European engineering educators
The European engineering educators podcast from SEFI brings you key insights into the minds of university researchers and practitioners who have built international reputations in the field of engineering education with knowledge and advice to share. Find out from Europe's largest network of engineering educators how engineering is evolving to address the challenges of the modern world, and develop your expertise.
Your hosts are Professor Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) and Dr Natalie Wint (University College London).
We want to bring the frontiers of engineering education to you, regardless of your speciality, in an easy to digest format- you don't have to be an education researcher to benefit. You might be an academic teaching engineering or a related subject, an engineer who wants to keep up with the latest insights, some other professional in education, or even a student!
Based in Brussels, SEFI is the European society for engineering education, a non-profit organisation active since 1973, and Europe's largest network of engineering educators. Our mission is to improve engineering education and its image in society.
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Written and produced by Neil Cooke and Natalie Wint.
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- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 40
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
#38 Season 6 highlights and podcast update
Welcome to the highlights episode for season 6! We have reached the end of season 6 and 3+ years of podcasting.
Neil and Natalie would like to thank all listeners and guests for their continued suppor…
#37 Mariana Velho from CERN Switzerland on Public Engagement
Attracting students to study engineering, and helping society understand what engineers do, are ongoing challenges within engineering education.
In this episode we spoke to Mariana Velho, Communicatio…
#36 Kurt Coppens from KUL Belgium on Feedback Literacy
Feedback is a somewhat perennial topic within higher education (HE), with increasing emphasis on students as independent learners who should engage as active participants to fulfil the role of a self…
#35 Siara Isaac and Joelyn de Lima from EPFL Switzerland on 3T Play Transversal Skills
There continues to be a growing focus on the need for engineering students to develop transversal skills. There are a number of barriers which can stifle efforts in teaching such skills and approache…
#34 Robyn Mae Paul and Kari Zacharias from Canada on The Iron Ring Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer
Welcome to the first episode of season 6 of the podcast!
The Archimedean Oath, first developed in 1990 and inspired by the Hippocratic Oath, was promoted as a reflection tool during SEFI 2024. Histori…
#33 Season 5 Highlights and podcast update
We have reached the end of the fifth season!
Neil and Natalie would like to thank all listeners and guests for their continued support in making the podcast a valuable source of information regarding …
#32 Jorge Membrillo-Hernández from ITESM Mexico on Challenge Based Learning
Welcome back to the podcast!
Engineering education is home to many different learning approaches including problem, project, and challenge-based learning, as well as studio learning. At the same time,…
#31 Esther Matemba & Lelanie Smith on African Engineering Education
Welcome back to the podcast!
The isolation felt by engineering educators who are passionate about teaching and learning, but who reside in technically focused engineering departments, is widely report…
#30 Thies Johannsen from TUB Germany on Transdisciplinary
Welcome back to the podcast!
As the problems that society faces become more complex there is increasing emphasis on the need for engineers to work across disciplines, with a focus on taking interdisc…
#29 Ann-Kristin Winkens from RWTH Germany on Resilience
Welcome back to the podcast!
Discussion around the need for engineers to navigate increasingly complex and uncertain challenges (e.g., climate change, digitalisation) features heavily within engineer…
#28 Scott Daniel, Sasha Nikolic & Rezwanul Haque from AAEE Australia on Generative AI
Welcome back to the podcast!
Since the start of 2023, Chat GPT, and the use of generative AI (Gen-AI) more generally, has been the topic of much discussion, advice and debate within engineering educa…
#27 Inês Direito and Jan Van Maele on Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Welcome back to the podcast!
Terms such as inclusion, diversity, equity, and equality, have long featured in discussions relating to engineering education, and are often used interchangeably. Their m…
#26 Season 4 Highlights and podcast update
Hope you are having a great Summer ...
We originally conceived the podcast as a project which would run for two years with monthly episodes.
As we approach its second anniversary, Neil and Natalie wou…
#25 Tim Drysdale from UoE Scotland on Non-traditional practical work
Welcome back to the fourth episode of this fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In this first episode we talk to Professor Tim Drysdale, Chair of Technology Enhanced Science Education in the School of …
#24 Diana Martin from UCL (UK) on Intercultural ethics
Welcome back to the third episode of this fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In this first episode we talk to Dr. Diana Martin, a Senior Research Fellow within the Centre for Engineering Education (C…
#23 Roger Hadgraft from UTS Australia on Disruption
Welcome back to the fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In the second episode we talk to Professor Roger Hadgraft, Director of Educational Innovation and Research in the Faculty of Engineering and Inf…
#22 Sarah Jayne Hitt from EPC UK on Ethics Toolkit
Welcome back to the fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In this first episode we talk to Professor Sarah Jayne Hitt, who, amongst her many roles, project manages the Engineering Professors Council or …
#21 Season 3 Highlights
We recognize that you might not have time to listen to all the episodes, and/or would appreciate a preview or recap and so this is a special episode to bring the 3rd season of the SEFI podcast to a c…
#20 Xavier Fouger from Dassault Systèmes France on Trends
Welcome to the final episode of this special season of the SEFI podcast which marks the 50th anniversary of SEFI and in which we discuss changes to engineering education and engineering education res…
#19 Kristina Edström from KTH Sweden on Publishing
Welcome to the penultimate episode of this special season of the SEFI podcast which marks the 50th anniversary of SEFI and in which we discuss changes to engineering education and engineering educati…