Why are we here? Comparing medical and engineering ethics By Iain Skinner & Adrienne Torda, University of New South Wales (Australia) Medicine’s Hippocratic oath is arguably the most famous code of professional ethics. Engineering does not have anything like it. …
The 20th SEFI Mathematics Working Group Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education 15 - 17 June 2020 in Kristiansand, Norway event website The SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education) Mathematics Working Group (MWG) was established in 1982. The aims of…
13th International Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering Symposium 11-15 May 2020 - Dublin, Ireland Invitation by the organisers: Dear Colleague Due to a high volume of requests for more time, the committee has agreed on December 1st as the…
A-STEP 2030 - Third Transnational Meeting in Vantaa PRESS RELEASE 15th October 2019 Last week Metropolia University of Applied Sciences welcomed members of the A-STEP 2030 “Attracting Diverse Talent to the Engineering Professions of 2030” research team to the third…
Layered case studies in developing ethical reasoning How can we help students who are learning to be professionals to develop the ethical reasoning capacity that they will need in their professional practice? This is the question that was faced by…
Open Calls – Upcoming events of interest to engineering ethics educators SEFI Special Interest Group Workshop ‘Engineering Ethics Education’ 12-13 December, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands Call for registration open: contact Gunter Bombaerts g.bombaerts@tue.nl Engineering Education for Sustainable Development biennial…
EuroGender FREE webinars: Gender Equality Plans and Gender in Research & Innovation EuroGender is the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) online cooperation and consultation hub that allows all its members to share knowledge and contribute to advancing gender equality in…
Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Ethics Education A Workshop on ETHICS AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION TU/Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 12 - 13 December 2019 The Ethics Special Interest Group of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) is organizing a dedicated workshop…
I feel honoured, privileged, but also humbled, to assume the role of the 30th President of SEFI. I am deeply grateful to my predecessor, Mike Murphy, for his leadership and outstanding contributions to SEFI. Thanks to the invaluable work of…
BEST Symposia on Education 2019 A-STEP Project Increasing educational involvement of students is one of the core services which the Board of European Students of Technology (BEST) provides to students from all around Europe. With their vision of Empowered diversity…