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01/2025

SEFI NEWSLETTER

Monthly news feed about engineering education in Europe and overseas

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SEFI CONFERENCE

15 – 18 September 2025Tampere University, Finland. The SEFI 2025 Annual Conference will address the topic of Engineering and Society. The call for papers was published before Christmas. 



The submission process will open on 3 February 2025, for full papers and workshop proposals with a submission deadline of 1 April 2025. We welcome three submission types:

  • research papers, on engineering education (both quantitative and qualitative)
  • practice papers, on teaching innovations in engineering education
  • workshop proposal, which will demonstrate or explore an educational practice

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The 52nd SEFI Annual Conference proceedings are now available for download, offering 2,759 pages of cutting-edge research and best practices in engineering education.



You can also access individual papers with DOIs on our SEFI 2024 Zenodo community. Additionally, the process of indexing the proceedings in SCOPUS has begun, and they are expected to be indexed within approximately two months.

Download here
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ANNUAL CONFERENCES

SEFI 2017–2021 Papers Now Available as Separate Papers with DOIs!

We are delighted to announce that the SEFI conference proceedings from 2017 to 2021 have now been published as individual papers with DOIs and are searchable on the Zenodo platform. (Since 2022, SEFI papers have been systematically published with DOIs.)

A special thank you to the EuroTeQ project "Clearinghouse for Engineering Education Research" (CLEER) and, in particular, Anja Kranjc Horvat, whose work has significantly improved the accessibility of our papers.



With this update, papers from all SEFI conferences since 2012 are now available online!

SEFI@WORK INVITATIONS

In 2024 and 2025, the SEFI Special Interest Groups are joining efforts around the "International Handbook of Engineering Education Research". Each session focuses on one chapter, giving the floor to authors of the chapter:

31 January 2025

12:00-13:00 CET

Educating the Whole Engineer by Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

Aida Guerra invites Sarah Jayne Hitt, Amy Banzaert and Olga Pierrakos

07 February 2025

16:00-17:00 CET

Institutionalizing Social Justice in Engineering Curricula

Aida Guerra invites Gordon D. Hoople and Cindy Rottmann



SEFI@WORK INVITATIONS

The SEFI Ethics SIG invites you to explore key aspects of engineering ethics education from The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education. These new SEFI@work talk-show series introduces you to specific sections of the handbook:

10 February 2025

13:00-14:00 CET

The Good, the Bad, and the Unethical: AI in engineering education

Gunter Bombaerts invites Scott Daniel, Stephanie Lunn and Mihály Héder

05 March 2025

13:00-14:30 CET

Sustainable engineers: Guardians of the green galaxy

Diana Martin invites Olga Pierakkos, Irene Josa and John B. Kleba

SEFI@WORK INVITATIONS

The (un)certainty (dis)comfort workshop series by SEFI Ethics SIG

The SEFI Ethics SIG invites you to participate in the online workshop series about (un)certainty and (dis)comfort. These practical sessions are organised by Siara Isaac (EPFL):

17 February 2025

15:30-16:30 CET

17 March 2025

16:00-17:00 CET

INVITATION

20-23 May 2025 - Eindhoven, NL. The next edition of the Summer School, organised by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and SEFI, offers PhD students in engineering and science education research a unique opportunity to learn from both experts and fellow researchers. Students will participate in workshops led by experts, centred around aspects of research in engineering and science education research. 

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EVENTS

25-27 June 2025 - Wolfenbüttel, DE. The 22nd SEFI SIG in Mathematics seminar will be held at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences. This seminar serves as a platform to exchange ideas and practices on teaching mathematics in engineering, with key topics including AI in mathematics education, project-based learning, and supporting diverse student groups. Educators are invited to submit 4-6 page papers, with abstracts due by 31 January 2025.

