Programme. UK & IE Engineering Education Research Network - 5 th Annual Symposium 23 rd - 24 th November 2017 Royal Academy of Engineering London

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1 UK & IE Engineering Education Research Network - 5 th Annual Symposium 23 rd - 24 th November 2017 Royal Academy of Engineering London Thursday 23 November 2017 Programme Time Activity Location Activity Location 10.00am to 11.00am 10.00am Registration, refreshments and networking Michael Bishop and Pre-symposium workshop - World café Time for change: challenging the status quo. Rolls Royce 11.15am Opening and introductions Philip Greenish CBE, Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Engineering Professor Robin Clark, UK&IE EERN 11.30am Professor Janusz Kozinski Founding President and CEO NMiTE, New Model in Technology & Engineering 12.15pm Lunch and networking Michael Bishop and

2 1.00pm Session A Stream 1 - Putting projects in a societal context. - Deliberate practice makes perfect. Developing logbook keeping as a professional skill through CDIO (conceive, design, implement, operate) - Challenging industries an enterprising module led by industry. - Changing futures - supporting failing students in higher education. Sir Kirby Laing Session A Stream 2 - Practice vs professionalism: challenging the status quo. - Understanding the student experience in one-year graduate master s programmes. - A new curriculum to train chemical engineers to solve 21 st century grand challenges. - How do we measure ethical perception and decision-making competences among higher education students? Rolls Royce 2.30pm The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS Educating engineers: where do we start and what do we want? 3.10pm Refreshments and networking Michael Bishop and 3.30pm Round-up of network member activities / networking posters

3 4.30pm Session B Stream 1 - Meta-analysis and review of the use of artificial intelligence and learning analytics within engineering education at university level. - Comparison of transversal competence levels of engineering students with labour market requirements. - Should GCE A Level Maths be abolished as a pre-requisite to studying engineering at university? Sir Kirby Laing Session B Stream 2 - A teaching sandwich approach to integrating classroom and practical teaching. - Case study of leading educational change in a research-intensive engineering faculty. - Describing graduate engineering skills. Rolls Royce 5.30pm Refreshments and networking Michael Bishop and 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.10pm Drop-in session The REF and the TEF where does engineering education research fit? Professor Keith Willey, Associate Professor in Engineering Leadership Education, University of Sydney Where do our students go and what do they need to learn to help them get there? Reception Dinner will not be provided at the Academy but there are lots of nearby restaurants/ bars to suit your individual tastes so please do some networking during the day and organise your evening accordingly. Michael Bishop and

4 Friday 24 November 2017 Time Activity Location Activity Location 9.00am Registration and introduction Michael Bishop and 9.20am Professor Bill Lucas, Director, Centre for Real-World Learning Learning to be an engineer 10.00am Session C Stream 1 - How important is maths and other entry qualifications for success in engineering undergraduate degree study in the UK? - A longitudinal study of Middle Eastern women s experiences studying engineering abroad. - The year in computing initiative. Sir Kirby Laing Session C Stream 2 - Agile engineering education for present and future. - Student-led online revision tools as an innovative assignment. - Case study: laboratory planning on ARENA. Rolls-Royce 11.00am Refreshments and networking Michael Bishop and 11.20am 12.00pm Professor Kel Fidler FREng, Consultant Here s the thing The EDGE coalition Are engineering educators fit for purpose? An expert panel 1.00pm Lunch and networking Michael Bishop and 2.00pm Professor Chris Wise FREng, Senior Director, Expedition What humans do best

5 2.40pm Session D Stream 1 - A new narrative for engineering in UK schools. - Engineering and society: embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula. - Introducing human factors within CDIO first year module has it made a difference to appreciating the vehicle design process? Sir Kirby Laing Session D Stream 2 - The knowledge misalignment between engineering and secondary school technology education. - Study of female pupils perception towards engineering degrees. - Electronic and electrical engineering in the UK. Bridging the skills gap: the case for curriculum change. Rolls Royce 3.40pm Closing comments and round-up

