Ilmas Futehally, Executive Director Strategic Foresight Group, Mumbai, India Any two countries engaged in active water cooperation do not go to war for any reason. This is the conclusion of the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) after analysing 286 shared river…
Sarah Cotterill, University College Dublin, Ireland There is no uniquely correct solution to most engineering problems, but some solutions are preferable to others. Engineering ethics can help us to recognize these. Ethics is one of the cornerstones of the engineering…
Edmond Byrne, University College Cork, Ireland A decade ago, I published a paper on “Teaching engineering ethics with sustainability as context” (Byrne, 2012), reflecting on what Herkert (2000) had previously identified as “the traditional preoccupation of engineering ethics with specific…
25 January 2022 The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Education and Learning (CEL) is launching the second run of its MOOC on Multidisciplinary Research Methods for Engineers on edX on January 25, 2022. Course Instructors prof. Marcus Specht and dr. Gillian Saunders-Smits…
Blended Learning in Engineering Education: challenging, enlightening – and lasting? We are delighted to announce that SEFI 2021 Annual Conference proceedings have been published. Almost 1600 pages of latest research in engineering education! The ISBN reference is 978-2-87352-023-6. It was held…
Friday, 10 December 2021, 12:00-13:00 CET Register here Introduction to SEFI Engineering Skills Special Interest Group. What is the contemporary engineering skill set and are we ready to teach it? Results from the 2021 SEFI Engineering skills survey completed by…
Towards Better Learning – Methods and Practices of Teaching Physics in Engineering Education Register here! The PTEE2022, the 11th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education, will be held on 11-13 May 2022, in the city of Tampere (Finland).…
Thursday, 20 January '22 3pm - 5pm CET SEFI acknowledges the importance of bringing to the attention of engineering students themes related to sustainable development. The seminar explores innovative approaches to implementing and teaching sustainability in the engineering curriculum.…
Wednesday, 10 November '21 2:30pm - 4:30pm Register here Taking STS postures is about having fun and agency as teachers and students. How we hold ourselves and move about (literally our bodies) in relation to each other, STS, education,…
Presenting SEFI 2021 Best Paper Award winners Tuesday, 7 December 2021 12:30pm - 2:30pm Register here It is a pleasure to offer you a SEFI@Work session where you can meet the “best papers” of SEFI 2021. In the seminar…