Register your interest in contributing to the Complex Systems Toolkit

The Complex Systems Toolkit Working Group seeks contributors to develop resources for inclusion in the toolkit.

These resources will fit into three categories:

Knowledge articles: content that users can access to improve their knowledge or find more information.

Guidance articles: content that users can access to learn how to do something.

Teaching activities: resources that users can access to help them know what to integrate and implement. These include use cases/case studies, and other classroom activities.

In undertaking this work, contributors will become part of the growing community of educators who are helping to ensure that tomorrow’s engineering professionals have the complex systems skills, knowledge, and attributes that they need to provide a better future for us all. Contributors will be fully credited for their work on any relevant Toolkit materials, and will be acknowledged as authors should the resources be published in any form. Developing these resources will provide the chance to work with a dynamic, diverse and passionate group of people leading the way in expanding engineering teaching resources, and may help in professional development, such as preparing for promotion or fellowship. If contributors are not compensated by their employers for time spent on this type of activity, a small honorarium may be available to encourage participation.

Read more about the resources we are seeking here.

Please register your interest in developing a resource by completing the form below by 30^th June 2025.

Name *

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Institution / Organisation / Company / Industry *

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Background / Expertise *

Which contribution(s) are you interested in making? *

• Knowledge article: Why teach / learn about Complex Systems?
• Knowledge article: Why integrate Complex Systems into Engineering Education?
• Knowledge article: What are Complex Systems?
• Guidance article: Guide to Explaining Complex Systems to students
• Guidance article: How Complex Systems relate to AHEP 4.
• Guidance article: How to scaffold Complex Systems learning outcomes across a curriculum
• Guidance article: How do we assess for skills / competencies in Complex Systems?
• Teaching activity: Case study (Topics could include: Air traffic control; Smart agriculture; Autonomous driving; Robotics; Smart cities.)
• Teaching activity: Demonstrator simulations that provide examples of how systems can be modelled.
• Teaching activity: Lesson plans, coursework and teaching activities that are useful in integrating learning around complexity, systems thinking, and complex systems.
• Other

Select all that apply

If you have selected more than one option, please state your preference(s). *

Please put n/a in the box if this does not apply.

If you have selected 'Teaching activity' or 'Other', please provide a brief description of the contribution(s) you are interested in making. *

Please put n/a in the box if this does not apply.

A small pot of money may be available to provide honoraria to contributors. However, those who do not need to be paid increase the total amount available from which to distribute payments to those who do. To help us pay contributors as equitably as we can, please tick which is relevant to you: *

• I do not need to be paid for this work.
• I would need to be paid in order to undertake this work.
• I can only undertake the work if funds above £300 per contribution are available.

We want to make sure you get appropriate credit for your work. How should we reference you in author attributions? *

For example, Sarah Jayne Hitt, Ph.D. SFHEA (NMITE, Edinburgh Napier University) or Professor Sarah Hitt (NMITE)

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Which of these describes your relationship with the EPC? *

• I am an EPC member via my institution
• I am an individual EAN member
• I am neither an EPC nor EAN member
• I'm not sure what my membership status is

Would you be willing to review contributions that are being submitted by other contributors? *

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• No

Please complete the application form at https://epc.ac.uk/resources/toolkit/complex-systems-toolkit/complex-systems-toolkit-get-involved/complex-systems-toolkit-application-to-become-a-reviewer/

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