Annual Visiting Professors Conference 2018 Changes to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Annual Visiting Professors Conference 2018 Changes to Industry/Education Dr Evina Katsou, Academic Champion Brunel University London Evina.katsou@brunel.ac.uk and Gordon Findlay, Visiting Professor Buro Happold Limited
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Brunel University London - RAE Annual VP Conference 2018 - Changes to Industry/Education
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1. The design and development of courses require a much wider understanding of the industry needs. 2. VP programmes are now becoming more relevant as a mechanism to strengthen the link between industry with academia 3. In the long run, we should improve the provision of programmes, increase quality and employability for a much wider range of HE graduates in the UK. Inclusivity – equal opportunity – social mobility
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1. Wider access to HE. Currently ~50% of school leavers apply and join HE institutions Wide variation in academic abilities 2. Tuition fees have put extra pressure on Universities to demonstrate that students get value for money 3. International competition; high tuition fees and visa restrictions are posing major challenges for overseas student recruitment (traditionally a major source of income and prestige) 4. VP’s from industry provide a new perspective to real world challenges – they make the course more relevant and open the eyes of students. Their prior theoretical learning gains context against practical implementation.
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1. The VP programmes provide a mixture of theory and practice together that classical university lectures do not. Wider cohort engagement of students with diverse academic capabilities 2. Value for money: the educational experience is enriched by VPs who bring more realism, engage in practical case studies, enriched assignments… Giving improved opportunities to graduates with low-income background 3. Inclusion of highly reputable industrialists in course increases the attractiveness of the courses for national and international students 4. The VPs attend internal university quality meetings and students affairs, they provide valuable and interesting insight into how the courses should be designed to increase relevancy to the real problems and needs of the industry.
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Evina Katsou Academic Champion Brunel University London Water & Wastewater Engineering Gordon Findlay Buro Happold Limited Water Supply & Pipeline Hydraulics Vincent Glancy ARUP Global Process Engineering Leader
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