Education IC 05-06

Transcript Education IC 05-06 - Engineers Without Borders UK

Promote the teaching of international development issues in the university curriculum

Core: Education Working Group

• Dr Heather Cruickshank – EWB UK Trustee • Ronan Kavanagh – EWB Cambridge • Andrew Lamb – Professional Network & Core • Olivier Mills – Professional Network

Development Awareness

• EAP RedR EWF • Dept for International Development, Development Education Association • Phase 1 – Launch university level dialogue – Learning needs analysis – Develop frameworks for development awareness • Phase 2 – Pilot modules in engineering courses • £60k from DfID, £100k from partners

Role of EWB UK

• Continuing to work at university level • Continue research scheme as we are planning • Be represented in the discussion meetings planned to take place

IC Branch Level

• Julia King – Faculty of Engineering – Yet to make formal approach – Specific agenda – Detailed proposal • Aims • Difficulties • Financial considerations

Solar Cooker Preliminary

• 1 st Year Mech Eng DMT • Awareness, Publicity, Education • Appropriate Energy Course • Time constraints on Dave Robb

Contacts

• Core Working Group: • IC Principal of Engineering: education@ewb-uk.org

julia.king@ic.ac.uk

• Dev Tech: ron.dennis@imperial.ac.uk

keith.pullen@imperial.ac.uk

• Course Leader, 1 st Yr Mech Eng: • Quinton Stowell: david.robb@ic.ac.uk

q@sunspot.org.uk

• Elizabeth Gomez: elizabethgomez@yahoo.es

Websites

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Solar Cooker

http://www.sunspot.org.uk/ewb/ • • •

Royal Academy

http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/default.htm

http://www.google.com/u/raeng?q=+sustainable+development http://www.google.com/u/raeng?q=+sustainable+development http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/vps/pdf/Engineering_for_Sustainable_Developme nt.pdf

http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/vps/pdf/Engineering_for_Sustainable_Developme nt.pdf

ICE

http://www.ice.org.uk/about_ice/aboutice_sustainability.asp