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TREE outcomes students’ point of view
European universities responding to industrial challenges, 7th March,
Helsinki
Anna Fernández, BarcelonaBEST Educational Committee
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BEST is…
• constantly growing non-profit, non-representative, non-political and volunteer student organisation funded in 1989
• 79 European Universities
• 29 countries
• 900.000 Students
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Educational Committee
• BEST Educational Committee
• Enhance engineering education in Europe
• Participation in European Thematic Networks and Projects about Engineering Education such as H3E, E4, TREE, ReVE, VM-BASE, SPUTNIC, etc.
• Involving students in educational matters
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Events on Education• Participant: stakeholders in engineering education
• One week events on educational topics. Sharing opinions and experiences
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Why Events on Education?
• Students are the most affected by the education changes
• Source of fresh opinions and ideas• Opportunity to raise awareness of projects among
students
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Events on Education in numbers
• From 1996 until 3/2008: 28 events on education• Outcomes of the discussions presented in
conferences all around Europe (over 90)BESTEduCoEoEBEST in
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BEST in TREE
• Member of the Management Committee (Anna Fernández)
• Leading 2 Special Interest Groups (SIGs):
– B6: Stimulating student research in 1st cycle (Nicolò Wojewoda)
– C8: The role of extra-curricular activities in EE (Ömer Hantal)
• Students’ input in the project
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BEST in TREE
• Events on Education:– B6:
• BEST Academics and Companies, “Service Science and Undergraduate Research”, Brussels, March 2007
• Acces to higher education and undergraduate research, Ljubljana, May 2005
– C8:• The role of extra curricular activities in the formation
of Engineers, Rome Tor-Vergata, July 2005• BEST Academic and Companies, Istanbul, March
2006
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BEST in TREE• Outcomes of Events on Education in other SIGs:
– D6:• Ethics and Sustainable Development in Engineering
Education, Madrid, March 2006– A8:
• Engineering Demand and offer in Europe, Milan, April 2007
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Outcomes• SIG C8: The role of extracurricular activities in
EE
– Potential of such activities: self-confidence, team work, leadership,etc. social skills, competent engineers complementary education
– Key role from universities: flexibility for students involved (e.g. exams and attendance)
– Recognition (good practices):• UK• Spain
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Outcomes• SIG B6: Stimulating student research in the 1st
cycle
– Undergraduate Research (UR) enhances student learning richer Innovation Culture
– Common approach is to encourage UR in the phase of the final thesis
– In Europe no nation-wide initiatives exist for UR. It is left to Higher Educational Institutes.
– Companies are a crucial element as they provide fundingfunding
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