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

on November 19, 2025

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

on November 03, 2025

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Open Educational Resources (OER) in Engineering at Sheffield

on October 15, 2025

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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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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...

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Engineering at Sheffield

Why make education openly accessible? Don't worry, Tom Howard will help us by explaining it's about equity and quality. Why Make Education Openly Accessible? The benefits of using Open Educational Resources (OER) for teaching and learning in Higher Education are well established [1]. The key benefit to learners is the unrestricted (and zero-cost) access to learning materials, regardless of age, geographic location or economic situation. There is evidence to suggest that students perform better when enrolled on courses that make more extensive use of OER too [2]. There are many benefits to HE institutions as well, the obvious one (again) relates to economics: moving away from high (and ever increasing) cost, subscription-based journals to open access alternatives is a significant cost saving. But there are other important benefits: making educational resources openly available for all can help to showcase the teaching that a University provides, and helps to promote institu...

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...

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