Important documents & timeline for authors of the SEFI Handbook on Engineering Skills
– Volume A: Teaching Core Transferable Competencies & Skills in Engineering
This is the resource page for authors and contains download links to all important files for the handbook. Please note all authors have been selected and we are not looking for new submissions!.
Editor – Author agreement for publication
Per author team, please assign a corresponding author and fill out this agreement and return it to Gillian Saunders-Smits by email (G.N.Saunders@tudelft.nl) when submitting your chapter for your first peer review by 1 September 2025.
Glossary
To ensure the handbook uses consistent terminology (within the European Qualification Framework) we have created a glossary. This glossary will be updated after each round of peer review. Please send any suggestions for additions to the glossary to your part editor. All proposals will be discussed by the editorial team before deciding on inclusion.
Templates
We have created templates for each part and, in the case of Part 5, multiple templates. You can download the relevant .dotx file (Word template file) below. To use, simply double-click the template in the folder where you saved the template file, and it automatically creates a Word document based on the template. As the template contains a lot of information, we have also created a PDF of each template for ease of reading. We recommend you use Microsoft Teams to collaborate and not Google docs to not run into compatibility issues when using the template.
- Part 1: <part 1.dotx> <part 1pdf>
- Part 2: <part 2.dotx> <part 2 pdf>
- Part 3: <part 3.dotx> <part 3 pdf>
- Part 4: <part 4.dotx> <part 4 pdf>
- Part 5; Chapter 1: <part 5 Chapter 1.dotx> <part 5 Chapter 1pdf>
- Part 5; Chapter 2-5: <part 5 Chapter 2345.dotx> <part 5 Chapter 2345 pdf>
- Part 5, Chapter 6: <part 5 Chapter 6.dotx> <part 5 Chapter 6 pdf>
Timeline
Please find the timeline for the handbook below:
| Deadline | Activity | Who |
| 1 September 2025 | Deadline submission of chapters for peer review | Authors |
| 1 December 2025 | Deadline completion peer review | Peer reviewers |
| 15 December 2025 | Peer review comments to authors | Editors |
| 1 March 2026 | Revised chapters due | Authors |
| 1 April 2026 | Deadline completion second peer review | Peer reviewers |
| 15 April 2026 | Peer review comments to authors | Editors |
| 31 May 2026 | Final chapter manuscripts due | Authors |
| September 2026 | Launch Handbook at SEFI Annual Conference | All |
In case of any questions or queries please get in touch with your part editor team.