The number of countries represented here is impressive. \u00a0They include:<\/p>\n
USA \u00a0 \u00a0 Canada \u00a0 \u00a0 Mexico \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Colombia \u00a0 \u00a0 Chile \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Virgin Islands \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Ghana \u00a0 \u00a0 South Africa \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Malaysia \u00a0 \u00a0 China \u00a0 \u00a0 Australia \u00a0 \u00a0 UNEP \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Spain \u00a0 \u00a0 Sweden \u00a0 \u00a0 Belgium \u00a0 \u00a0 Denmark \u00a0 \u00a0 Austria \u00a0 \u00a0 Netherlands \u00a0 \u00a0 Lithuania \u00a0 \u00a0 Italy \u00a0 \u00a0 Ireland \u00a0 \u00a0 Finland \u00a0 \u00a0 Germany \u00a0 \u00a0 UK<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In addition to what look like half-decent keynotes, there are three parallel sessions focusing on:<\/p>\n
[A<\/strong>] \u00a0 Teaching & learning, \u00a0[B<\/strong>] \u00a0 Curriculum development, \u00a0and [C<\/strong>]. Alternative pedagogies. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I'm drawn to the presentations in B, though I'd really like to dip in and out (how many time do we say that? ...) which looks impossible. \u00a0Anyway, the point is that there's something to look forward to.<\/p>\n
The first keynote was by Paul Jowitt, of Heriot Watt. \u00a0It was entertaining enough, and certainly broad-ranging, but it hinted a matter's inwardness rather too often, only to leave the poor listener wanting more. \u00a0I thought it rather underdone as a talk.<\/p>\n
A key theme was the need to integrate course programmes from the outset, rather than differentiate them. \u00a0 This \"upside-down approach\" (neatly illustrated by a picture of a cake) was a useful metaphor throughout the address. \u00a0He also told us of his, as yet, futile attempts to update Tredgold's 1828 definition of civil engineering in its Royal charter, making it into something that takes society seriously \u2013 or perhaps notices that it is there at all.<\/p>\n
He had a nice line about 'the engineer of responsibility' which seemed to work at several levels, and his plea was for an engineering education that explored how, in the real world out there, consequences were felt across systems, and not just in the vicinity of a project.<\/p>\n
The following was not his final point, but it will do for mine:<\/p>\n
\"The search for a rationale for government decision-making on sustainability goes on.\"<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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