The Global Engineering Challenge
What and why? - Project initiation & aims
Planning & development:
Resource development & testing
PG Facilitators
Alumni & Industry
An example: What do you know about the world?
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What & Why – Initiation & Aims
Employability
skills and
awareness
Cross-faculty
interdisciplinary
interactions
International
/ Global
dimension
Global
Engineering
Challenge
EWB
Challenge
+
EWB Sheffield
Profile
20-credit
modules
reduced
January exam
period
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Initial planning & development
Teaching /
engagement
Assessment
Aims &
learning
outcomes
9
departments
900 students
Format
Rooms
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Resource Development
Projects
• Specifications
• Assessment criteria
9 “taught” sessions
• Intro & finale – 3 large lecture theatres
• 7 facilitated sessions – hub rooms
Aims
• Interactive
• Non-expert facilitator-led
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Resource Development
UG Student Resource developers
• 2 general resource developers
• 1 with website design skills
• 10 weeks over summer and beyond
• Job adverts & interviews:
– Communication / writing ability / IT skills
– Sustainability knowledge / awareness / interest
– Empathy with facilitator & 1st year student
– Motivation / autonomy
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UG Resource Developers
Student:
“it's made me consider much more the way I learn
and retain information, as well as giving me a
greater appreciation for effort made by academic
staff to improve the experiences of students.”
Staff:
– Learn a lot from close interaction –creative ideas,
insights, relevance, language
– Takes time to co-ordinate, guide, advise, review
– Well worth it.
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Facilitator Selection & Training
25 hubs = 27 PG facilitators
• Enthusiastic and engaging.
• Confidence in taking responsibility
• Empathy with 1st years.
• Facilitation skills
• Interest in project aims
• Experience of group working
PhD supervisor agreement
Training
• STA training – Small Group Teaching / Seminar Facilitation
• GEC training – resources
• Developing your skills as a facilitator – STA & GEC
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Resource Testing
Sessions need to be engaging
Sessions delivered by non experts
• 6 Engineering students (not 1st year)
• Run facilitated session
• Feedback from students, observers, facilitator
1. Facilitated by staff member involved
2. Facilitator interviews
3. Facilitated by novice facilitator…
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Employability - Industry & Alumni
Problems
– Students don’t think about jobs / applications until Y3 or Y4
– Not aware of skills required / can’t articulate skills developed
Aim – engagement with career planning
• How?
– Involve industry employers
• What do they look for in graduates
– Involve recent alumni
• From experience - advice about applications
• Good response – students keen to be involved
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Summary – what have we learned
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Value of employing UG resource developers
Value of selection process for PG facilitators
Value of testing materials
Need for training facilitators
Recent alumni keen to support
Good LeTS support essential
Time & effort – lots to do!
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Global Issues and Sustainability
What do you know about the world?
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The Global Engineering Challenge
Welcome
Global Issues
The Employers View
The Engineers Without Borders Challenge
The Global Engineering Challenge
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Global Issues and Sustainability
What do you know about the world?
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In October 2011, the
world population
reached 7 billion
It took until 1800
for the world
population to
reach 1 billion
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How will
billion
this impact
The UN forecasts that by
2100, the population will
have tripled in “high
fertility” countries and
have fallen in “low fertility
countries”.
Now 1 billion will
be added in 13
years
on you?
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If the world population were represented by 100 people,
how many would live in Europe?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1
6
7
11
15
60
0%
0%
1
2
0%
0%
3
4
0%
0%
5
6
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If the world population were represented by 100 people,
how many would live in Africa?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1
6
7
11
15
60
0%
0%
1
2
0%
0%
3
4
0%
0%
5
6
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If the world population were represented by 100 people,
how many would live in Asia?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1
6
7
11
15
60
0%
0%
1
2
0%
0%
3
4
0%
0%
5
6
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If the world were represented by 100 people,
how many would live in absolute poverty (<2$ a
day)?
1. 12
2. 13
3. 20
4. 30
5. 39
6. 48
0%
48
0%
39
0%
30
0%
20
0%
13
12
0%
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Facts: Wealth
• The richest 2% of adults in the
world own > 50% of the global
wealth
• The poorest 50% of adults in the
world own 1% of the global wealth
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If the world were represented by 100 people,
how many would not be able to read and write?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
12
13
20
30
39
48
0%
0%
1
2
0%
0%
3
4
0%
0%
5
6
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Fact: Education
• 872 million people in the world are illiterate
• 2/3 of them are women
• Education is not free in many developing
countries
Education
• Low levels of literacy and education are a
massive impediment to development
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How sustainable is our lifestyle?
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1.
How many planets are needed to
support the UK?
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
0%
0%
1
2
0%
0%
0%
3
4
5
0%
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How many planets are needed to
support the United Arab Emirates?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
0%
0%
1
2
0%
0%
0%
3
4
5
0%
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1.
How many planets are needed to
support India?
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
0%
0%
1
2
0%
0%
0%
3
4
5
0%
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What do your lecturers think about these issues?
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