SEFI@work | The Engineering Skills Position Paper – The Industry Response

📆 22 May 2026 | 11:00–12:30 CEST

The SEFI Engineering Skills Special Interest Group (SIG) brings together engineering educators to develop ideas related to engineering skills in higher education – what they are, how they are evolving, and how best to teach them.

The SEFI Position Paper on Engineering Skills: “Complementing the Conventional: Engineering Competencies and Skills for an Uncertain Future” published in April 2025 aims to provide stakeholders with a common understanding of engineering skills as seen by engineering educators in the SEFI community.  

In this webinar, we will share the key points developed in the position paper and exchange with representatives from different kinds of employers to hear their perspectives on what has been developed, and how it can be used.  

Agenda:

• Introduction to the session and the Special Interest Group on Engineering Skills, with Neil Cooke, Head of Department for Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham;
• (Audience Activity) Balancing the 3Ts: Technical, Transferable, and Transdisciplinary: Jennifer Griffiths, Associate Director in the UCL Institute for Higher Education Support & Development, University College London;
• Introduction to the Industry Panelists: 
  • Anna-Gaëlle Blin, University Partnerships Development Manager, Airbus
  • Isabel Sobrino Maté, Senior Policy Advisor, Ceemet – European Tech & Industry Employers
  • Joanne Gogerly, Head of Siemens Professional Education UK & Nordics at Siemens Plc
•  The SEFI Position Paper on Engineering Skills and its “54321” concept: Thies Johanssen, Senior Programme Lead and Researcher, TU Berlin.
• Panelists Discussion:
  • Reaction to the position paper  
  • What needs to change (or improve) in engineering education?
• Results of audience activity.
• Close.

After the session the call will be left open for informal discussions for the SEFI community.