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11/2025

SEFI NEWSLETTER

Monthly news feed about engineering education in Europe and overseas

SEFI@WORK

🗓️ 1 December 2025, 17:00–18:00 CET

The upcoming SEFI@work seminar uniquely synthesizes global developments in integrated engineering curricula, offering participants an opportunity to engage directly with pioneering architects and chairs of four leading models.

    SEFI@work December 1 2025

    ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2025

    SEFI 2025 Proceedings Now Online

    The proceedings for the SEFI Annual Conference 2025 are now online! We want to again thank everyone who submitted and contributed to another great conference.

      SEFI 2025 Proceedings

      DEANS CONVENTION

      European Convention of Engineering Deans (ECED 2026)

      🗓️ 25–27 May 2026

      📍Gliwice, Poland

      The Silesian University of Technology will host the 2026 edition of the SEFI Deans Convention (ECED). Under the theme “Engineering the Circular Transition: Digital, Sustainable & Human-Centric Futures”, ECED 2026 will bring together deans, academic leaders and industry partners to discuss how engineering education can support Europe’s circular and digital transformation. More information on registration and the full programme will follow soon! 

        Silesian University of Technology campus – venue of ECED 2026.

        ETHICS SIG

        Call for Participation: SEFI SIG Ethics 7th Spring Symposium 2026

        🗓️ Deadline 4 January 2026

        📍 Sofia, Bulgaria

        We're excited to invite educators, researchers, students, and practitioners to the 2026 SEFI Spring Ethics Symposium, a week-long global gathering dedicated to exploring empathy, care, and attention as essential dimensions of engineering education from 20-24 April 2026. This year, we're focusing on nurturing and expanding a vibrant global community committed to transforming engineering through these often-overlooked ethical and relational values.

          Ethics SIG Spring Symposium

          ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION SIG

          SEFI Launches Special Interest Group on Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education

          We’ve just launched the SIG on Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education — a community dedicated to embedding entrepreneurial thinking into engineering curricula across Europe. This new SIG takes a deep dive into why entrepreneurship matters for engineers and how it can transform education.

          Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education SIG

          SEFI PODCAST

          SEFI Podcast Season 7 Episode 3: Roger V. Gonzalez on Adapting Engineering Education

          In this month's episode of the SEFI Podcast, Natalie Wint and Neil Cooke talk with Roger Gonzalez (The University of Texas at El Paso), author of the monograph “Adapting Engineering Education to a Rapidly Changing World” which focuses on the differences between engineering education systems, particularly those associated with the UK and the USA. They discuss what we can learn by comparing engineering education across contexts

            SEFI Podcast Season 7 Episode 3

            DIGITAL LEARNING SIG

            Call for contributions and new members

            Do you have an interest in digital learning? Are you exploring new ways to innovate in this space — or looking for support as you navigate the rapid pace of technological change in education?

            

            The SEFI Digital Learning SIG provides a forum for members to share best practices, collaborate on projects, explore emerging areas such as the use of artificial intelligence in education and develop resources to support digital innovation across engineering education. 

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            SUSTAINABILITY SIG

            Get involved: Initiative Sustainability at Scale in Engineering Education 

            The Initiative Sustainability at Scale in Engineering Education was launched on 19 November by the Sustainability SIG. Originating from efforts to improve large-scale first-year courses in Engineering Higher Education Institutions, it provides a space for practitioners integrating sustainability — whether through individual activities, modules, or full courses — to co-create collaborations and learn from each other’s experiences. 20 registered participants from 13 different countries gathered on Zoom and went through the first two phases of co-creation. 

            

            If you want to know more or be involved in the next phases, please register here.

            QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCREDITATION SIG

            Promoting Professional Recognition in Engineering Education

            The SEFI QA&A SIG recently delivered an engaging professional development workshop at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, introducing academic staff to the International Professional Engineering Educator Registry (iPEER). 

            Participants learned how iPEER certification supports educational excellence, international credibility, and career progression, while contributing to quality assurance and accreditation of engineering programmes.

              iPEER

              SEFI ETHICS SIG at TRUTH AND AI

              Fourth Perspectives About Truth Conference Features SEFI Ethics SIG Panel Contributions

              The fourth edtion of the international conference Perspectives About Truth took place online, on 14–15 November 2025, gathering researchers from philosophy, logic, and neighbouring fields for two days of rich discussions on truth, meaning, ethics, political philosophy, and formal semantics.

              

              This year’s edition featured keynote lectures by Peter Eldridge-Smith (ANU), Paul Horwich (NYU), Graham Priest (CUNY Graduate Center), and Gabriel Sandu (University of Helsinki).

              

              A special highlight of the 2025 programme was the Truth & AI panel, which emerged from an ongoing research project developed under the SEFI ETHICS SIG umbrella. This section explored the interaction between theories of truth and contemporary issues in artificial intelligence, including semantic modelling, explainability, and constraints of AI systems.

              

              The full programme of the event is available for download here.

                FROM MEMBERS

                ANSYS

                The 15th International Materials Education Symposium (IMES) will take place on 15–16 April 2026, at the University of Cambridge. Paper themes include multidisciplinary education, AI in education, and sustainability. 

                Call for a 300 word abstract has been extended to 30 November 2025.

                MATHWORKS

                Students Design a Low-Cost, Lifesaving Heart Pump

                Students at the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Yildiz Technical University are developing a smarter, low-cost alternative to commercially available left ventricular assist devices. These surgically implanted heart pumps can extend life expectancy for individuals awaiting transplants and provide long-term treatment for others. In developing their innovative heart pump system, students leveraged Model-Based Design using Simulink® and MATLAB®.

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                Webinar: Teaching Robotics and UAV Systems Through MATLAB and Simulink

                🗓️ 11 December 2025

                This course, developed by Arnold Pretorius (University of Cape Town), offers a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to model-based design for robotics applications tailored specifically for lecturers seeking to integrate robotics into their curriculum.

                SEFI CALENDAR

                25–27 May 2026

                Gliwice, Poland

                European Convention of Engineering Deans

                Silesian University of Technology

                27–29 May 2026

                Warsaw, Poland

                4–5 June 2026

                Istanbul, Turkey

                EUR-ACE CONNECT 2026 Forum

                Istanbul Technical University

                19 June 2026

                Aveiro, Portugal

                Save the date! Empathic Engineering Education for Sustainable Development

                University of Aveiro

                7–10 September 2026

                Prague, Czech Republic

                Save the date! SEFI Annual Conference 2026

                Czech Technical University in Prague

                FROM EUROPEAN UNION

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                COMPARATIVE REPORTS

                Report Released: Academic staff in Europe 2025

                Eurydice has released the report “Academic Staff in Europe”, which delves into the modern dynamics of the academic profession, aiming to inform policymakers, researchers, and educational institutions in developing effective strategies for sustainable career paths in academia, and to promote a better understanding of the complex issues facing the higher education sector.

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