6-University Human Assets Promotion Program for Innovative Education and Research (6U-HAPPIER)

Past Events

• Assistant Professor Networking Meeting

  The first Networking meeting was held in November 2019. The second meeting was held in November 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, with Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Institute of Science Tokyo) serving as the host institution. Hokkaido University hosted in November 2023, and Tohoku University hosted in November 2024, continuing the series of meetings.

• 2019 Innovative Teaching Workshop

  Prof. Rod Smith of Imperical College London is invited again to conduct Innovative Teaching Workshops in 3 places as follows;
  • Tuesday, 5 November at S518 Lecture Room, South 5 Building, Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Wednesday, 6 November at Higashiyama Campus, Nagoya University
  • Friday, 8 November at Aobayama Campus, Tohoku University

• The 7th UK-Japan Engineering Education League Workshop

  The 7th UK-Japan Engineering Education League Workshop was held on 5-7 September 2019 at Queen Mary University of London. Thirteen faculty members from 6U-HAPPIER took part.

• Executive Board Meeting

  The 6U-HAPPIER Executive Board Meeting was held in Hiroshima on 24 May 2019 to discuss on that year's activities. The 6U-HAPPIER welcomed School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, and School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University as our new members.

• The 3rd Japan-Taiwan International Engineering Forum

  The 3rd Japan-Taiwan International Engineering Forum was held at Tokyo Tech from 27 February to 1 March 2019. The theme was "Innovative International Collaborative Research with Industries Driven by Young Researchers in Japan and Taiwan". Read a report in Japanese.

• 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
  • Management ACE attended by 6 Assistant Professors on 2, 8, 29, and 30 November
  • ACE Innovative Teaching Workshop attended by 4 Assistant Professors on 28 November. Read a report in Japanese.
  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 approach
  This 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 here

• 6U-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 Faculty Exchange Salons at Tohoku University on 16 March 2018, and 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 discussion

• 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 attended 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

• 2016 November ACE Workshop

• Summary of Questionnaire Survey

  Summary of Questionnaire Survey of Assistant Professors at Tokyo Tech (October 2016)
• UK-Japan Engineering Education League Workshop during 5-8 August, 2016
• AY2016 Kickoff Meeting on Friday, 10 June 2016