6U-HAPPIER Symposium
6U-HAPPIER Symposium was held at Tokyo Tech on Wednesday, 26 December 2018, where 10 Deans (including 3 proxies) attended from 6U member univeristies. We had an honor of having 4 people from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology with us, including Director of National University Corporation Support Division, who made a short speech, and Deputy Director of Technical Education Division.
ACE Workshops
Based on questionnaire survey of Assistant Professor conducted in June, HAPPIER held 2 types of Workshops in November 2018 Both were appreciated by the attendees.13-14 September 2018 Innovative Teaching Workshop
Prof. Rod Smith of Imperial College London led again the innovative teaching workshop, at Hokkaido University. Ten Assistant Professors from 6U attended, including 8 from Hokkaido University. Feedback survey and photos can be read here.4-7 September 2018 FD Workshop for Globalization of Education
Towards a learner-centered approachThis year again one Assistant Professor from 6U attended this workshop at Osaka University.
3-5 September 2018 UK-Japan Engineering Education League Workshop
The sixth UK-Japan Engineering Education League Workshop was held in Kyushu University on 3-5 September 2018. Report photos, and programs are available here6U-HAPPIER Questionnaire Survey of Assistant Professors
6U-HAPPIER conducted a questionnaire survey from 4 June to 6 July 2018 to know the needs of Assistant Professors. Thank you very much for 315 Assistant Professors (42%) who answered. Survey summary was presented at 34th Annual Conference of Japan Society of Educational Technology in Japanese.Faculty Exchange Salon
6U-HAPPIER had a Faculty Exchange Salon at Osaka University on 22 June 2018. Prof. Yasuda and Prof. Takayama of Osaka University gave talks on their exchange experiences and Prof. Tanaka of Osaka University introduced their activities on Human Assets Promotion at Osaka University. Then there was an open discussionFaculty Exchange Salon
6U-HAPPIER had a Faculty Exchange Salon at Tohoku University on 16 March 2018.Second Taiwan-Japan International Engineering Forum
6U-HAPPIER took part in the Second Taiwan-Japan International Forum held in Taipei during 28 February - 2 March. The forum was hosted by National Taiwan University System. Read the report.2017 November Academic Career Enhancement Workshop
6U-HAPPIER hosted ACE Innovative Teaching Workshops directed by Prof. Roderick Smith of Imperial College London. Three 2-day sessions were held: 13-14 November at at Tokyo Tech Ookayama campus, 27-28 November at Osaka University Suita campus, and 29-30 November at Kyushu University Ito campus. In total 21 young faculty members attendes the workshops. Feedback summary with some photos are shown.FD Workshop in Osaka U.
2017 FD Workshop for Globalization of Education: Towards a learner-centered approach was held from 11 to 14 September 2017 at Osaka University. In addtion to 8 participants from Osaka University, three young faculty members from other 5Us participated.UKJ-EEL Workshop
UK-Japan Engineering Education League Workshop was held in University of Glasgow on 7-9 September 2017. See its report.Japan Taiwan Forum
Japan Taiwan International Engineering Forum 2017 on 9 and 10 March 2017
Workshop for assistant professors by Professor Rod Smith (Imperial College London) in November 2016
Detailed Announcement for Attendees
Report of the first workshop
Invitation to the second and the third workshops
