Overview of the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector (UK, Europe, and Worldwide)
Sector overview; employment opportunities; engineering roles; and key issues.

Professional Registration:
UK Engineering Council; UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC)
Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng), and Engineering Technician (EngTech); Engineering Institutions (including) the Energy Institute (EI), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE)

Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability:
Theoretical aspects; development of Corporate Governance Codes; Owners and Stakeholders; Directors and Board Structure; International Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; diversity, anti-discrimination legislation, and regulatory frameworks, including social and employment legislation; business and engineering Ethics

Continuing Professional Development (CPD):
Identify the limits of own personal knowledge and skills; take ownership of own learning and development needs; develop a CPD plan and undertake and record a variety of development activities; reflect upon and evaluate these CPD activities; review learning and development plan regularly, following reflection and assessment of future needs; support the learning and development of others through activities such as coaching, mentoring, and sharing professional expertise and knowledge.

Professional commitment:
Personal and professional commitment to society, the engineering profession and the environment; complying with codes of conduct; managing and applying safe systems of work.
Undertaking engineering activities in a way that contributes to sustainable Development.
Actively participating within the profession.

Engineering Data Analysis Techniques:
Conduct statistically sound appraisal of data

Engineering and Scientific research methods:
Primary and secondary data collection techniques; the scientific method; hypothesis formulation and testing; Inductive, Deductive, and Mixed Methods research

Business Benchmarking and Quality Standards:
Methods of continuous improvement, e.g. ISO 9000, EFQM, balanced scorecard; six sigma

Professional Communication, Presentation skills, and Networking:
Technical report writing, letters, emails, drawings and specifications
Engaging or interacting with professional networks
Professional Presentation skills

Maintaining Health, well-being and a positive work-life balance

Leadership, team working, and change management

A 100% Portfolio of Evidence comprising:
A 2,500-word PDA, CPD Plan and evaluation covering LO 2 along with a 15-minute presentation including Q&A covering LO 1 and LO 3.
1-hour on-line test covering LO 4 – Final Assessment.

The module will run over 18 weeks (6 weeks in Semester 1 and 12 weeks in Semester 3).
Summative Assessment:
This will normally include 4 weeks for you to complete the written and oral assessments to be marked.
Formative Assessment:
Over this period, you will work through weekly self-instructional material (a mixture of text and video based materials and web resources) provided via the Blackboard VLE platform. These materials will provide a structured programme of specific activities and tasks which you will be asked to complete. This will involve reading and critically engaging with key texts, papers and other information sources. This work will mainly be undertaken on an individual basis, but at regular points throughout the module you will be expected to interact and share material, ideas and thoughts with the Module Tutors and other students studying this module.

You are also strongly recommended to keep a log book. This is a log or diary for your eyes only. The material is it is neither for public consumption not for assessment. In it you can record your thoughts, feelings, opinions, ideas, immediate reactions to the work in hand, rough work, and preparation before taking the activities and tasks. Keeping your log book may need perseverance, but it will prove worth your while. Try to do it little and often. Again, you can either keep an electronic logbook on Blackboard or create a handwritten one.

Online Learning Activities will include a combination of the following:
Lectures/Tutorials
Group tutorials (Feedback)

Independent Learning Activities will include the following:
Independent Study
Reading and research

It is expected that you allocate a minimum of 18 hours to engage and interact with your Module Tutors and peers on the module and 282 hours on independent learning activities.

Tyler, S. (2007) The Manager’s Good Study Guide, 3rd Edn., The Open University
Cottrell, S. (2013) The Study Skills Handbook, 4th Edn., Palgrave McMillan
Northedge, A. et al. (2002) The Sciences Good Study Guide, The Open University
Fleddermann, C.B. (2014) Engineering Ethics, 4th Edn., Pearson Education Ltd
Whitbeck, C. (2014) Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research, 2nd Edn., Cambridge University Press
Various online documents from the National Careers Service and the UK Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills
UK-SPEC document from the Engineering Council UK
Career Developer IMechE online tools to record CPD
Career Manager IET online tools to record CPD

Access to the Blackboard VLE platform used for delivering the module,
Access to e-library resources provided by the University.

Module can only be studied as part of the MSc Engineering conversion course.

1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the UK, European and Worldwide Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.
(KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING)

2. Identify limit of own personal knowledge and competences, develop both a Professional Development Audit (PDA) and a Continuing Personal Development (CPD) plan and undertake and record of a variety of development activities, reflecting upon and evaluating CPD activities, knowledge, and skill-set requirements, taking into account the requirements for Professional Registration and Professional Commitment.
(APPLICATION, REFLECTION, LEARNING)

3. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and critical evaluation of engineering data analysis techniques, communicating results in both written and oral form.
(ENQUIRY, COMMUNICATION)

4. Critically discuss and analyse case studies, and solve problems related to corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ethics, benchmarking and quality standards
(PROBLEM SOLVING, ANALYSIS)