WHAT IS TEDI-LONDON?

TEDI-London is an innovative new higher education provider in London wholly focused on engineering. It is co-founded by Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney. TEDI-London’s vision is to transform engineering education to transform lives – both for students and for the users of the products they design and make.

Our mission is to attract and empower individuals and partners from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to develop the skills and confidence to create practical real-world solutions that advance how we live as a global community.

We will inspire, disrupt and transform.

TEDI-London will teach engineering differently – traditional lectures will be replaced with practical project work supported by an online ‘Learning Tree’ to develop the specialist skills needed to graduate as engineers. These projects will be real-life industry challenges and will be co-designed and delivered with support from employers. The projects will be supported by one to one mentoring and group work.

The goal is to attract and empower a diverse cohort of capable students, give them the skills to solve complex contemporary challenges, and provide employers with job ready graduates through a flexible, project based, rigorous learning program.

TEDI-London will do this.

WHY DO WE NEED TEDI-LONDON?

With a global shortage of engineers, attracting more people to the profession is paramount – particularly women and people from a variety of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. About 11% of engineering undergraduates in the UK are women, and the UK has the lowest percentage of female engineering professionals in Europe.

In the UK alone, it is estimated that an additional 20,000 engineers a year are needed to respond to 21st Century global challenges.

HOW IS TEDI-LONDON DIFFERENT?

Research with employers and advocacy groups suggests that a highly interdisciplinary learning environment will be required to respond to demand for engineers with a broader set of entrepreneurial, design and technology skills.

The curriculum for the TEDI-London programme develops skills in communication, entrepreneurship and project management through our unique pedagogy, alongside core engineering subjects. By making things in project teams throughout their programme, our graduates will be able to tackle hands-on, complex, multi-disciplinary challenges.

Industry partners will be invited to help co-design projects and be involved with coaching and mentoring to ensure TEDI-London students, or professionals in training, have real-world experience.

TEDI-London was founded as an organisation in June 2019, by Arizona State University, King’s College London and UNSW Sydney.

Yet, plans for TEDI-London started as early as 2017 and the timeline below tells our story from then, through the present day and into the future, when we will take in our first cohort in September 2021.

There are milestones yet to be achieved and we can’t wait to put these into place on our journey to September 2021.

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  • November 2017

    Education and Implementation Workshop – UNSW Sydney

    Early designs for the TEDI-London project-based education model are developed at a workshop at UNSW, Sydney. Chris Roberts, (now Chair TEDI-London Board of Directors), Professor Kyle Squires (Dean, the Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University), and Professor Mark Hoffman, (Former Dean of Engineering UNSW), were instrumental in the early thinking behind TEDI-London’s approach to engineering education

  • February 2018

    Exploring the market for a new type of engineering education

    The King’s Policy Institute published Gender in Engineering Education in the UK, a report, commissioned by PLuS Alliance Managing Director, Paul Ramadge. 

    The findings summarised the current underrepresentation of gender diversity in the industry. Recent statistics from Engineering UK show that, at present, only 12% of those working in engineering are female.

    The King’s Policy Institute report examined the underlying reasons for female underrepresentation and looked at both the business case for, and the barriers to, getting more women in the industry.

    Only 60% of girls aged 11 to 14 think they could become an engineer if they wanted to, compared to 72% of boys. This drops to 53% in the 16 to 19 age range, where only a quarter of girls say they would ever consider a career in engineering.

    PLuS ALLIANCE

  • March 2018

    The business case for TEDI-London is approved by the Presidents of Arizona State University, King’s College London and UNSW Sydney.

    Arizona State University King's College London UNSW Sydney

  • January 2019

    Founding Dean and CEO Professor Judy Raper appointed

    Founding Dean and CEO Professor Judy Raper appointed

    Professor Judy Raper PhD, FAICD, FATSE, AM

    Dean & CEO, TEDI-London

    Formerly, as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Wollongong, Professor Raper was responsible for major interdisciplinary research efforts including the Global Challenges Program, the SMART Infrastructure Facility, the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre and the Australian Institute of Innovative Materials. She also had oversight of the development of a regional innovation ecosystem in the iAccelerate Centre.

    Professor Raper has held senior roles in the National Science Foundation, and Missouri University of Science and Technology in the USA and was the first (and only) female Dean of Engineering at the University of Sydney from 1997 – 2003. There she developed innovative educational engineering programs centred around project-based learning. She currently serves as a non-executive Director of Waterco Pty. Ltd., an ASX listed company.

    Professor Raper’s achievements and awards have spanned many years, including: - the Ada Lovelace Award for the most prominent female engineer in Australia (2018) and recognition as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) (2019). She has consistently been named as one of Australia’s 100 most influential engineers, and in 2019 was named by Engineers Australia as one of Australia’s 10 Leading female Engineers. She also has an award for Leadership in Engineering named in her honour by UNSW.

