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04/2024

SEFI NEWSLETTER

Monthly news feed about engineering education in Europe and overseas

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SEFI DEANS CONVENTION

We are happy to invite you to the next European Convention for Engineering Deans, which will be hosted at The University of Sheffield, on 12-14 June 2024. It brings together Deans, Heads of Department and Directors of Education from all over Europe to discuss common issues in higher engineering education. 

We are also happy to share the updated list of keynote speakers at the Deans Convention.

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      Ruth Graham

      Independent Higher Education Consultant,

      RH Graham Consulting

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      Euan Lindsay

      Professor of PBL and Digitalisation, UNESCO Centre for PBL, Department of Sustainability and Planning, 

      Aalborg University

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      Christian Lerminiaux

      Director of Chimie ParisTech

      University PSL

      

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      Sirin Tekinay

      Programme Director
      United States National Science Foundation

      Office of International Science and Engineering

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      Mr Dirk Bochar

      Secretary General

      Engineers Europe

      To participate, you can purchase your ticket here. You can visit the 2024 SEFI Deans Convention website to know more about the convention. We look forward to seeing you there!

        SEFI CONFERENCE

        We are proud to introduce several inclusivity initiatives for the SEFI Conference 2024 that are designed to welcome and support participation from across the engineering education community. 

        • Sponsored Childcare
        • Scholarships

        For more information about these initiatives, and to apply, please visit the conference website.

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        SPRING SCHOOL

        From 10 to 12 April 2024 at TU Berlin, the two SEFI special interest groups on Ethics and Sustainability jointly organised the SEFI Spring School 2024. Over three days, 52 participants from 30 institutions located in 14 countries attended the spring school.

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        SEFI JOURNAL

        We are thrilled to share the publication of the first paper in the SEFI Journal of Engineering Education Advancement (JEAA). The paper written by Svante Gunnarsson and Inger Erlander Klein (both from Linköping University) is entitled Including Sustainable Development in Automatic Control Courses.

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        SEFI PODCAST

        SEFI Podcasts is back with its 1st episode of Season 4! In this episode, we delve into the groundbreaking work of Sarah Jayne Hitt, Project Manager for the Engineering Professors Council's (EPC) Ethics Toolkit — a vital resource revolutionising ethics in engineering education. 

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          FROM MEMBERS

          CONFERENCE

          Join us on 11-13 September 2024 in Stellenbosch, South Africa for the first ‘STE*M: STEM education for All’ Conference, organised by Stellenbosch University & KU Leuven. We welcome both practitioners and researchers to share their experience and insights in the mutual relation between engineering and STE*M education for All.

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                SEFI CALENDAR 2024

                15 – 17 May

                Rosenheim, Germany

                Physics Teaching in Engineering Education Conference –

                PTEE 2024

                Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences

                28 – 31 May

                Windsor, UK

                SEFI PhD Summer School 2024

                UCL Centre for Engineering Education

                12 – 14 June

                Sheffield, England

                European Convention for Engineering Deans 2024

                University of Sheffield  Is Higher Education still fit for purpose?

                01 September

                Lausanne, Switzerland

                02  05 September

                Lausanne, Switzerland

                SEFI Annual Conference 2024

                EPFL Lausanne  Educating Responsible Engineers
                (Deadline for contributions: 8 April)


                FROM EUROPEAN UNION

                EU and Nigeria boost cooperation on research and learning mobility


                European Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen showcased the European Union’s strong commitment to education and health equity, signing with Didi Esther Walson-Jack, Permanent Secretary of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education, a cooperation agreement on €18 million EU support to enhance research and development capacities for implementing Nigeria’s national plan for the pharmaceutical industry and local production of vaccines and medical technologies.

                European Commission adopts proposal to boost digital education


                The European Commission has adopted proposals to boost digital education and training in the European Union. The aim is to enable high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education and training to develop the digital skills of European citizens. 

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