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SEFI JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT - NEW PAPER

Una Beagon, Janet McKennedy, Ruchita Jani, Brian Bowe, from TU Dublin, together with Margaret Morgan, and Rosalind Henry, from  Ulster University, present a paper analysing reflections from engineering students involved in a research project addressing the skills gap between traditional education and the competencies needed to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 12. The study explores how engineering education can better align with sustainability targets. Read the full paper.

    Explore the other published papers in SEFI Journal of Engineering Education Advancement and submit your paper soon!

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      SEFI PODCAST

      In this episode, the speakers explore the isolation felt by engineering educators in Africa, where educational research is often undervalued, limiting capacity for Engineering Education Research (EER) and the representation of African innovations in global literature. Tune in to this podcast with Lelanie Smith, Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria, and Dr. Esther Matemba, independent EER consultant, who co-lead the Engineering Education Research Network for Africa (EERN-Africa) - Listen here

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      SEFI CALENDAR 2025

      03-04 March 

      

      SEFI Regional meeting in Poland (info coming soon)

      SUT Gliwice, AGH Krakow, PL

      24-26 March 

      

      20-23 May 

      

      SEFI PhD Summer School

      TU Eindhoven, NL

      21-23 May 

      

      SEFI Deans Convention - SAVE THE DATE

      CY Tech, CY Cargy Paris Universite, FR

      25-27 June  

      

      SEFI Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education

      Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences – Wolfenbüttel, DE

      14 September  

      SEFI Doctoral Symposium 2025

      Tampere University, FI

      15-18 September  

      SEFI 2025 Annual Conference 

      Tampere University, FI

      FROM MEMBERS

      OPEN-ACCESS RESOURCES

      Teaching Transversal Skills for Engineering Students

      The 3T PLAY project from EPFL is pleased to announce the release of the open-access book Teaching Transversal Skills for Engineering Students.
      With a practical, evidence-based approach to teaching transversal skills, this book includes:

      • Graphical activity outlines for easy implementation
      • Downloadable handouts and slides
      • Conceptuel summaries paired with practice based tips
      • A backward design approach to create your own activities

      Download your open-access copy today.

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      CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

      The editorial team is seeking authors and chapter contributions for a new Handbook of Engineering Education Research Methods to be published Open Access by Routledge in 2026. 

      

      Please submit your expression of interest to author and topic of contribution here.

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      INVITATION

      Registration for the CBL International Conference 2025 is now open and will close 28 February 2025. Don’t miss this opportunity to join global leaders and educators in advancing Challenge-Based Learning and exploring its impact on education and society. 

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      INVITATION

      The forum will feature an engaging blend of panel discussions, workshops, and keynote speeches, all tailored to facilitate meaningful networking and foster insightful dialogues among participants. This event will take place on May 29-30, 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal. SEFI is a close collaborator of ENAEE and is supporting this event.

      Further details about the event can be found here.

      *SEFI members benefit from a 10% discount for this event!

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      FROM EUROPEAN UNION

      EUROPEAN COMMISSION

      On 19 December, the European Commission published a report on the final outcomes of the Erasmus+ policy experimentation projects: European degree (label) and institutionalised EU cooperation instruments. This staff working document provides a detailed overview of the consolidated conclusions from ten Erasmus+ pilot projects, which explored a path towards a European degree (label) and a possible European legal status between spring 2023 and summer 2024.

      EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES ALLIANCES

      On 24 January 2025 – the International Day of Education – the European Commission published the much-awaited evaluation report “European Universities Initiative - outcomes and transformational potential. The publication presents the strengths, achievements and progress of the alliances since the inception of the initiative in 2019, considering the different development stages of this initiative. There are currently 65 such alliances involving over 570 institutions in 35 countries, some of which also receive support from national schemes.

      UNION OF SKILLS

      As the work on the Union of Skills Strategy is intensifying ahead of its launch on 5 March 2025, two political groups were set up within the European Parliament and the European Commission, respectively, to support the internal decision-making, coordination and implementation processes. Read more.

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