1. SEFI and Challenges fo European Engineering Education
Professor Kamel Hawwash
Vice president and President Elect, SEFI
(University of Birmingham, UK)
Presentation to Tekna, NITO and EFI
Oslo, Norway
13 Novembermber 2012

2. Presentation Content Challenges National HE STEM Programme, UK
An example of possible tools
SEFI
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3. Challenges for Engineering Education in Europe
Attracting and keeping students
Pre university initiatives
Careers Advice
Transition and retention
A more attractive curriculum
Embedding employability skills to ensure graduates are attractive to employers
Retaining graduates in the engineering industries
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4. Pre university initiatives
How early do you start?
Who should do it?
Who are the stakeholders?
Sharing of good practice
Evaluation
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5. Careers Advice Quality of careers advice Who provides it? Role models
The role of industry
Seeing the whole journey of of an engineering career
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6. Transition and retention
How do we manage the process of transitioning school pupils into university learners?
In first year how do we ensure they ‘experience engineering’?
An attractive curriculum.
Interaction with industry and industrial placements/inetrnships.
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7. A more attractive curriculum
Curriculum design
Learning and teaching methods
Project work.
Embedding soft/employability/transferrable skills.
Appropriate assessment.
Interaction with industry.
Education vs training.
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8. Embedding employability skills to ensure graduates are attractive to employers
Need to ensure that the graduates are technically competent
Increasingly employers are insisting that they have broader skills including teamwork, communication and an understanding of industry.
These should not be ‘taught’ in a module but embedded into appropriate modules.
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9. Retaining graduates in the engineering industries
Do we lose many graduates to non-engineering industries?
Does it matter?
09/11/2018

10. National HE STEM Programme 2009-2012
Areas of Activity
Increasing and widening participation:
Outreach, enhancement & enrichment
Widening Participation
Student support
Careers
Higher-level skills:
Undergraduate curriculum
Graduate skills
Workforce upskilling
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11. Comment at the 4th European Convention of Engineering Deans
“We need to break into the circle of the young people. We need to use music and the technology that they use.”
09/11/2018

12. Talking the teenagers language
John Chase
engineering rap
09/11/2018

13. 09/11/2018
What is SEFI?
Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs European Society for Engineering Education Europäische Gesellschaft für Ingenieurausbildung
Founded in 1973, we are an international non-profit organisation
The very heart of SEFI are its members and their and the contributions
408 members
in 47 countries

14. SEFI receives the support of its corporate partners:
Members
Institutional members
Institutions of a high level (post secondary) that offer a complete curriculum leading to an academic engineering degree.
Individual members
Typically teachers of science or engineering + People engaged in international relations. Students / Retired engineers….
Industrial and corporate members
Any industrial company, public administration or other organisation having an interest in supporting European Engineering Education.
Associate members
Professional societies or other organisations interested in initial or continuing education of engineers. Student organisations.
SEFI receives the support of its corporate partners:

15. Members
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16. European Engineering Education
Mission
Support and promote
European Engineering Education
by linking Engineering Education institutions, academics and professionals,
by providing services to its members,
by serving as an international forum,
by representing the European Engineering Education Community.

17. Objectives
to contribute to the development and to the improvement of EE;
to provide appropriate services and information about EE;
to improve communication and exchanges between teachers, researchers and students;
to promote cooperation between industry and those engaged in EE;
to act as a link between its members and other societies or international organisations;
to promote the European Dimension in EE;
to contribute to the recruitment of good students in EE;
to promote the position of EE and engineering professionals in society.

18. How? Attractiveness of EE Sustainability and Ethics Bologna process
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How?
PRIORITY THEMES
Attractiveness of EE
Sustainability and Ethics
Bologna process
Accreditation and quality assurance
Lifelong learning
Gender and diversity
Curriculum development
New educational technologies
Engineering education research & teaching and learning methods
Cooperation with the corporates
Cooperation with the students
TOOLS
Working groups
Annual conferences
Deans ‘ Conventions
Support to the EEDC
Ad hoc workshops and seminars
Publications
Projects
Position Papers

19. Climate, energy and mobility
Context: EU 2020
Smart Growth
developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation
Sustainable Growth
more efficient, greener and more competitive economy
Inclusive Growth fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion
Innovation
« Innovation Union »
Climate, energy and mobility
« Resource efficient Europe »
Employment and skills
« An agenda for new skills and jobs »
Education
« Youth on the move »
Competitiveness
« An industrial policy for the globalisation era »
Fighting poverty
« European platform against poverty »
Digital society
« A digital agenda for Europe »

