A space for staff and students to share ideas, case studies and innovation in teaching and learning.
A space for staff and students to share ideas, case studies and innovation in teaching and learning.
The Centre for Engineering Education is an initiative to support the educational aims of Engineering at The University of Sheffield, and open to all, and especially the many and varied people who support these aims. In this post Emma Kenny-Levick,…
In this article, Professor Andrew Garrard from the University of Sheffield and Dr Parakram Pyakurel from New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering discuss whether engineering education’s traditional resistance to “black box” thinking remains fit for purpose. As simulation software,…
In this personal blog, undergraduate student Maddy McGuire reflects on how an uncertain start, brought on by Covid and virtual course searches, led to discovering the perfect course – Bioengineering (now called Biomedical Engineering) here at The University of Sheffield.…
Have you ever heard of Group-led didactic teaching? What is it? These are questions Professor Andrew Garrard has been considering as he develops the pedagogy behind the Engineering Sheffield ‘Project Weeks’. Called GEC and EYH, they are both core to…
The conception of the Diamond Building was a huge project here at Sheffield Engineering that aimed to make a world leading space for Engineering teaching. It is the home of high quality teaching labs for all the engineering disciplines, as…
In this reflective piece, Sophie Barwick takes us through the special 10-year celebration of the Diamond building —now firmly established as the heart of engineering education at the University of Sheffield. From cutting-edge labs and inspiring staff, to the student-driven…
Efficiency in engineering education is important for managing large cohorts and can be successful as long as the key metric is quality. Dave Brown, Rob Woolley and Andrew Garrard demonstrated how to do it, by scaling up and delivering a fundamental thermodynamics…
Michael Trikić explores how Engineering and Teaching Shorts (EATS) provides informal, accessible professional development for academic and professional services staff at the University of Sheffield. Established to encourage the sharing of teaching ideas and practical experience, the programme covers topics…
Why make education openly accessible? Don’t worry, Tom Howard will help us by explaining it’s about equity and quality. Why Make Education Openly Accessible? The benefits of using Open Educational Resources (OER) for teaching and learning in Higher Education are…
As Faculty Director of Education for Engineering, Professor Matt Carré oversaw everything from curriculum design and student recruitment to, crucially, the student experience. Before he stepped down from the role, he took time to reflect on the many achievements and…