About the conference

Who should come to PEE21?

This conference is suitable for educators looking to share their experience of innovation in practical teaching and academic leaders considering how to revitalise practical teaching within their curriculums.

Themes

  • Identifying the purpose of practical activities within an engineering curriculum

  • Maintaining quality of practical teaching when scaling up to large cohorts

  • Remote and blended delivery of practical teaching

  • Maximising practical learning when resources are constrained

  • Integrating classroom and laboratory learning

  • What can practical engineering education learn from other disciples, and vice versa

  • Testing in relation to design and build

  • Preparing students for being practical in industry

  • Allegories between experimentation of the tangible and the conceptual.

  • Enhancing student experiences of practicals

  • Students as partners in practical engineering

  • Accreditation and validation

Why come to PEE21?

  • Hear and discuss ideas for improving the quality and integration of practical engineering education into degree programmes.

  • Meet people and gain contacts in the field.

  • Experience the world leading laboratories in the Diamond building at The University of Sheffield and the team of multidisciplinary engineering educators dedicated to the delivery of practical engineering education.

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