6 Parallel sessions Thursday 23 November Session A Stream pm to 2.30pm Thursday 23 November Sir Kirby Laing room Chair: Dr Anne Nortcliffe Putting projects in a societal context. Professor Peter Goodhew CBE FREng, University of Liverpool; NMiTE Deliberate practice makes perfect. Developing logbook keeping as a professional skill through CDIO. Dr Sarah Junaid and Dr Laura Leslie, Aston University Challenging industries an enterprising module led by industry. Karen Wood and Dr Gary Wood, University of Sheffield Changing futures supporting failing students in higher education. Rebecca Broadbent and Dr Jane Andrews, Aston University Session A Stream pm to 2.30pm Thursday 23 November Rolls Royce room Chair: Dr Rhys Morgan Practice vs professionalism: challenging the status quo. Dr Jane Andrews, Aston University and Professor Robin Clark, University of Warwick Understanding the student experience in one-year graduate master s programmes. Dr Jenny Griffiths, UCL A new curriculum to train chemical engineers to solve 21 st century grand challenges. Dr Mo Zandi, Siddharth Patwardhan, Linda Kotta and James Litster, University of Sheffield How do we measure ethical perception and decision-making competences among higher education students? Manal Atesh, Bidyut Baruah and Tony Ward, University of York

7 Session B Stream pm to 5.30pm Thursday 23 November Sir Kirby Laing room Chair: Dr Gillian Saunders-Smits Meta-analysis and review of the use of artificial intelligence and learning analytics within engineering education at university level. Manish Malik, University of Portsmouth Comparison of transversal competence levels of engineering students with labour market requirements. Mariana Leandro Cruz and Dr Gillian Saunders-Smits, Delft University of Technology Should GCE A Level Maths be abolished as a pre-requisite to studying engineering at university? Jane Andrews, Aston University, Roger Penlington, Northumbria University and Robin Clark, Warwick University Session B Stream pm to 5.30pm Thursday 23 November Rolls Royce room Chair: Charlotte Freeman A teaching sandwich approach to integrating classroom and practical teaching. Dr Andrew Garrard and Dr Andy Nichols, University of Sheffield Case study of leading educational change in a research-intensive engineering faculty. Professor John Mitchell and Kate Tilley, UCL, and Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering Describing graduate engineering skills. Judith Shawcross and Tom Ridgman, University of Cambridge

8 Parallel sessions Friday 24 November Session C Stream am to 11.00am Friday 24 November Sir Kirby Laing room Chair: Dr Roger Penlington How important is maths and other entry qualifications for success in engineering undergraduate degree study in the UK? Dr Tim Bullough and Diane Taktak, University of Liverpool A longitudinal study of Middle Eastern women s experiences studying engineering abroad. Shannon Chance, Dublin Institute of Technology, Allison Wagner, University of Michigan, and Dr Bill Williams, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal The year in computing initiative. Sebastian Dziallas, Sally Fincher and Colin Johnson, University of Kent Session C Stream am to 11.00am Friday 24 November Rolls-Royce room Chair: Dr Jane Andrews Agile engineering education for present and future. Dr Sophie Lo, Manchester Metropolitan University Student-led online revision tools as an innovative assignment. Dr Andy Nichols and Solomon Brown, University of Sheffield Case study: laboratory planning on ARENA Getrude Nkomo and Dr Hongsheng Qi, University of Bradford

9 Session D Stream pm to 3.40pm Friday 24 November Sir Kirby Laing room Chair: Stylli Charalampous A new narrative for engineering in UK schools. Peter Finegold and Colin Brown, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Ian Jones, Jinja Publishing Ltd, Ken Mannion, The Vector Partnership, and Martin Boon, ICM Unlimited Engineering and society: embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula. Laura Fogg-Rogers and W Fowles-Sweet, University of the West of England Introducing human factors within CDIO first-year module has it made a difference to appreciating the vehicle design process? Elaine Mackie, Aston University Session D Stream pm to 3.40pm Friday 24 November Rolls-Royce room Chair: Manish Malik The knowledge misalignment between engineering and secondary school technology education. Lewis Jones, Loughborough University Study of female pupils perception towards engineering degrees. Katherine Kirk, Patricia Muñoz-Escalona and Meg Dunn, University of the West of Scotland Electronic and electrical engineering in the UK. Bridging the skills gap: the case for curriculum change. Steve Watts, Cardiff University, and Stewart Edmondson, UK Electronics Skills Foundation Expert panel discussion 12.00pm to 1.00pm Friday 24 November room Are engineering educators fit for purpose? An expert panel discussion from the engineering EDGE project Comprising expert engineering education researchers from different UK universities, the panel will focus upon this research question. Grounded in a critical literature review undertaken as part of the EDGE Project, each panel member will discuss one of the aims of the project, giving their own insights and reflecting upon the key questions raised. Jane Andrews, Aston University; Professor Robin Clark, University of Warwick; Professor Gill Cooke, University of Warwick; Dr Roger Penlington, Northumbria University; Dr Peter Wilmott, Loughborough University; and Esat Alpay, University of Surrey