#39 BEST: Katrijn Vandenborne and Nadica Koloska from The Board of European Students of Technology

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with engineering students about their contributions to engineering education.

We can't really talk about engineering education without talking about engineering students. But in this episode we talk to them! We attempt to bridge the gap between engineering educators and students by directly asking them what they think. In so doing, we welcome Katrijn Vandenborne (current President of BEST) and Nadica Koloska (co-ordinator for the Educational Involvement Department) from the Board of European Students of Technology (BEST). Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Prof. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the ways in which students are contributing their their own engineering education, and what we can learn from them. Timestamps 0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode 0.29 Podcast Intro 0.46 Experiences with students collaboration from Natalie and Neil 2.47 Introduction to Katrijn and Nadica 6.30 The history of BEST 8.04 The relationship with SEFI 10.48 Managing student turnover 12.11 Professional development courses 14.55 Career support 16.20 Symposium on Education 19.02 The Education Involvement Department 20.58 Stakeholders 28.35 Topics of interest within BEST: professional skills, the responsible engineer, assessment and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Natalie Wint, Prof. Neil Cooke

Guests: Katrijn Vandenborne, Nadica Koloska

Topics covered

• engineering education
• student involvement
• professional development
• collaboration
• career support
• student voice

Keywords

• BEST
• engineering students
• education involvement
• professional skills
• responsible engineer
• assessment
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Board of European Students of Technology, SEFI, University College London, University of Birmingham

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