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Conferences
PICMET 2006 Conference,
"Technology Management for the Global Future," July 9-13, 2006
XXX Pan American
Convention of Engineers (UPADI), "Building a Sustainable Infrastructure through
Education, Technological Innovation and Economic Development," September
19-22, 2006
5th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, "Engineering
Education in the Americas and Beyond," October 9-12, 2006
Conference of European Schools for Advanced
Engineering Education (CESAER) General Assembly, October 27-28, 2006
17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering
Education, "Creativity, Challenge, Change: Partnerships in Engineering
Education," December 10-13, 2006
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UNESCO Site Sub-Saharan African Students Most Mobile
A story this month by the
United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
shows that students from sub-Saharan Africa are the most mobile in the world
with one out of every 16 students studying abroad. "The
Global Education Digest 2006 presents the latest education statistics from
primary to tertiary levels in more than 200 countries. It also tracks the
flows of foreign or mobile students. Mobile students are defined as those
who study in foreign countries where they are not permanent residents.
Between 1999 and 2004, the number of mobile students worldwide surged by 41
percent from 1.75 to 2.5 million, according to the Digest. "
Organizations Create Scholarships for Women Studying Engineering
AMEX and the Canadian
Engineering Memorial Foundation are creating two scholarships in Canada for
women in engineering that will be awarded this fall. "AMEC is funding
the new $10,000 AMEC Masters Scholarship in Engineering and the new $5,000
undergraduate AMEC Scholarship in Engineering for Aboriginal Women. Both
will be awarded annually for three years beginning in the fall of 2006. As
well, AMEC is ensuring these women will have the opportunity to gain
valuable work experience by offering the scholarship recipients summer
employment. AMEC's total commitment to CEMF's scholarship is $60,000."
Unam Northern
Campus at Ongwediva to Set Up Faculty of Engineering and Information
Technology
Unam Northen Campus at
Ongwediva in Namibia will set up a Faculty of Engineering and Information
Technology on a 13-hectare piece of land near the Valombola Vocational
Training Center. The two education institutions will work closely with
one another. Unam sources stated that "the institution has been
running a pre-engineering programme in which undergraduate students transfer
to collaborating universities in South Africa after completing two years at
Unam. The number and variety of engineering students who trained through the
programme has been very small. However, with the establishment of the new
faculty, the situation is expected to change."
5th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education
The American Society for
Engineering Education will hold the 2006 Global Colloquium on Engineering
Education October 9-12, 2006
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Colloquium will have three themes of
major contemporary interest:
- Primary and Secondary Education
- Engineering for the Americas
- Development of Curriculum for the Global Engineer
The focus of the Colloquium
is on successful strategies for dealing with each of these issues. We
encourage contributions that detail examples of what actions are being taken
and what works and why, with supporting evidence. T
For more information, visit:
www.asee.org/gcee2006/. |
