Table of Contents

Part 1. Setting the scene

1.1 The case for new pedagogies in engineering education

1.2 Why go to university? The past and future of engineering education

Part 2. Recent innovations in delivering effective engineering education

2.1 Pedagogical and cost advantages of a multidisciplinary approach to delivering practical teaching

2.2 Engineering with a human face

2.3 Interdisciplinary project weeks

2.4 Towards improved engineering education in the United Kingdom

Part 3. Linking education to employability

3.1 Efficiency of teaching core knowledge and employability competencies in chemical engineering education

3.2 Personal and professional skills: something they do teach you at university

3.3 Breaking boundaries with liberal studies in engineering

Part 4. The affective side of education

4.1 Through the lenses of the two I’s: implement or innovate?

4.2 Enterprise education: outside classrooms, inside students’ hearts

4.3 Enhancing and managing group creativity through off-task breaks

Part 5. Concluding remarks: the way ahead

About the Author

Plato Kapranos is a Senior University Teacher at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Sheffield. He teaches Personal & Professional Skills, Innovative Approaches in Teaching and Learning, and Creativity, Innovation, Enterprise, and Ethics for Engineers for both undergraduates and postgraduates.