Transcript The Central Question

What is SEFI?
European Society for Engineering Education
Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs
Europäische Gesellschaft für Ingenieurausbildung
Founded in 1973: 35 years already !!!!!
SEFI is nothing but its members
380 (180 institutions)
in 42 countries
and the contributions from its members
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Members
 Institutional members
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Institutions of a high level (post secondary) that offer a complete curriculum
leading to an academic engineering degree.
 Individual members
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Typically teachers of science or engineering or science. People engaged in
international relations. Students.
 Industrial members
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Any industrial company, public administration or other organisation having an
interest in supporting European Engineering Education.
 Associate members
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Professional societies or other organisations interested in initial or continuing
education of engineers. Student organisations.
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Mission
To support and promote European
Engineering Education
• by linking Engineering Education
institutions and educators,
• by providing services to its members,
• by serving as an international forum and,
• by representing the European Engineering
Education Community.
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Objectives
• to contribute to the development and to the improvement of EE;
• to provide appropriate services and information about EEE;
• to improve communication and exchanges between teachers, researchers
and students;
• to promote cooperation between industry and those engaged in EE;
• to act as a link between its members and other societies or international
organisations;
• to promote the European Dimension in EE;
• to contribute to the recruitment of good students in EE;
• to promote the position of EE and engineering professionals in society.
BUT HOW ??
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Working Groups/Committees
• Curriculum Development
• Continuing Engineering Education
• Engineering Education and Mathematics
• Engineering Education and Physics
• ICT and Engineering Education
• Women in Engineering
• Ethics and Engineering Education
• Web Commitee
• EJEE Committee
• Task Forces on Accreditation / Bologna Implementation
And established this year:
Engineering Education Research
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Specific topics studied
by ad hoc groups
 The impact and implementation of the Bologna
Process (Ad hoc position papers on www.sefi.be)
 The development of a European System for
Engineering Education Accreditation (SEFI
participates in the « EUR ACE II » EU project and is
a founding member of ENAEE – European Network
for the Accrediation of EE
 Globalisation of Engineering education: SEFI is a
founding member of IFEES
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Annual Conferences
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Achieving and Assessing Quality of EE (Luleå, 1993)
The First Five Years of the New East-West Partnership (Prague 1994)
EE for Innovation (Compiègne, 1995)
Educating the Engineer for Lifelong Learning (Vienna, 1996)
Humanities and Arts in a Balanced EE (Cracow, 1997)
Entrepreneurship, Management and EE (Helsinki, 1998)
Re-discovering the Centre (Winterthur/Zürich, 1999)
The International Education of Engineers (Paris 2000)
New Engineering Competences - Changing the Paradigm (Copenhagen2001)
The Engineer of the Renaissance (Florence 2002)
The Global Engineer: Education and Training for Mobility (Porto 2003)
The Golden Opportunity for Engineering Education? (Valencia 2004)
The Engineering Education at the Cross Roads of Civilzations (Ankara 2005)
Engineering Education and Active Students (Uppsala, 2006)
Joining Forces in Engineering Education towards Excellence (Miskolc 2007)
Quality Assurance, Employability and Innovation (Aalborg 2008)
And…..
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“Attracting Young People in Engineering
Engineering is fun!”
37th Annual SEFI Conference
Rotterdam (NL)
1-4 July 2009
See www.sefi.be
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Publications
… and a monthly electronic newsletter: news@sefi
containing a press review and the last stories
in HEE in Europe and the World….
(for members only)
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Cooperation
Projects
• EUThematic Networks
• Accompanying measures of SOCRATES/LLP
• TEMPUS
International relations
• Official relationships with UNESCO
• Regular contacts with the European Commission
• Founding member of EuroPace, ENAEE, IFEES
• Cooperation agreement with IGIP, ASIBEI, JSEE
• Regular contacts with CLAIU, CESAEER, FEANI, EUA, CEFI/CNISF,
ASEE, RAEE, WFEO …
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Why join SEFI?
-Get information and new ideas
-Get certain services
-Take advantage of excellent opportunities for professiona
pedagogical development in an international context
-Contribute to the development of European EE and of its
Accreditation
-European Engineering Education needs a society like
SEFI to represent it
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SEFI mission can be summarised as follows …..
How shall we best educate
engineers for the future!
SEFI New Action Plan
(2005-2009)
- improve and develop the services to our members
- work on the visibility of the Society and on the
reinforcement of its role as communication and dialogue
tools for all those involved in EE
- reinforce the cooperation with the students
- continue and develop quality assurance and
accreditation activities
And…
- develop
actions in the field of academic
activities
- facilitate policy developments relating to EE,
research and industry
- contribute to the widening of the horizon of
European EE beyond the European borders
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Position Papers
 On the Bologna Process, prepared jointly
with CESAEER (2005)
 On the creation of the European Institute of
Technology by the European Union (2006)
 On the Doctorate in the Bologna Process
(2007)
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To contact us
Secretary General
Mrs. Françoise CÔME
Membership Officer
Mrs. Trine Riva
119, rue de Stassart
B-1050 Brussels
Telephone: + 32 2 502 36 09
Telefax: + 32 2 502 96 11
[email protected]
www.sefi.be
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