Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre

These workshops for engineering lecturers aim to introduce and explore, curricula content, ways of thinking, and pedagogical and assessment approaches which will facilitate engineering students’ abilities in the following areas:

• know the difference between internationalisation and globalisation, question contemporary definitions of globalisation and the role of engineering
• develop an understanding of how and where key decisions are made
• appreciate the global context of local and national issues and decisions at a personal and societal level
• question how people, places economies and environments are all inextricably interrelated and that engineering decisions have repercussions on a global scale
• appreciate the impact of globalisation and that choices have consequences at different levels, personal, professional, local and global
• use a systems approach to engineering, both sympathetically and realistically
• appreciate the need to work in an interdisciplinary way
• question roles and responsibilities in teams within engineering practice
• question the transferability of ‘solutions’ within the global community and appreciate the need for appropriate designs
• question the drivers for technological change.

The Global Dimension project will pay 70% of travel and subsistence costs or £100, whichever is lower, for the first 15 people who sign up.  We would encourage you to book your travel as soon as possible to ensure that you get the cheapest tickets available.  Please contact Kate Everest if you have any queries.