UK and Ireland Engineering Education Research Network Annual Symposium: 17th – 18th June 2024

 

Registration has now closed for this event. 

The UK & Ireland EERN are pleased to announce the Annual Symposium for 2024, hosted by Ulster University on the Belfast campus.

Building on the success of our previous events, colleagues are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at:

 

Beyond Boundaries: Inclusive, Sustainable and Outward Looking Engineering Education

 

Conference Themes

 

Beyond discipline boundaries

·        Working with others beyond EER

·        Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary approaches

·        Methodologies from beyond engineering

Removing boundaries to inclusion

·        Inclusive Engineering

·        Belonging and Transition

·        Mentoring and Tutoring

·        Narrowing attainment gaps

Future challenges

·        Does AI pose unique challenges to engineering?

·        UN SDGs / Global Responsibility / Social Justice?

·        Re-skilling and training mid career

·        Industry perspectives on the future of engineering

 

 Current and Best Practice in Engineering Education

·        Assessment

·        Laboratories

·        Activity-led / Enquiry based learning

·        Curriculum Design

·        Leadership and training of engineering educators

Engineering Education Research in Action

·        Building EER capacity, funding and publication

·        Leadership of EER

·        Challenges and opportunities for Education or Education and Research pathways

Beyond student / staff boundaries

·        Co-creation

·        Students as Leaders

                                                                                                                          

 

 

Submission of abstracts for Review: Monday 22nd January 2024

 

Notification of acceptance week commencing: 26th February 2024

 

Submission of extended abstracts / short papers for inclusion in Proceedings: 22nd April 2024

 

Outline Programme:

Printable 2024 EERN Conference Programme

Monday 17th June 2024:

0900 – 1015: Registration

1015: Conference welcome

10:30 – 11:45 Conference Parallel Session 1

12:00 – 13:00 Workshops Session 1

13:00 Lunch

1415 – 1515: Keynote 1: Building Inclusion through wellbeing with Colin Turner

15:30 – 16:45 Conference Parallel Session 2

1700: Day 1 close

 

Tuesday 18th June 2024

0900: Registration

10:00 – 11:00 Keynote 2: Industry panel with Katrina Thompson (Artemis Technologies) and John Rainey (Denroy Group)

11:15 – 12:15 Workshops Session 2

12:15 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Keynote 3. The potential of engineering educators to adapt degrees for 2030 and beyond with Emma Crichton and Sarah Hitt

14:45 – 15:45: Conference Parallel Session 3

1600 EERN meeting

1630 Close

You can fly direct to Belfast City Airport from 18 different UK airports. Belfast City Airport is a short taxi journey from the Belfast campus. There is a bus service every 30 minutes at peak times to the Europa bus centre, which is a 20 minute walk to the campus.

 

Belfast International Airport serves a wide range of UK airports. The 300 service Airport Express every 15 minutes at peak times and costs £8.50 single and £12.50 return for the 35 minute journey to Europa bus centre, which is a 20 minute walk or short taxi journey to the campus.

 

Stenaline operate ferries from Birkenhead and Cairnryan to Belfast Port

 

Links to:

https://visitbelfast.com/plan/getting-to-belfast-travel-options/

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/pre-arrival/travel/making-your-own-way-to-ulster/belfast-jordanstown

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/maps/belfast

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/virtualcampus/belfast

Alan Brown (Chair)

Margaret Morgan

Robert McMurray

Louise Brown

Charlene Clinton

Rosalind Henry

Aine McGreeghan

Roger Penlington

Gavin Duffy

Louise Pick

Matthew Cairns

Lauren Schrock

 

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