The purpose of this workshop is to develop a shared understanding of the features of modern engineering education, to collect examples and share experiences. The outcome will allow participants to reflect on their teaching practice and contribute to modern program design.

Compared to other sectors, education could be argued to have a large inertia. With large organisations run under government legislation, a workforce who often stay for decades, and societal expectations slow to change, this is hardly surprising. There are no doubt times when this inertia is a strength, steering education at all levels steadily through social, economic or political turmoil.

However, with technology, industry and the profession of engineering changing rapidly, is the inertia necessarily a strength?

Additionally, with the increased demand for engineers requiring a more diverse cohort necessarily being recruited to study engineering, is the current approach to engineering education up to the task?

This face-to-face workshop focuses on developing a shared understanding of the necessary features of a modern engineering education – going beyond the curriculum to consider the student journey to engineering graduate and professional engineer. In a second step it will collate examples of where workshop participants have seen these features implemented.

The workshop will allow participants to benchmark their understanding of a modern engineering education with their peers. Examples and experiences that exemplify these features will be discussed and shared, allowing participants to consider the application of these examples to their own practice.