A global curriculum and a global working environment Trish Murray Learning Support Officer Rachel Horn Department of Civil and Structural Engineering University.

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A global curriculum and a global working environment Trish Murray Learning Support Officer Rachel Horn Department of Civil and Structural Engineering University of Sheffield Faculty of Engineering 1

The next 20 mins… The project idea Developing the week Evaluation: – What we think – What the students think Conclusions 2

A curriculum innovation – Drivers & Aims 3 Global Engineering Challenge Employability & skill awareness Cross-faculty inter- disciplinary interactions International / global dimension University L&T Strategy Synoptic learning

Global Engineering Challenge 4 1 week (January) - compulsory 900 students Aims: Develop good engineers – Integration & multi-disciplinary working – Professional approach – Awareness of “global” issues – Awareness of employability skills

Obstacles Space – 900 students – project space & IT requirements – Timetable - removal of the January Exams (where possible) A vehicle for the skills development – EWB Challenge project Not onerous for staff – Use post graduates as facilitators – Not credit bearing Support (financial and other) – 10k for setup – 30k for running costs Co-ordination and agreement – Steering group from all departments 5 Inspire the students! Topic (EWB projects) inherently of interest Relevant (employability, sponsorship) Set it up well Pacey, interactive and FUN Encourage competitiveness (prizes) Follow through from the week (EWB National competition)

Global Engineering Challenge Week: Organisation 6 ~900 students – groups of 6 working in hubs of 36 (150 groups and 25 hubs) – Groups: mixed by department and home/international Hubs led by dedicated PG facilitators – Selection & training – Resource development Project based on EWB Challenge – Sustainable development theme - appropriate for global and professional issues – Adapt project specifications – Develop assessment criteria

Making it happen Small team (4) - highly committed individuals with shared vision and different / overlapping areas of responsibility Staff buy in – all departments Employed 3 undergraduates as “resource developers” over the summer Tested materials on students and reworked All L1 students in 2011 were issued with individual “clickers” 7

The Global Engineering Challenge: the week itself Mon-Fri 9-5! Intro and finale (1hr each): 3 large LTs Thereafter in hub rooms Time divided equally between facilitated sessions and project working Involved 22 alumni and 5 external speakers “Assessment” by group presentations – peer marking using “clickers” in two categories “Best communicated solution” & “Best overall solution” 8

Global Engineering Challenge Week: A global curriculum and global working The curriculum – Opening lecture raising awareness of global knowledge – The projects: EWB – Sessions to help progress the project including sustainable development / cultural awareness The global working – Multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team-working 9

How did it go? 10

What we think went really well The students were very engaged (largely) The team working The mid-week alumni session The quality of the final presentations Attendance at 4pm on a Friday! The facilitators 11

Student Evaluation Before and after Blackboard Clickers Questionnaire Focus groups 12

What motivated you in the GEC week? (select as many as is appropriate) 13

Motivations All students are motivated by becoming a better engineer Home students (UK and European) also by becoming more employable – ***International students: already stand out by virtue of studying overseas UK students less interested in “Helping people of Devikulam” – *** Don’t believe that the projects will help Devikulam 14

All students found project working useful UK students: – found giving presentations the most useful International students: – Found more sessions useful – Team working useful ***more appreciated to aid in integration in the team ***less prior experience – Global issues and Problem solving and Project design useful *** more globally aware 15 What the students found useful

What was the best thing in the week (free text response)? “team working and meeting new people” (over 50% of responses) “working on real problems” (second significant response) 16

Summary – what went well Overall very well received by students (as well as facilitators & staff) Multi-disciplinary group working Project-basis of the week Selecting & training PG facilitators Employing UG resource developers Involvement of Alumni 17

+ The strategic benefits UK Spec Learning Outcomes Learning and Teaching Strategy Developing links with alumni Much interest from other faculties and other universities 18

Conclusions and 2013 Overall worth it – positive feedback, buzz in final presentations The GEC is going ahead on the 21 st Jan! – Main changes: Better pre-week communication – student handbook Stronger link to “becoming a professional engineer” Team building split between Monday and Tuesday Also for all L2 students …. 19

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Engineering You’re Hired! Projects suggested by Industry. Examples: – Intelligent Fire Fighting (skyscraper), Jet stream Wind Power, Remote Monitoring (healthcare) Multi-disciplinary groups, devised for the projects. Industrial Involvement: – “Mentors” involved throughout the week – Snr people for Friday afternoon assessment/“You’re Hired” PhD students as Facilitators (top and tail the day + marking) Group Assessment: – A Proposed Design and a Project Plan (in MOLE) – A Verbal Pitch for Funding 21

Engineering You’re Hired! 22

Employability Aspect Identified employability skill of the day Team members pitch to be team leader; team votes for a TL each day TL with team report to the “board” on progress at end of the day Teams answer a question from an application form each day 23

Will it work? L & T Conference 2014? 24