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From the classroom to shaping the education of students at a national level. I had the privilege of being a lead judge at the inaugural Engineers Without Borders UK Chapter Design Challenge Finals at the University of Warwick on the first day of March, and here is the back story: A couple of years ago, I was tasked with redeveloping an engineering interdisciplinary module titled "Technology in International Development." After putting together the foundational knowledge for the module and moving to the assessment, I wanted it to represent the module as much as possible with a real-life design. I found the Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB)'s Engineering for People's Design Challenge (EfP) and incorporated it into the assessment. The students loved being a part of the challenge. Moving forward to 2023, the focus of the EfP was on the challenges of the Govan community in Scotland. Two teams of my students qualified for the final, which was held in Glasgow, Scotland. They loved the knowledge and experience so much that they wanted to share it with others. They approached me with the idea of tweaking it for the EWB student chapter (society), and I gave them the guidance and signposting needed. Fast forward to November 2024. They held a regional competition for Universities in Coventry and Birmingham, and I was asked to be a lead judge and speaker. It was a successful program, and I was happy for the students. In February of this year, I received an email from EWB indicating that the initiative had been taken up nationally and that the University of Warwick was hosting the inaugural edition. I was also asked to be a lead judge, alongside Mairéad Reid and Tim Wilson, at the completion. EWB Student chapters from eleven universities competed. City University CSGUoL Engineers Without Borders won, with the University of Warwick Chapter (https://lnkd.in/ePm_M2Es) as the runner-up. It was indeed a lovely day, and the Warwick team hosted well. What has resonated with me the most is that as educators, beyond teaching, we inspire, and that tiny seed sown in one person can end up as a giant tree with multiple branches. #Therippleeffect Here is Engineers Without Borders UK's blog about the event: https://lnkd.in/eMfExw4d School of Engineering, University of Warwick, #UKChapterDesignChallenge #GloballyResponsibleEngineering, #EngineeringEducation