Education takes center stage

✍ Scribed by Paula Gould

• Book ID: 104415343
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 643 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1369-7021
• DOI: 10.1016/s1369-7021(01)80085-7

✦ Synopsis

Education takes center stage by Paula Gould Scientific and engineering disciplines rely upon the skills and expertise of individuals who produce highquality research and stimulate innovation. But what happens when the pool of talent dries up? AUK scheme to propagate good practice in materials education is now providing much-needed support for university and college lecturers. Enthusing a new generation of materials scientists and engineers wilt, it is hoped, nip this threat in the bud. New schemes to support materials educators are unlikely to make headline news. Yet the task of frontline lecturers, who must instill both knowledge and enthusiasm about materials science and engineering into new students, is vital to the discipline's sustainabiLity. The proportion of undergraduates that go on to further research could well depend on how the subject is 'sold' in the lecture theatre. With another academic year under way, initiatives to promote and perpetuate excellence in materials education have never seemed more important.