Educational policies in European engineering higher education system - Implementation of a survey

Author

Cojocaru, Dorian ; Popescu, Dorin ; Poboroniuc, Marian ; Ward, Tony

Author_Institution

Dept. of Autom., Electron. & Mechatron., Univ. of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 April 2014

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

234

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of identifying the best EU practices regarding higher education policies in the field of engineering. The results are obtained by means of a work package in a Lifelong Learning Program. SALEIE - “Strategic Alignment of Electrical and Information Engineering in European Higher Education Institutions” program started in October 2012 and is on-going. The paper presents details regarding the design of a specific questionnaire, data collection by means of a wide survey and the preliminary analysis of the results. Here, only part of the answers is analysed, specifically those focussing to the procedure for starting a new programme and the evaluation of existing programmes.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; continuing professional development; educational institutions; electrical engineering education; engineering education; further education; government policies; EU practices; European engineering higher education system; European higher education institutions; SALEIE; data collection; lifelong learning program; strategic alignment of electrical and information engineering; Conferences; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Europe; Quality assurance; higher education; policy; survey;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826096

Filename

6826096