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.
Varvara Papazoglou is a Teaching Associate in the School of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. In this post Varvara shares the work she led to investigate student perceptions of AI that found growing confidence, excitement and acceptance. The work was…
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…
As engineers and scientists venturing into educational research, many face a familiar challenge: how do we apply our systematic, problem-solving mindset to the complex, human-centered world of education? If you’ve ever felt caught between the quantitative precision of engineering and…