Making the Most of Intro Week

This paper was presented at the 2008 Engineering Conference - Innovation Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education.

This paper will showcase and evaluate the revamped Intro Week used in Systems Engineering (ACSE) for 2007 entrants. The new Intro Week was designed to meet several aims: (i) to make students feel part of the department; (ii) to introduce an independent learning style such as problem based learning (PBL); (iii) to provide a supportive transition and begin the process of managing expectations; (iv) to help students make friends; (v) to provide key information.