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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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Celebrating a Double Win for ‘PPEMD for All’: A Proud Moment for Inclusive Engineering Education

on September 29, 2025

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Reliving the Buzz of Practical Engineering Education 24 Conference – and Looking Ahead

on September 10, 2025

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Designing for Impact: Professor Rachel Horn on Embedding Real-World Thinking into Engineering Education

on August 25, 2025

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Listening, Learning, Leading: Championing the Student Voice in Engineering

on August 11, 2025

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Behind the Blog: My Internship with the Centre for Engineering Education

on July 11, 2025

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Teaching with a Twist: Star Wars, Science, and Student Confidence

on July 10, 2025

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UK & Ireland Engineering Education Network

on July 07, 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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Behind the Blog: My Internship with the Centre for Engineering Education

The CEE blog editors were very fortunate to benefit from the University of Sheffield 70 hour Internship scheme, through which we worked with the talented and prolific Marsya Ali . Marsya interviewed engineering educators from across the Faculty of Engineering to find out about their work and ideas, then wrote a series of blogs based upon these that will be published here during the coming months. Here, Marsya shares her reflections about being a blog writing intern. I never thought I’d be writing about engineering, let alone interviewing award-winning and senior lecturers on revision websites, immersive technology, the use of generative AI in education and more. Coming from an Arts and Humanities background, it felt like stepping into unfamiliar territory. But that’s what made my internship with the Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) at the University of Sheffield so exciting. I’m Marsya Ali, a third-year English Language and Linguistics student from Malaysia. As...

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...

Teaching with a Twist: Star Wars, Science, and Student Confidence

When Dr Julian Dean was named winner of the University of Sheffield Education Award for Teaching Practice in Engineering and Overall, he described it as “really nice to be recognised.” But for Julian, a Senior Lecturer in Materials Science, the award wasn’t the goal. “I would have done [these things] without the award there,” he says. “It’s nice to know that it’s been seen as good practice.” Teaching Practice (Engineering) and Overall winner for teaching practice That practice includes everything from playing a guitar power chord to open lectures, to giving lectures with titles like The Phantom Error. But behind the humour is a clear pedagogical goal: to create experiences that engage students on their own terms, whether that’s through themed worksheets, accessible language, or interactive virtual labs. Julian’s standout contribution, FlashyScience, exemplifies this approach. Co-developed as a virtual lab platform that enables students to experiment at their own pace, Dr Joanna ...

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