Conference Aims
This international conference is dedicated to enhancing the quality of higher education in all engineering disciplines. It will serve as a forum for the sharing of innovation and good practice and will provide delegates with the opportunity to critically and creatively engage with new ideas and research that might help them develop their own approach to learning, teaching and assessment.
Abstracts are invited that address the themes for the conference:
- Inspiring young people to study engineering
- Engaging and retaining engineering students in their studies, including innovative curriculum developments
- Preparing the engineers of the future, including sustainable development, internationalisation and globalisation of the curriculum
- Continuing Professional Development of practising engineers, including employer engagement and work based learning
Download submission guidelines(updated 11 December 2009)
Types of Submission
General Papers
Papers are invited presenting work on the conference themes. Submissions should show consideration of the international conference audience and present the work, where appropriate, within the context of the existing case studies and relevant literature in the area.
Suggestions for consideration in all submissions:
- Background - including context and environment
- Methodology
- Benefits and Issues
- Evidence of Success
- Reflections
- References
Authors will be asked to give a 15 minute presentation, with full papers being published in the proceedings.
Research Discussion Papers
Papers are invited on both completed and ongoing engineering education research work. Submissions should show consideration of the international conference audience and address the key questions listed below. Submissions accepted under this strand will be presented in a dedicated parallel session.
Papers should include:
- What is the context or background of the study? What are the most significant findings from other research studies which influenced your work?
- What are the research questions? Why are they important to engineering education?
- What theoretical framework(s) did you use? Explain any theoretical concepts which are critical to the research.
- Discuss your methodology. How did you collect data to investigate your research question? From whom did you collect it? How did you analyse the data?
- Discuss your major findings and/or conclusions. Outline your chain of reasoning from data analysis to findings. Are there other interpretations which could fit your data and analysis? Are there alternative interpretations which you ruled out?
- Discuss any recommendations for engineering education. Indicate future research plans or additional questions raised by this research project.
- Acknowledge any support you received for this project.
Papers will be available for delegates to read prior to the session and authors will be given 5 minutes to provide a summary of the key findings of the research and to pose questions for discussion. Full papers will be published in the proceedings.
Workshops
Colleagues wishing to lead an activity based session, with the emphasis on high levels of attendee participation, are invited to submit a proposal for a 90 minute session.
In addition to the overview of the workshop, submissions should highlight the key issues or topics to be covered as well as the intended learning outcomes for participants, an indication of how the session will be structured and how activities and discussion will be facilitated.
Workshops will be 90 minute activity based sessions with the emphasis on high levels of attendee participation. An overview of the workshop will be published in the proceedings.
Engineering Students
We welcome submissions that are authored or co-authored by students studying engineering or working on engineering education research projects and some sponsorship to cover conference fees and travel for students may be available. Please contact the conference organisers to find out more.
Papers and workshop overviews should be submitted as a MS Word document using the template provided.
Peer Review Process
All submissions (at both abstract and full paper stage) will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the conference peer-review panel. The panel will be asked to consider whether the paper provides sufficient evidence that the presentation will be of interest to the target audience of the conference and the contribution it may make to the overall aims and themes of the conference.
Proceedings will be published with an ISBN, by the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre. The conference fee includes an electronic copy of the proceedings for delegates. Full papers and workshop overviews will also be available before the conference to download from the conference website.
Key dates
Thank you to all who submitted an abstract by the November deadline - these will now be passed onto the peer review panel for consideration. Submissions are being managed via easychair (https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=ee2010). Those invited to make a full submission will be notified by 18 December 2009. Full submissions should be made for review by 31 January 2010.
Space for workshops is limited and several abstracts are already being reviewed, please contact the ee2010@engsc.ac.uk as early as possible if you have not already expressed an interest in running a workshop
Authors will be notified as soon as possible of any corrections needed to the submissions, final papers for publication should be submitted by 12 March 2010.
Authors will receive acknowledgement of acceptance by 09 April 2010.
Please note all authors wishing for their paper to published in the conference proceedings must register to attend by: 04 June 2010.
Early bird booking deadline is 14 May 2010
