Our Global Village students impressed with their artwork and sustainable designs at the recent Engineering for People Design Challenge Grand Finals. Continue Reading
Tag: sustainable human development
Innovating to stem flooding: Sembula
Guest authors, Annie Cheung (2nd year undergraduate Medicine) and Shreya Basu (2nd year undergraduate Mechanical Engineering), write about their experience designing a flood barrier for Tamil Nadu in India, for the Engineers Without Borders UK design challenge. Continue Reading
Case Study: Active Learning Design
We recently faced a challenging teaching situation – accommodating 170+ individuals for the opening session of a highly interactive and student-led module, in a raked lecture theatre with a 150 seat capacity, poor acoustics and very limited access in and out of the seats. Continue Reading
The July 2017 #ScienceAfrica UnConference
The #ScienceAfrica UnConference was organised by the Planet Earth Institute (PEI). Its aim was to celebrate ‘Big Ideas for Africa’ and it was set in Bishopsgate, London.
Two student teams qualify for Engineers Without Borders UK Challenge Finals
On June 19th, two teams of Global Challenges students attended the national finals day of the Engineering for People Design Challenge. Continue Reading
Evaluation of the Engineering for People Design Challenge
We have been running the Engineering for People Design Challenge (formerly the EWB Challenge) with Engineers Without Borders UK for the past four years as part of our second year course Design for Sustainable Development. Continue Reading
Featured in Engineers Without Borders Annual Report
We were excited to see ourselves featured in the 2015 annual report for Engineers Without Borders.
European Best Practice Award
In January 2015 we were awarded a Global Dimension in Engineering Education (GDEE) award.
European Award for Best Practice in the Integration of Sustainable Human Development into Engineering and Technical Education