20. Annual Conferences Meet the Future (Thessaloniki 2012) …
Achieving and Assessing Quality of EE (Luleå, 1993)
The First Five Years of the New East-West Partnership (Prague 1994)
EE for Innovation (Compiègne, 1995)
Educating the Engineer for Lifelong Learning (Vienna, 1996)
Humanities and Arts in a Balanced EE (Cracow, 1997)
Entrepreneurship, Management and EE (Helsinki, 1998)
Re-discovering the Centre (Winterthur/Zürich, 1999)
The International Education of Engineers (Paris 2000)
New Engineering Competences - Changing the Paradigm (Copenhagen2001)
The Renaissance Engineer of Tomorrow (Florence 2002)
The Global Engineer: Education and Training for Mobility (Porto 2003)
The Golden Opportunity for Engineering Education? (Valencia 2004)
The Engineering Education at the Cross Roads of Civilzations (Ankara 2005)
Engineering Education and Active Students (Uppsala, 2006)
Joining Forces in Engineering Education towards Excellence (Miskolc 2007)
Quality Assurance, Employability and Innovation (Aalborg 2008)
Attracting Young People in Engineering. Engineering is fun! (Rotterdam 2009)
Diversity Unifies- Diversity in Engineering Education (Trnava 2010)
Global Engineering Recognition, Sustainability and Mobility (Lisboa 2011)
Meet the Future (Thessaloniki 2012)

21. Annual Conferences (future)
2013 Annual Conference of SEFI
« Engineering Education Fast Forward  »
Leuven, September 2013
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of SEFI
2014 Annual Conference of SEFI
Birmingham
2015 Annual Conference of SEFI
France?

22. Projects Current projects:
EUGENE - Academic network European and Global Engineering Education
Techno TN Forum 2012 (“STECET”)
EU-Drivers - European Drivers for Regional Innovation Platform
MODERN - European Platform for Higher Education Modernistation
ECDEAST - Engineering curricula design aligned with EQF & EURACE standards

23. Projects (II) Project proposals: FLORENS * (LLP)
NEWPEEC * (LLP) - New Promotion of Engineering Education Cooperation
QUEECA (Tempus) - Quality of EE in central Asia
Eurace+ * (LLP) - Accreditation
INOISC * (Tempus) - International network of Open Innovative Space centers for creative training of engineers
QUEFREO * (LLP) - Qualifications frameworks for engineering occupations
ERASMUS MUNDUS * (LLP) - Attracting PhD Candidates in Engineering to Europe
TECHNOS * (Marie Curie) - Training EE researchers - exploring the challenges need and opportunities for sustainable innovation n Europe

24. 09/11/2018
Publications

25. 09/11/2018
Position Papers

26. International relations
SEFI maintains official relationships with UNESCO and the Council of Europe, and has regular contacts with the European Commission, EUA, FEANI, CESAER, CLAIU, as well as with sister organisations in and outside Europe, such as ASEE, RAEE, ABET and IGIP with whom we signed partnership agreements. Cooperation agreements were also signed with ASIBEI and with JSEE. New MOUs are discussed with LACCEI and Cariforum.
SEFI is founding member of EuroPACE, IACEE, EuroPro, ENAEE, IFEES (2006), IIDEA (2011) and EEDC (2012).
SEFI has a particular relationship with the students, namely with BEST.

27. Working Groups Curriculum Development Continuing Engineering Education
Gender and Diversity
Engineering Education Research
Mathematics and Engineering Education
Physics and Engineering Education
Ethics in Engineering Education
(ICT) Educational Technologies
Attractiveness of Engineering Education
Sustainability in Engineering Education
Quality Assurance and Accreditation

28. Task Forces Cooperation with Africa
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Task Forces
Cooperation with Africa
Bologna process and cooperation with EU institutions
Cooperation with IGIP

29. 09/11/2018
Standing Committees
European Journal of Engineering Education Committee
Leonardo da Vinci Medal Committee
Web Committee
A Standing Committee for Students
A Standing Committee for Corporate relationships

30. Values
Creativity and professionalism: in reaching the highest professional quality possible whilst encouraging creativity in our thinking, in our doing, in our learning and in our working
Engagement and responsibility: in achieving our aims and objectives and fulfilling our mission for the benefit of higher engineering education in Europe
Respect for diversity and different cultures: in cooperating with different regions all over the world, with specific social and economic settings, with different educational environments, and with different ways of thinking and communicating
Institutional inclusiveness: in involving all higher engineering education stakeholders, at individual, institutional, organizational and governmental level
Multidisciplinarity and openness: in being open minded and promoting exchanges across all engineering disciplines
Transparency: in cooperating in a good and open spirit
Sustainability: in working efficiently and effectively with technological achievements and with available environmental, economic and human resources, to the benefit of future generations

31. How shall we together best educate engineers for the future!

32. Forthcoming SEFI events
4th European Convention of Engineering Deans, Aalborg, April, 2013
European Engineering Deans Council, General Assembly, Aalborg 18 April 2013
SEFI Conference 2013, Leuven, September 2013
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33. www.sefi.be To contact us Secretary General Mrs. Françoise CÔME
09/11/2018
To contact us
Secretary General
Mrs. Françoise CÔME
119, rue de Stassart
B-1050 Brussels
Telephone:
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