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JBM Excellence in Engineering Education Conference

Think Up designed and facilitated this half-day workshop designed to ask , ‘what is the best way to embed sustainability in the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum?’ The event was designed for the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) and supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Our approach was to create a place for discussion about sustainability and learning that stimulates all the senses. We juxtaposed keynote speakers with thought-provoking installations, all designed to give lecturers new ideas for how they can teach sustainability.

The findings of the conference will shortly be available for download from this page.

Speakers
The afternoon started with key note presentations. Dan Epstein, former Head of Sustainability at the Olympic Delivery Authority, gave his view on the skills that engineers need to help deliver sustainability on construction projects. Ed McCann, currently Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Sustainability at the University of Strathclyde gave the key points of his paper on the neuroscience of learning and its relevance to teaching engineering.