Centre for Engineering Education

Learn by doing. A blog dedicated to practical Engineering Education and related topics. Published by a team at Engineering at Sheffield with a spiritual home in Multidisciplinary Engineering Education, based in the Diamond at the University of Sheffield, UK. In the Faculty of Engineering we teach engineering and host the Centre for Engineering Education.

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From Sheffield to India: Expanding Makerspace Partnerships and Engineering Education

on March 13, 2025

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