MEng, BEng Civil Engineering with Project Management (Industrial)Year 4 Placement

Year 4

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Engineering)

Learning outcomes

- an understanding of a work environment, how it functions and their contribution to it;
- an understanding of how to apply their work-based learning to other areas of personal development, including academic performance, and the ability to do so;
- a high level of transferable skills including communication (written and oral), self motivation, initiative, organisation and time management, objective setting, negotiating and team working;
- an ability to decide, plan and compete in the job market.

Transferable (key) skills

- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment;
- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;
- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.

Assessment

The student must pass two assessment items:
- A report (worth 80% of the final year mark) - To include: skills development appraisal; description of Placement Provider's business and organisation; description of placement activities; portfolio of evidence
- An oral presentation (worth 20%) - An account of the placement experience in reference to personal and academic skills development.

If desired, students may exit at the end of level three and, depending upon achievement, be awarded with BEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering (Industrial)