The latest news from SEFI and the engineering education community
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| Monthly news feed about engineering education in Europe and overseas |
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| 🗓️ 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. |
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| SEFI JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT |
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A new SEFI JEEA paper by Eugenio Bravo, Duru Bayram, Jan van der Veen, and Isabelle Reymen of Eindhoven University of Technology examines the impact of participating in extracurricular engineering activities on students' technical knowledge, and leadership, management, and negotiation skills. |
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| 🗓️ 18 November 2025, 11:00–12:00 CET Registration for the first online meeting of the Sustainability at Scale in Engineering Education Initiative is open. The initiative aims to share practices, experiences, and lessons learned from teaching Education for Sustainable Development to engineers — whether it's designing a single intervention, a sustainability module, or an entire course on sustainability. |
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| CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING SIG
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The SIG in Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) and Lifelong Learning (LLL) celebrated its 45th anniversary at the SEFI Annual Conference in Tampere. The group was created at the General Assembly in 1980 in Paris, France. If anyone in SEFI has stories or memories about their involvement and projects in CEE, then please do get in touch with Aniko or Chris. |
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CEE & LLL SIG 45 Year Celebration Poster |
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| IACEE Representatives at SEFI and IACEE Fall Meeting hosted in Tampere |
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The strategic partnership between SEFI and the International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE) was visible at the recent SEFI Annual Conference in Tampere, both with the attendance of IACEE colleagues from outside Europe, and with the opportunity for SEFI and IACEE members to meet physically for the IACEE Fall Meeting.
It was apt, being in Finland, that Markku Markkula — former SEFI Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) and Lifelong Learning (LLL) Chair and former IACEE Secretary General — joined us remotely to share his perspective on the evolution of CEE at the IACEE Fall Meeting. He highlighted the important work that IACEE, SEFI, and their members have achieved over the years, as well as the importance of CEE for the competitive future of our societies and economies. This was the second presentation that week that had highlighted the evolution of CEE and the connection between SEFI and IACEE, with the first being delivered by Alfredo Soeiro (former IACEE and SEFI President) at the CEE/LLL SIG meeting during the SEFI Annual Conference. SEFI and IACEE look forward to more shared events in the future. |
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| In the first episode of the new Publication Spotlight series, Natalie Wint (UCL) speaks with Madeline Polmear (King’s College London) on how we can motivate students from diverse backgrounds and support their sense of belonging in engineering education, aiding in their future successes. |
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| The new SEFI Podcast: Publication Spotlight series aims to complement the podcast's normal, longer length shows. In these episodes, the hosts speak with authors of recent publications to bring you up to date with some of the latest work within engineering education. |
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| The 15th International Materials Education Symposium (IMES) will take place on 15–16 April 2026, at University of Cambridge. Paper themes include multidisciplinary education, AI in education, and sustainability.
Call for a 300 word abstract is open until 23 November 2025. |
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| Bentley Becomes Newest SEFI Corporate Partner |
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We are excited to announce that Bentley Systems has recently upgraded their membership with SEFI to Corporate Partner. We are grateful for Bentley's trust and ongoing commitment to bettering the future of engineering education.
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| Optimizing EV Battery System Performance with Model-Based Design |
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A workflow based on Model-Based Design with MATLAB®, Simulink®, and Simscape Battery™ was used at this year's Formula SAE Electric to address challenges regarding battery performance in high-performance electric vehicles. |
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The Dynamis PRC Formula SAE vehicle. Image source: MathWorks |
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| 🗓️ 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. |
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| 🗓️ On-Demand
Join the webinar to learn how educators use generative AI tools, like MATLAB Copilot, to create engaging MATLAB curriculum. Educators will learn how to use these tools in their own curriculum development, as well as how to equip students with tools to aid their coding and project-based learning. |
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| UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA |
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UPV has inaugurated the Beihang Valencia Polytechnic Institute, the first Spanish university center in China and the first Spanish institution to deliver official university degrees through in-person teaching abroad.
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| 🗓️ 18 November–23 December 2025
Registration for a 6-part workshop Who rules whom through which form?, a collaboration between the Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace and the sustainability certificate program of TU Berlin, is now open. |
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| 25–27 May 2026 Gliwice, Poland
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Save the date! European Convention of Engineering Deans Silesian University of Technology |
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| 27–29 May 2026 Warsaw, Poland
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| 4–5 June 2026 Istanbul, Turkey |
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| 19 June 2026 Aveiro, Portugal
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Save the date! Empathic Engineering Education for Sustainable Development University of Aveiro
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| 7–10 September 2026 Prague, Czech Republic
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Save the date! SEFI Annual Conference 2026 Czech Technical University in Prague |
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| 2026 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference |
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The 2026 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) will be held in Cairo, Egypt, from 27–30 April 2026. Authors are invited to submit papers to the targeted Special Sessions, which provide an opportunity to explore focused, cutting-edge, contemporary, or emerging areas within engineering education. The preliminary paper submission deadline is 10 November 2025. |
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| Erasmus Days: Social and Academic Integration (SAInt) of New STEM Students |
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As part of Erasmus Days and in collaboration with KU Leuven, early findings from the SAInts study, which explores first-year STEM students’ experiences across four partner universities, were presented. |
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| Image source: European Union |
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European Strategy for AI in Science |
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| EIT Higher Education Initiative |
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While the EIT Higher Education Initiative Call for Proposals 2025 will open later this year, registration is open for connecting with potential collaborators. The call requires that organisations form a consortium in order to submit a joint application. |
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| The newest publication by one of the founding fathers of Engineering Education Research, John Heywood, In Search of Technological Excellence: Education and Engineering in Post-War Britain has been released. |
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