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Engineering and Teaching Shorts: Keeping CPD Bite-Sized and Impactful

on November 19, 2025

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Critical Thinking, GenAI, and Engineering Education: Reflections from IEEE EDUCON 2025 Conference

on June 06, 2025

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Bridging two worlds: how design-based research can connect engineering problem-solving with educational research

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 the qualitative nuances of educational research, you're not alone. Here, Edmund Padget shares his experience bring disciplinary thinking together. I studied physics for my first degree, but when I started teaching, and reflecting on how to do it better, the engagement with educational research often made me feel alienated in my approach to problem-solving, rather than inspired to do educational research myself. It seemed to me (rightly or wrongly!) that most papers fell into one of these two categories: What looked like very complex philosophy/sociology papers - I did enjoy the complexity of them and the theoretical development, but it felt like solving a sudoku when the house was on fire. What l...

Engineering and Teaching Shorts: Keeping CPD Bite-Sized and Impactful

In Higher Education time is always in short supply, so finding space for meaningful professional development can be a challenge. That’s where Engineering and Teaching Shorts (EATS) comes in: a bite-sized, informal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) series that makes space for reflection, inspiration, and conversation, all over a buffet lunch. Led by Michael Wright, Faculty Education Advisor for Engineering, EATS offers a practical and engaging route into continuous learning for both academic and professional services staff. “It’s very much not a one-size-fits-all message,” Michael explains. “You’re not being told to do X or Y.” Instead, sessions are built around shared stories and practical examples designed to spark new ideas in day-to-day teaching. What is EATS? A format that sticks EATS is a CPD initiative established in the early 2010s by Professor Stephen Beck , Director of the Centre for Engineering Education here at the University of Sheffield. It was created to en...

Critical Thinking, GenAI, and Engineering Education: Reflections from IEEE EDUCON 2025 Conference

The 2025 edition of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), hosted at Queen Mary University of London, was a flagship international event that brought together a diverse community of educators, researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers to advance innovation in engineering and technology education . Here, Kennedy Offor shares his insights into the evolving role of critical thinking in engineering education in the age of generative AI, from stakeholder simulation to ethical decision-making and the future of professional skills. I recently had the opportunity to participate and present in EDUCON 2025 at the Queen Mary University of London, a timely and thought-provoking event exploring the intersections of critical thinking, generative AI, and engineering education. My contribution focused on how generative AI can be leveraged to simulate stakeholder perspectives in engineering design, with a view to enhancing critical thinking and learner agency. But...