Heywood, J. (2022, August), Culture and the development of a unique sub-system for the education of engineers for industry in the U.K.: A historical study. Part 1. The culture.  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40459

\bibitem{asee_peer_40459}
  Heywood, J. (2022, August), \emph{Culture and the development of a unique sub-system for the education of engineers for industry in the U.K.: A historical study. Part 1. The culture.}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--40459

John Heywood.  "Culture and the development of a unique sub-system for the education of engineers for industry in the U.K.: A historical study. Part 1. The culture.".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/40459 Internet.  30 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_40459}
  John Heywood.
  "Culture and the development of a unique sub-system for the education of engineers for industry in the U.K.: A historical study. Part 1. The culture.".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/40459 Internet.  30 Apr, 2024

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This evidence based study is derived from other work in progress related to the history of engineering education in the UK. Its interest lies in the fact that in 1955/56 the British government created a sub-system of higher technological education in England and Wales that had as its objective, the education of highly qualified engineers and applied scientists for manufacturing industry. While it could have been the subject of an official evaluation, it was not. However, fortuitously, it was established during a period increasing interest in research in higher education, and several researches addressed various aspects of the system, including one attempt to study the sub-system in its totality. The discussion is presented in two parts. Part 1 (this paper) discusses the origins of the system, the problems it posed, the goals it wished to achieve, and the social milieu that accompanied it.  Part 2 (a second paper) discusses the researches that were done within these institutions that related to the achievement of their goals. Together, and separately, they demonstrate the importance of social factors, especially that of status in determining outcomes.
The reasoning behind this structure is that engineering educators who do not show interest in comparative education, (the study of other systems of education), may have to take time off to understand how the other system works, and the cultural influences that created its present state, in order for them to determine whether or not there is anything of significance that has application to their own situation.
It is argued that the comparative study of engineering education systems leads to a better understanding of engineering education, and its role in policy making. It makes us more aware of the cultural constraints that confront us if we wish to innovate.

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