Incorporating global skills within UK higher education of engineers

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................................................2

RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................................4

PART ONE: KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GLOBAL DIMENSION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION.................................4

What is meant by the global dimension of engineering? ........................................................................................4

What is the global dimension of engineering education? ........................................................................................5

What are the key drivers for increasing the global dimension across higher education? ..........................................8

What do global skills look like? Differing interpretations of global skills .................................................................11

How does international development fit within the global dimension? ..................................................................13

What are the key barriers and contraints and how can these be overcome? .........................................................13

PART TWO: INCORPORATING THE GLOBAL DIMENSION WITHIN LEARNING ........................................................15

Framework............................................................................................................................................................15

Embedding within the curriculum..........................................................................................................................18

Partnerships..........................................................................................................................................................21

Extra-curricula learning........................................................................................................................................22

University level strategies.....................................................................................................................................23

Inter-university, national and international strategies .............................................................................................25

CONCLUSIONS......................................................................................................................................................27

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................28

ENDNOTES............................................................................................................................................................29

ABBREVIATIONS

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