  • June 2019

    TEDI-London is incorporated as an independent institution, co-founded by Arizona State University, King's College London and UNSW Sydney. Registered at Companies House.

    Companies House

  • 3rd June 2019

    At the point of incorporation, TEDI-London is a team of five, consisting of the Dean and CEO, Chief Operating Officer, Legal Counsel, Marketing Director and Chief People Officer.

  • August 2019

    TEDI-London hosts its inaugural Summer School, with students from founding partner universities

    The Summer School in 2019 focused on projects such as a rehabilitation device for patients needing repetitive therapy to recover from conditions such as stroke, a drinking fountain to purify storm water, and developing an information hub for the local community.

    Interdisciplinary teams piloted the experience of project-based learning and academic and industry mentorship, culminating in an industry showcase at the Canada Water campus.

  • 4th October 2019

    October 2019 saw the first TEDI-London Team Development session on Values and High-Performing Teams, supported by Bailey and French who are champions of positive psychology and empowering individuals to play to their strengths.

    Bailey and French

  • 1st November 2019

    After a period of consultation with the team (now standing at 12) the TEDI-London values were agreed:

    • Inclusive
    • Collaborative
    • Inspiring
    • Courageous
    • With Integrity

  • 7th November 2019

    TEDI-London is disability confident committed.

    Disability Confident Commited

  • 2nd January 2020

    TEDI-London organisational structure agreed.

    We have developed our proposition as an employer so that each new employee can be part of shaping our culture, our values and our future as an organisation. We are already clear though – all our employees are of equal value and status, whatever role they carry out. Our ‘single status’ terms and conditions have been developed to reflect these aspirations.

  • 20th January 2020

    Second TEDI-London Team development session on Strengths & Collaboration, supported by Bailey and French

    Bailey and French

  • 1st February 2020

    TEDI-London is now an employer, and this milestone includes the launch of the TEDI-London Pension Scheme.

    The first permanent employee contracts are issued to ten TEDI-London employees and an Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Provision are established for TEDI-London.

    TEDI-London’s well-being support programme is also launched in conjunction with Westfield Health.

    Westfield Health

  • March 2020

    TEDI-London officially launches at a VIP evening at Tower Bridge

    VIP Evening Reception

    A VIP evening reception at Tower Bridge attracted over one hundred people from industry, academia, education and the London community to formally celebrate our launch and announce our founding industry partner, British Land. Read more here.

  • 18th March 2020

    TEDI-London moves to 100% agile working due to the global pandemic, with the help of Microsoft Teams and the acceleration of planned implementation.

    Microsoft Teams

    To help support our employees through this difficult change, weekly circulations, provided by Westfield Health, covered topics such as Coping with Pressure, Mental Health, Resilience, Work-Life Balance and Exercise.

    As a team, we trialled coffee catch ups, quizzes and staff online socials to help support people working remotely.

  • 30th April 2020

    Third TEDI-London Team Development session on Strengths Coaching: Integrity and Inspiration, supported by Bailey and French.

    Bailey and French

  • 2nd May 2020

    In May, TEDI-London was awarded a Tier 2 Licence for sponsoring people to work for us from overseas.

    This was a timely milestone and supported TEDI-London’s largest and most ambitious recruitment campaign to date, recruiting for seven roles in a global pandemic.

    The campaign was recognised by Times Higher during the forum, Faculty recruitment in the time of COVID-19, for innovative thinking and exploring what best practice looks like for universities looking to recruit faculty during lockdown. You can watch the panel discussion on this here.

  • 1st June 2020

    Virtual Summer School 2020

    147 students from 21 countries work together to develop solutions to make Canada Water a dementia friendly community, utilising Microsoft Teams to facilitate their learning. This programme piloted how TEDI-London will work with industry to develop projects for our future degree students.

    You can watch their video diaries here

  • 1st June 2020

    The TEDI-London team is a team of 20.

  • 1st August 2020

    First annual pay review.

    Considering the impact of Coronavirus and the impact on the Higher Education sector, the Leadership Team opted not to take an increase in their take home pay. The wider TEDI-London team did receive a review in recognition of their hard work, incredible effort and engagement throughout the year, especially in adapting to the COVID-19 lockdown and remote working.

  • September 2020

    A remote session on agile-working is planned, supported by Bailey and French. This is to continue to support colleagues to work productively from home following an organisational survey to gauge team members’ views on returning to the office. A return had been planned for September, but staff voted to remain working from home until at least January 2021.

    Bailey and French

  • September 2021

    TEDI-London’s first cohort