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03/2024

SEFI NEWSLETTER

Monthly news feed about engineering education in Europe and overseas

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The Call for Full Papers is still open (abstracts only will not be accepted) with a deadline of 8 April 2024. We welcome three submission types - research papers, practice papers, and workshop proposals (described in more detail in the conference website). Submit your papers using the submission portal.

    Moreover, we are inviting you to register to the SEFI 2024 Conference itself will take place at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland on 2 – 5 September, 2024. 

      SEFI DEANS CONVENTION

      We are pleased 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, in depth, common issues in higher engineering education.

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            You can purchase your early bird ticket here for £250 (285 euros). Tickets will be standard rate after 30 April. 

            AWARDS NOMINATION

            Nominate a colleague for

            SEFI Fellowship 2024

            The SEFI Fellowship Award recognises meritorious service to engineering education in Europe. Recepients of this award may use the expression “Fellow of SEFI” (F.SEFI) as a postscript to their name.


            Individual members of SEFI working in the field of engineering education for at least five years can be nominated. You may recommend a colleague by sending a nomination letter addressed to [email protected] until 15 May 2024.

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            The SEFI Francesco Maffioli Award is given by the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) to individual teachers or teams of teachers from SEFI institutional members, in recognition of their innovative curriculum development, learning environments, or tools in engineering studies.


            The nominations run from today until 15 May 2024. Go to our website for the Francesco Maffioli Award Criteria and Nomination Form.

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            SEFI ELECTIONS 

            Shape the future of engineering education! Submit your application for the following position:

            • 7 Board Members (3-year mandate: 01/10/2024- 30/09/2027)
            Send your comprehensive CV, a carefully crafted motivation letter, and the duly completed endorsement form to [email protected] and [email protected] no later than 1 May 2024.
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              SYMPOSIUM

              Inviting all doctoral students in Engineering Education Research! The Doctoral Symposium will take place on Sunday, 1 September 2024, as a pre-conference event to the SEFI2024 Conference. All participants to the Symposium must also be registered to the main conference. Find registration fees here.

              

              To participate, please submit an extended abstract by 3 June 2024 using this template for the symposium.

              SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

              The SIG on Sustainability is launching an open call for expression of interest on activities (e.g., online events, thematic workshops, projects, etc.) which can be supported and (co)developed under the umbrella of, and in collaboration with the SIG and its members.

              To express your interest and ideas, please fill in the attached online form, before 9 April 2024

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              SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

              SEFI SIG Ethics - Best Formal Paper

              We celebrate SEFI SIG Ethics members Diana Martin (University College London) and Gunter Bombaerts (TU Eindhoven) who have been awarded the prestigious Best Formal Paper by Early Career Scholars at the 33rd annual conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.

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              Their research explored ethical decision-making processes in the context of real-life sociotechnical Challenge Based Learning projects, and identified frustration occurring for students at each project stage. As previous awards were conferred to US based researchers, this marks a rare acknowledgement of developments in engineering ethics education research conducted in Europe. The SEFI Ethics SIG community aims to support teachers and researchers interested in this topic.

              FROM PARTNERS

              CONFERENCE

              We invite you to the EDEN 2024 Annual Conference will be held at University of Graz, Austria, 16-18 June. The conference theme is “Learning in the Age of AI: Towards Imaginative Futures”.

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                SEFI CALENDAR 2024

                10 – 12 April

                Berlin, Germany

                SEFI Ethics and Sustainability Spring School 

                TU Berlin – Theme: Democracy in Engineering Education

                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

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                European higher education package 2024


                The European Commission has adopted a package of ambitious proposals for Europe’s higher education sector, with the aim of working towards a European degree. The package contains 3 major components:

                First stakeholder reactions to the proposed ‘higher education package’ (such as by EUA) warmly welcome the initiative while highlighting the need to advance the implementation of all agreed reforms in the entire European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

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                Why the AI act is a huge triumph and how we can make it work


                Last week, the European Parliament adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act, clearing the last major hurdle for this EU regulation to enter into force. It was a historic moment, making Europe the first continent to reign in the transformative and fast-developing technology.

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