The UK & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network invites abstracts for its Annual Symposium on 

Education vs Training: Redefining Engineering Formation for the Future

Engineering education is increasingly shaped by rapid skills demands; new tools, platforms, and immediate workforce readiness, alongside enduring educational purposes: professional judgement, ethical responsibility, societal impact, and lifelong capability. This symposium seeks research and practice that clarifies what should be educated versus trained, and how programmes can deliver both without narrowing engineering to short-term technical proficiency.

We welcome contributions across (but not limited to) the following strands: engineering and society (sustainability, ethics, public value); AI and digital learning/assessment (integrity, trust, new baselines of practice); work-integrated and community-engaged learning; assessment and accreditation in a post-GenAI landscape; equity, belonging, and student success; open/online/hybrid engineering education; lifelong learning, micro-credentials, and university–industry ecosystems; and strengthening engineering education research methods and educator development.

We encourage scholarship studies, theoretical and conceptual papers, case studies, design-based research, and reflective accounts that offer actionable insights for curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and partnership.