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Teaching Summary
I am currently Director of Design Teaching, leading on development and delivery of design education across our programmes.
Currently, I lead a team of 16 academics, industrial tutors and team mentors, to develop and deliver authentic team-based educational experiences in engineering design. Current priorities are:
- Developing authentic, inspirational sustainability-focused team projects for process design education
- Embedding the development and assessment of EDI competencies into process design education
- Using learning technologies to transform the assessment and feedback process
Research Summary
I am engaged in educational action research on digitalisation, future engineering education, and EDI in education.
NEVES, L, FERRARI, R., PARRY, C., GREEDY, S., SWINBURNE S., BONNYMAN, J., MCCORQUODALE, M. Virtual Computing as a tool to enhance the authenticity of teaching and assessment". Practical Engineering Education 2022, University of Sheffield.
FERRARI, R. Invited Guest, Treasure Island Pedagogies, 2021 Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool.
FERRARI, R. Student wellbeing and online learning engagement during the pandemic. 2021, Digitally Enhanced Education Webinar Series, University of Kent
FERRARI, R, JAEGER, C. Summative assessment and digital collaboration: scaffolding reflection in laboratory learning 2021 Horizons in STEM Conference 2021, Open University.
FERRARI, R., NEVES, L., CHAMBERS, C., CORBETT D., BLACKLOCK, I,. Training and support for staff in the FoE: experiences and future developments. 2021, Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Nottingham
FERRARI, R. Industry 4.0 - What skills should we be teaching chemical engineering students in the digital age? 2020. IChemE Education Special Interest Group Newsletter