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EDC recently presented a paper at the 10th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona.
This conference, in partnership with the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED), brought together representatives from education, government and industry with an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. It provided a platform for discussing current educational issues and the nature of design education in the future.
The theme of the conference was 'New Perspectives in Design’ and the questions underlying the theme included:
- How can educators better reflect industrial perspectives?
- What is the modern student's perspective on design education?
- Can we consider our curricula from a future perspective?
The paper EDC presented was “Embedding Ecodesign in Mainstream Design education: Insights from Wales” . This paper and presentation reflected some of the experiences and learning of EDC over the last 12 months from working with the four universities in Wales. The presentation allowed EDC to share experiences with international design educators while allowing these educators to share their experiences with us.
5 September 2008
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