The European engineering educators podcast from SEFI brings you key insights into the minds of university researchers and practitioners who have built international reputations in the field of engineering education with knowledge and advice to share. Find out from Europe's largest network of engineering educators how engineering is evolving to address the challenges of the modern world, and develop your expertise.
Your hosts are Professor Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) and Dr Natalie Wint (University College London).
We want to bring the frontiers of engineering education to you, regardless of your speciality, in an easy to digest format- you don't have to be an education researcher to benefit. You might be an academic teaching engineering or a related subject, an engineer who wants to keep up with the latest insights, some other professional in education, or even a student!
Based in Brussels, SEFI is the European society for engineering education, a non-profit organisation active since 1973, and Europe's largest network of engineering educators. Our mission is to improve engineering education and its image in society.
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The European engineering educators podcast from SEFI brings you key insights into the minds of university researchers and practitioners who have built international reputations in the field of engineering education with knowledge and advice to share. Find out from Europe's largest network of engineering educators how engineering is evolving to address the challenges of the modern world, and develop your expertise.
Your hosts are Professor Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) and Dr Natalie Wint (University College London).
We want to bring the frontiers of engineering education to you, regardless of your speciality, in an easy to digest format- you don't have to be an education researcher to benefit. You might be an academic teaching engineering or a related subject, an engineer who wants to keep up with the latest insights, some other professional in education, or even a student!
Based in Brussels, SEFI is the European society for engineering education, a non-profit organisation active since 1973, and Europe's largest network of engineering educators. Our mission is to improve engineering education and its image in society.
Join our network www.sefi.be
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Listen to the podcast with subtitles in your own language on youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgbdO3TmP943SOB9BDGRrffTG6tShZSXz
Written and produced by Neil Cooke and Natalie Wint.
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Welcome to the first episode of season 6 of the podcast!
The Archimedean Oath, first developed in 1990 and inspired by the Hippocratic Oath, was promoted as a reflection tool during SEFI 2024. Historically, the oath was read and signed at the end of master’s level study and allowed engineers to emphasise their commitment to their institution and global responsibility. Taking an oath was viewed as supporting graduates in making ethical decisions within professional practice. However, societal and environmental needs have since changed, this triggering moves to update both the form and scope of the oath. Similarly, in Canada, the Iron Ring or Ritual of the Calling of an Engineering is a ceremony which engineering graduates traditionally take part in.
In this episode we spoke to Robyn Mae Paul from the University of Calgary and Kari Zacharias from the University of Manitoba who are part of the group ‘Retool the Ring’, whose work focuses on advocating for changes to the ceremony.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the iron ring!
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.58 Podcast Intro
1.20 Experiences with CBL from Natalie and Neil
3.17 Introduction to Robyn and Kari
9.13 Introduction to the Iron Ring
12.12 What is involved in the ceremony
17.45 The obligation
19.47 What are the benefits of the ritual?
22.53 The start of Retool the Ring
32.23 Retool the Ring Activities
40.42 The Iron Ring as establishing, challenging and maintaining boundaries
49.02 The use of exclusionary values and langaguge
56.47 Proposed changes
1:02:26 End of the Iron Ring?
1:05:47 Reactions to the work done by Retool the Ring
1:09: 50 What is next for Retool the Ring
1:13:42 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
The following links will take you to publications authored by members of the Retool the Ring group.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1177035/full
https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/PCEEA/article/view/17100
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