaugural event on 4 March, completely online. The theme of the national conference will be based on the hydrogen ecosystem at the heart of current events and in connection with the proposals published in its White Paper, which can be purchased on the IESF website. The Registration will open in February 2022 with the detailed programme. http://jni.iesf.fr/

FROM EUROPEAN UNION

On 1 January 2022, France took Slovenia’s place at the head of the EU Council of Ministers. The programme will focus on protecting citizens and freedoms, promoting a new growth and investment model for Europe, building a greener and more socially equitable Europe that better protects the health of Europeans, and overall aiming for a more global Europe.

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Last December, the Commission published the 2020 annual report of Erasmus+, showing that the programme has delivered on its objectives for the year, with high implementation levels and an efficient use of funds. Follow the link below to download the 2020 Annual report of Erasmus+

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The Commission has taken an important step in helping Member States meet this target by presenting proposals for Council Recommendations on individual learning accounts and on micro-credentials, as announced in the Skills Agenda and in the European Education Area Communication of 2020.

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PUBLICATIONS
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SEFI 2021 Conference proceedings

Blended Learning in

Engineering Education:

challenging, enlightening – and lasting?

SEFI thanks its corporate partners for their support:

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