Engineering and Computing Education Research Group - EcERG
Our vision
By 2026 to be one of the leading UK institutions for engineering and computing education research whose outputs develop knowledge capital to improve our student learning experiences, and nurture engineers and computer scientists from a diverse range of backgrounds to make a sustainable impact on society throughout their lives.
We will achieve that by bringing together researchers in and across disciplines (in engineering and computing and beyond) to investigate and apply educational approaches and outcomes that develop engineers and computer scientists, systems thinking and transversal/meta-skills to solve complex and systemic problems required for a more sustainable and inclusive world. Additionally, we will seek to partner with educators and students at all education levels, as well as public, private, third sector organisations and other research groups and societies in Scotland, the UK and internationally to achieve this vision.
Our aim
To make a positive impact on the holistic and ongoing development of engineers and computer scientists and their learning experience (in school, at university, in work, through to passionate practitioners who have retired) through high-quality and impactful research applied in outreach, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and in lifelong courses.
Key projects
Current and emergent focal areas:
- Outreach, public engagement and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (SDG 4, 5)
- Interface of work and learning (SDG 4, 8, 9)
- Technology-enhanced learning (SDG 4,10)
- Assessment and Feedback (SDG 4)
- Discipline-specific research and scholarship
Linked to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
Engineering and computing science educators have a responsibility to make sure that “all learners acquire the knowledge and the skills to promote sustainable developments” (UN SDG outcome 4.7) and to enable a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable world for its citizens through the provision of products and services. Our focus is on changing lives through education (SDG4) and partnering with communities, industry and governments (UN SDGs 8 and 9) to achieve opportunities for everyone (SDGs 5 and 10).
- SDG four: Quality education
- SDG five: Gender equality
- SDG eight: Decent work and economic growth
- SDG nine: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
- (SDG 17: Partnership for SDG goals)
Group members and research students
Members:
- Patricia Munoz-Escalona, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering
- Chris Smith, Senior Lecturer, Institute for University to Business Education (U2B)
- Colin Milligan, Senior Research Fellow, Academic Development & Student Learning
- Ursula Canton, Senior Lecturer, Academic Development Tutor
- Richard Danyi, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
- Chinedu Frank Godwin, Civil Engineering & Environmental management
- James Paterson, Assistant Head Learning, Teaching and Quality
- Ryan Gibson, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science
- George Loumakis, Senior Lecturer, Energy
- Ibrahim Kucukdemiral, Reader, Instrumentation and Control
- Andrew Cowell, Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
- Jeff Gibson, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
- David Hodge, Academic Development Tutor
- Peter Wallace, Senior Lecturer, Instrumentation and Control
- Iain Lambie, Senior Lecturer, Computing
- Ian Ollig, Learning Technologist
- Fiona Fairlie, Senior Lecturer, Computing
- Kaitlin Ramsay, Lecturer, Applied Science
- Fathiya Mohammed, Lecturer, Computing
- David Semple, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
- Sajid Nazir, Lecturer, Computing
- Alan Jack, Lecturer, Applied Computer Games
- Louise O’Neill, Lecturer, Construction and Surveying
- Javed Waqas, PhD researcher. Engineering Research Student Lead
- Ugochukwu Elele, Research student. Applied Science
Sustainable Development Goals
