The evolving engineer; professional accreditation sustainability criteria and societal imperatives and norms

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dc.contributor.authorByrne, Edmond P.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T14:23:07Z
dc.date.available2023-02-01T14:23:07Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-18
dc.date.updated2023-02-01T09:40:35Z
dc.description.abstractProfessional accreditation criteria around sustainability are an important consideration in the delivery of accredited (chemical) engineering programmes. This paper looks at the sustainability related criteria required by a number of professional bodies, while considering the evolution of such criteria over the past decades. It is seen that the scope and breadth of sustainability criteria has expanded among many accreditation bodies, including the Institution of Chemical Engineers, in line with institutional and professional imperatives. This has promoted the incorporation of a far broader range of sustainability related attributes than was previously envisaged. There are nevertheless large differences between the requirements of the various professional bodies considered, and in programmes across the world. The impact of societal imperatives and norms, including those of employers is reflected upon, as is the awareness and concerns of young people, who as graduates will be working through mid-century, directly engaging with sustainability related imperatives. IChemE accredited programmes are increasingly obliged to actively engage with contemporary sustainability related requirements more broadly, requiring increased integration of sustainability attributes across the curriculum, in terms of knowledge, skills and values. This evolution is important in remaining relevant as a profession, and in playing a key role in addressing societal challenges.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationByrne, E. P. (2023) 'The evolving engineer; professional accreditation sustainability criteria and societal imperatives and norms', Education for Chemical Engineers, 43, pp. 23-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ece.2023.01.004en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ece.2023.01.004en
dc.identifier.endpage30en
dc.identifier.issn1749-7728
dc.identifier.journaltitleEducation for Chemical Engineersen
dc.identifier.startpage23en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14179
dc.identifier.volume43en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ece.2023.01.004
dc.rights© 2023, the Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Institution of Chemical Engineers. This is an open access article, made available under the CC BY 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectEducation for sustainable developmenten
dc.subjectAccreditationen
dc.subjectCurriculumen
dc.titleThe evolving engineer; professional accreditation sustainability criteria and societal imperatives and normsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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