All Outputs (4)

Individual engineering projects: How to achieve scientific depth and consistency of practice (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Fowles-Sweet, W., & Atoofi, M. (2018, June). Individual engineering projects: How to achieve scientific depth and consistency of practice. Paper presented at UWE Learning and Teaching Conference 2018, Frenchay, Bristol, England

Recent improvements to the UWE Individual Engineering Projects process are discussed, along with some of the outstanding issues. Although the process is up to date and designed to meet requirements set by accrediting bodies, the issues are both acad... Read More about Individual engineering projects: How to achieve scientific depth and consistency of practice.

Engineering and society: Embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula (2018)
Book Chapter
Fogg Rogers, L., & Fowles-Sweet, W. (2018). Engineering and society: Embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula. In J. Andrews, R. Clark, A. Nortcliffe, & R. Penlington (Eds.), 5TH Annual Symposium of the United Kingdom & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network (125-129). Aston University

Undergraduate education incorporating active learning through education outreach presents a critical opportunity to influence future engineering teaching and practice capabilities. Engineering education outreach activities have been shown to have mul... Read More about Engineering and society: Embedding active service learning in undergraduate curricula.

Lay-learning and development - Academic challenge or collaborative opportunity? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Fowles-Sweet, W., & Atoofi, M. (2018, March). Lay-learning and development - Academic challenge or collaborative opportunity?. Paper presented at UALL Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the rise of technology present a number of challenges to Higher Education (HE). The ease with which knowledge can be accessed without recourse to formal higher education raises concerns about the future of Higher Edu... Read More about Lay-learning and development - Academic challenge or collaborative opportunity?.

Widening participation and social mobility: Encompassing and integrating learning opportunities (2018)
Journal Article
Fowles-Sweet, W., & Barker, J. (2018). Widening participation and social mobility: Encompassing and integrating learning opportunities. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 20(2), 69-95. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.20.2.69

Abstract Many regional universities occupy interesting positions between hi-tech, urban employers and learners, and learners from less socially or economically advantaged (including rural) backgrounds. Many such institutions have maintained their pre... Read More about Widening participation and social mobility: Encompassing and integrating learning opportunities.