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:

• develop an appreciation of one’s own personal values as well as those of one’s engineering organization/ employer. Decide on priorities in respect of differences in value systems
• appreciate the differences between micro and macro ethics in relation to engineering practices
• understand and apply Codes of Ethics in practical scenarios
• consider, respect and critique multiple values, attitudes and perspectives including those of engineers and non engineers
• appreciate that actions have both intended and unintended consequences on people’s lives and the importance of locally negotiated, participatory decisions about engineering practices
• appreciate the difference between legal systems and ethical codes
• understand the importance of imagination, and of making connections between apparently unconnected cases.

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.