Dr Sarah Jayne Hitt, NMITE’s Transferable Skills Lead for the Centre for Advanced Timber Technology, advocates the urgent need for engineering educators to broaden their skills beyond technical expertise to include social, cultural, and ecological contexts. You can read more about this in a recent feature in the Institute of Technology’s Engineering and Technology Magazine (E&T), in which she delves into the changing landscape of engineering education. Her stimulating article discusses the evolving demands, emphasising the crucial role of interdisciplinary teaching. She advocates integrating subjects such as ethics and sustainability into engineering curricula, reflecting the changing landscape of engineering in the 21st century.
Sarah's specialism is integrating the arts, humanities, and social sciences within engineering education, which helps to emphasise the place-and community-based aspects of real-world engineering projects. Something which NMITE students benefit from throughout their studies.
To read more about Sarah’s thoughts following her panel contribution at the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) in Mexico, the full article can be found in the link below:
