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Engineering Education - Skills & competences for the (global) labour market . Anette Kolmos Professor, Aalborg University UNESCO Chair in Problem Based Learning President SEFI. 400 members from 42 countries. Student organisations. Sustainability in EE Global innovation.
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Engineering Education - Skills & competences for the (global) labour market Anette Kolmos Professor, Aalborg University UNESCO Chair in Problem BasedLearning President SEFI
Student organisations Sustainability in EE Global innovation
EUGENEEUropean and Global ENgineering Education A) Ph. D. STUDIES: Structure and Bologna follow-up in the competitiveness issues Leading: CESAER/AUTH/KTU Leuven; A. Avdelas, J. Berlamont B) PROMOTE EE IN EUROPE AS A TRUE RESEARCH FIELD C) IMPROVE transnational MOBILITY of engineering students, graduates and professionals
EUGENEEUropean and Global ENgineering Education D) LLL & CONTINUING EDUCATION as a tool to improve competitiveness and innovation of European engineers E) INCREASE ATTRACTIVENESS of studies in science and engineering and to EHERA: involve students organisations and promote awareness outside the EU of EE evolution and opportunities; Leading: CESAER/BEST, H. Kaiser, K. Hawwash, student
Agenda • Company voices • International studies • Global labour market
Vision of the contexts for engineering in 2020: • Technological (e.g., bio-tech, digital systems, computer systems/tools, sustainable technology, interdisciplinarity) • Societal, Global, and Professional (e.g., social, political & economic, diversity, multi-disciplinarity, global markets & contexts, interaction of engineering and public policy) • Attributes of the Engineer of 2020: • Strong analytical skills • Practical ingenuity • Creativity • Communication competencies (oral, written, and cultural) • Business, management, and leadership skills • High ethical standards and professionalism • Agility, resilience, flexibility
Educating engineers • Criticism of linear block system • Arguing for design capabilities and a more problem based and project based system • Complexity and technological integration
Sustainability, global innovation and complexity global or intercultural innovative competences
Qualification framework Global innovative competences - learning ‘competence’ means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities, in work or study situations and in professional and personal development. In the context of the European Qualifications Framework, competence is described in terms of responsibility and autonomy. You can not learn this by visit - this is an internalized process – you need to collaborate – you need to experience ….
Summing up • Global competiveness is a huge challenge • Global innovation and sustainability in EE and in research • European challenge of attractiveness to EE and lifelong learning • Change in EE to address these competences • Invitation for coordination of European voices Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University