Dear Engineering Students, *Student Platform for Engineering Education Development* is a global, non-profit student organisation that functions as an interdisciplinary network of engineering students, who aspire to provide opinion and create an impact on future development of engineering education and its effect on society and environment. SPEED was founded by student participants of the 1st Global Student Forum (GSF) in October 2006 during the 5th Global Colloquium on Engineering Education (GCEE), organised by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The following years, SPEED co-organised the 2nd and the 3rd GSF with ASEE in Istanbul, Turkey and Cape Town, South Africa, and in cooperation with IFEES the 4th GSF in Bhubaneswar, India. SPEED hopes to expand the Global Student Forum initiative significantly in the coming years through global cooperation and feedback from students and through other activities to further enrich engineering education curricula worldwide.
*SPEED membership - apply now!* Membership in SPEED is a part-time, voluntary commitment undertaken by students who share our common purpose of advancing engineering education through student involvement. Members of SPEED contribute to the development of the organization's initiatives, by taking on a set of tasks that usually match of their competences with the needs of the organization. *Global Student Forum on Engineering Education *St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, St. Petersburg, Russia 15th-23rd May, 2009 "GloCal Engineer: Qualities and Competencies" Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED) in cooperation with International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) and Russian Association for Engineering Education (RAEE) will gather 100 student leaders in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 15th-23rd, 2009 for the Global Student Forum (GSF) on Engineering Education to discuss the ideas on Qualities and Competencies of a Globally competent and Locally applicable engineer. The fusion of Global and Local skills provided a new term: GloCal Engineer and the overall topic of the event is therefore: "GloCal Engineer: Qualities and Competencies". The GSF event is part of 3rd IFEES Global Summit, which will draw academics, representatives from government, industry and non-profit organizations, and increasingly students from around the world to discuss issues pertinent to engineering education. The GSF, is a one week event, organised by students. Engineering Students and young professionals will discuss issues embedded in topic: GloCal Engineer: Qualities and Competencies. They will participate in workshops aimed at providing them with tools to find innovative solutions with the global perspective and apply them in their local communities. Students will be a part of an international experience, submerged in the atmosphere of cross-cultural communication and creative thinking. They will get a chance to learn about already existing student projects, get involved and/or start their own regional and global initiatives with the aim of curriculum innovation and development in alignment with global economy. The Global Student Forum program will focus on developing thinking from a global perspective and providing a local applicability to students ideas. Students will share ideas and discuss the skills and competencies of a modern successful engineer and how to implement such current practices into curriculum in order to improve engineering education. Students will participate in a series of workshops, discussions, presentations and creation of action plans that will enable them to become a factor of change in the development of engineering education curriculum. Please apply<http://www.worldspeed.org/events/gsf2009russia/application-and-fees> before the extended deadline : *Monday, 19 Jan 2009. * ** It's my pleasure to inform you that SPEED has expected 1-2 more students from Nepal to attend Global student Forum on engineering Education, pls stay tuned and get updates from the webpage and I am looking forward to hearing from you very soon. Please let me know if you have any additional questions! i know it is a short notice.but you have to act fast! For more information Please Visit : http://worldspeed.org All the Best ! You have the opportunity to make a change ! Cheerss.. Yadav Bhattarai Participant - 3rd Global Student Forum on engineering Education ,Cape Town, South Africa Accepted Participant - 5th GSF ,Russia Ph: 9841453923 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nicolò Wojewoda <[email protected]> Date: Dec 15, 2008 12:43 AM Subject: SPEED membership - apply now! To: [email protected] Dear all, Now that, thanks to your input amongst others, the bylaws of the organization are taking better shape, the SPEED team feels ready to start up the membership process by inviting the interested people to join the organization! This email will tell you what is this about and how can you get involved. ## SPEED membership #### Membership in SPEED is a part-time, voluntary commitment undertaken by students who share our common purpose of advancing engineering education through student involvement. Members of SPEED contribute to the development of the organization's initiatives, by taking on a set of tasks that usually match of their competences with the needs of the organization. Here's a few examples of the work done by SPEED members: - fundraising (drafting sponsorship proposals, networking with potential sponsors, developing projects' budgets, ...) - program development (inviting speakers, developing schedule of events, coordinating logistical needs, promotion of the event, ...) - internal coordination (reporting to SPEED mailing list, working with SPEED website and SPEED wiki, attending and organizing chat meetings and conference calls, ...) Due to the limited size of the group, as well as the early stage of our development, it is common for SPEED members to take on a variety of tasks throughout their work in the organization, contributing not only to a dynamic and stimulating environment, but most of all to a wonderful opportunity to learn on various fronts about organizational work in all of its facets. In other words, there's a lot to do, but there's also a lot to learn! Finally, we understand that everybody's first commitment is towards their studies and we try to support each other to make sure that being good SPEED members doesn't mean being bad engineering students. Flexibility is the key, as we need to be able to take on tasks and work a bit more in times when others are not fully available, in order for them to be able to do the same for us when we're not available ourselves. The bottom line, however, is that at least a few hours every week are required to successfully contribute to the activities of the organization. We hope and believe that a lot of it will be not only rewarding and contributing to your professional growth, but fun and shaping you as a person as well. All in all, we're a group of friends too and we want to enjoy the time with each other as friends do. :-) ## How to apply #### The process is the following: 1) Submit a motivation letter (1 page maximum - around 300-500 words) to [email protected] in order for us to be able to gauge your commitment to the organization (why do you want to be in SPEED?), the added value you're able to bring to SPEED and your expectations towards the work to be done; include in the application what you'd prefer to do (or learn how to do) in the team. Feel free to add anything relevant about previous similar experiences, current skills and areas of interest and how can they help you in better contributing to our organization. 2) The existing group of SPEED members (currently: Adam, Amy, David, Jennifer, Julia, Yvonne and me) will have 1 week of time to review the motivation letter of any applicant, starting from their submission date/time. In this period, we might ask you a few additional questions in order for us to be able to better understand what's the best place for you in the team. 3) At the end of that week, if no objections arise, the new member will be automatically added to the SPEED members' mailing list and involved in the activities of the team. If objections arise, we will first try to settle them with a discussion and, if necessary, with a vote (simple majority needed). We will let you know about any notice (acceptance/rejection) as soon as we can. Feel free to contact me for any clarifications. I'm looking forward to hear from you and welcome you to the team. :-) Ciao, Nicolò --- SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development), co- founder 3rd ASEE Global Student Forum on Engineering Education, co-chair E [email protected] W http://www.worldspeed.org -- With warm regards =============== Yadav Bhattarai Worldwide Nepalese Students' Organisation-Nepal (WNSO-Nepal) GPO BOX # 9339, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977-9841453923 (cell), http://wnso.org.np http://yadavbhattarai.com.np http://profiles.tigweb.org/yadavyadu2004 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
