The first BEST Virtual Summit “Beyond The Pandemic” online conference took place 15-20th June 2020 with the purpose of gathering students and young professionals of divers background to learn and discuss about three topics: the future of Education, Work and UN Sustainable Development…
Dear SEFI/GEDC Community, I am delighted to announce that SEFI has partnered with the GEDC to support the Global Virtual Internship Program. Engineering students at member institutions of both organisations can now benefit from the valuable opportunities offered by our corporate and university…
The COVID-19 crisis severely disrupted the education of engineering students in Spring 2020. For engineering students learning about ethics, however, the COVID crisis also created an opportunity to make ethics issues real. In TU Eindhoven, COVID impacted on what was…
As representatives of Engineering Education in Europe and North America, SEFI and ASEE align their diversity in engineering education initiatives in a Joint Statement on Diversity Equity and Inclusion. This paper was written by members of both Societies under the…
SEFI 2020 Annual Conference in a new format 20-24 September 2020 The international organising committee (IOC) decided to move SEFI2020 online. Travel restrictions, national event rules, and health considerations are forcing us to do so. At the same time, we…
Integrating ethics in technical disciplines through student-generated case studies When the Universitat Politècnica de València wanted to explore the introduction of ethics in a civil engineering programme, Esther Giménez-Carbó asked students to find their own cases of ethical misconduct in…
GEDC-SEFI Global Virtual Internship Program The GEDC-SEFI Virtual Internships platform is now live, with more than 50 opportunities in 6 countries already posted! Thank you to everyone who has shared opportunities so far. To register your internship and project opportunities…
The Engineering Education Research Big Meet Up 14th May - Multiple Timezones throughout the Day. An opportunity for researchers in Engineering Education to come together around a set of keynotes and Q&A Sessions from leading engineering education researcher and a…
Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim for a more peaceful and prosperous world by 2030. Faculty and students are more than ready to be part of the change. How can it be facilitated?…
Teaching Engineering Ethics in the time of COVID-19 The Coronavirus pandemic of the recent weeks has had a huge effect on European society and on Engineering Education. For those interested in thinking about and teaching about technology and ethics in…