A systems thinking approach to collaborations for capacity building and sustainability in engineering education

被引：3

作者：

Nyemba, Wilson R. ^{[1
]}

Carter, Keith F. ^{[2
,3
]}

Mbohwa, Charles ^{[4
,5
]}

Chinguwa, Simon ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Johannesburg, Dept Mech Engn Sci, Fac Engn & Built Environm, ZA-2006 Johannesburg, South Africa

[2] Univ Leicester, Dept Engn, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England

[3] Keimar Consultancy Ltd, Leicester, Leics, England

[4] Univ Johannesburg, Sustainabil Engn, Dept Qual & Operat Management, ZA-2006 Johannesburg, South Africa

[5] Univ Johannesburg, Fac Engn & Built Environm, Res & Innovat, ZA-2006 Johannesburg, South Africa

来源：

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING FOR GLOBAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY | 2019年 / 33卷

关键词：

Capacity building; industry-academia partnerships; engineering education; sustainability; systems thinking; UNIVERSITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.promfg.2019.04.092

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The general decline in the retention of professionally qualified engineers in academia and industry vary from country to country and has been attributed to different reasons for industrialized and industrializing states. This paper focuses on the outcome from a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa, aimed at enriching engineering education through fostering strong links between industry and academia. A systems thinking model was developed to address the weaknesses and enhance the successes of the RAEng intervention in order to build capacity for sustainability in engineering education. The model was developed and based at the University of Zimbabwe as the hub, collaborating with 6 other regional universities. This paper advocates for scaling up the largely successful initiative while capitalizing on experiences and collaborations with institutions from the United Kingdom (UK) and envisaged partnerships with other institutions from Europe. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

引用

页码：732 / 739

页数：8

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