Teaching Engineering Ethics Group (TEEG)

At the last meeting of the TEEG, on 16 October 2007, the major item on the agenda was the organisation of a joint event with the ECuk. The event is meant to reach Accreditors and to re-launch a new version of the Curriculum Map at which the TEEG is working at present. The final agenda and programme for the event were to be formalised in a meeting between representative of the TEEG, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the ECuk which has now taken place on 23 November 2007.

Andrew Ramsey (ECuk), Richard Shearman (ECuk), Paul Bailey (ECuk), Ian Howard (TEEG member) Raffaella Ocone (TEEG chair) and Natasha McCarthy (RAEng) attended the meeting.

The Accreditation Process was discussed and it was agreed that the Engineering Subject Centre, the Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) and the Assessment and Learning Outcomes working group should be liaised with in the course of planning the meeting.

The structure of the event was discussed in detail. The event would consist of a first part introducing the curriculum map and discussing how it can be used. There would also be a talk on the accreditation process. The second part of the event would consist in two break-out discussion sessions: the first session would involve groups of similar disciplines; the second session would involve mixed-discipline groups. Sessions would be facilitated by members of TEEG. There would be a report at the end of sessions which should provide an opportunity to share experiences and ideas.

It was agreed that the venue would be the Royal Academy of Engineering and the date in March 2008 (very likely 14 March 2008). Members of the accreditation boards of each institution, senior staff involved in the accreditation process and accreditation volunteers should be invited. Transcripts of the event and a report of the discussion sessions (to be published on the web) should be produced. The possibility of filming the discussion sessions and the talks was also discussed. It was suggested that a cancellation fee of up to £100 should be charged for non-attendance without reasonable notice.