<![CDATA[Engineering Diploma Message Board]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com 60 Wed, 16 May 2012 22:28:58 GMT <![CDATA[EngineeringCrossing.com]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4278155

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]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4278155 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:56:03 GMT <![CDATA[Engineer jobs]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4272721 EngineeringCrossing is a 300+ person job aggregation company -the largest company in the world dedicated solely to aggregating jobs from every source we can find.

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* All we do is research jobs.


We have been on the Inc. 500 twice and are one of the fastest growing companies in America. Our research has worked wonders for hundreds of thousands of people and can work wonders for your career too.]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4272721 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:58:50 GMT <![CDATA[Diploma 2009 - Sheffield Eng Diploma oversubscribed]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3208661 However the latest posting to a thread entitled 'The Diploma - inside news that it is failing' provides the following, highly encouraging news:

Posted by: tecteach 04/01/2009 at 21:02

I am involved with two diploma consortiums who are getting ready to deliver this September. We have already had a huge amount of interest and are going to have to turn numbers away. The diplomas are the future whether we like it or not, employers are interested in them as a lot of the diploma is about employer engagement. This enables pupils to look at real life companies and their products / services.

You have hit the nail on the head by saying many  D & T teachers dont want to teach engineering as they have no experience in it whatsoever. They have come straight through the education system to teach in the education system as you said. That is why it is important for the consortium to have members on their team who have industrial experience. Failing that, join the diploma suport forums and ask for help, it is out there as many people have the same issues and are finding answers collectively.

Sheffield LA has taken the diploma in Engineering, worked hard at it and have a huge number of pupils ready for starting their second year 10 mob this September. Their's is a diploma  success story.

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There are several characteristics of the Sheffield Consortium that have lead to this success.
It has been given a high profile lead by the LA Diploma Champion, Gary Drabble, with a series of conferences geared to addressing the common challenges of setting up the Diploma, forging links with industry partners, setting up networking etc.
There have been monthly meetings for all teachers and headteachers involved in the programme.
There has been a high commitment from Sheffield teachers to making it work.
This week Sheffield opens their new, state of the art Engineering Centre to provide a centre for teaching and industry liaison, and for showing the best resources for teaching the Engineering Diploma.

There is much good practice to see in Sheffield.
Contact Gary Drabble at Shefield LA if you would like to find out more about the success behind the Sheffield approach.

]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3208661 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:49:30 GMT <![CDATA[RAEng report on effective delivery]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3163722
The RAEng aims to: 'ensure an authentic engineering curriculum and particularly to ensure that it will meet the needs of engineering higher education as well as the needs of engineering employers. It has also acted as supporter and champion of the Southwark & Lambeth engineering diploma consortium which is the largest consortium to launch to date.'
It has undertaken a detailed study of the needs of teachers and lecturers within the 63 consortia delivering the diploma in its first year (the Gateway 1 consortia) in order to identify what support could be of most use to those practitioners.

The conclusion drawn is "that there is an authentic engineering curriculum in place and examples of excellent delivery. However, there are issues emerging that will compromise the quality of delivery and hence outcomes in some consortia. There is time to correct these if action is taken quickly."

Through a process of semi-structured interview and discussion, the meetings show that a successful 14-19 Diploma in Engineering delivery will have:

- An expectation to deliver the full range of student outcomes
- Mechanisms in place to prevent teachers or lecturers having or choosing to deliver the diploma in isolation
- Schools and colleges are planning together
- Regular management meetings
- School and College managers that are supportive
- Line of Learning Leads who are responsive
- An awareness of the student experience
- Teachers with fluent knowledge of assessment foci
- Students producing products that look like engineering products
- Teachers and lecturers feeling and sounding authoritative
- Awarding bodies providing practical support to teachers and lecturers
- Schools and colleges are promoting active and independent learning
- The Additional and Specialist Learning is in place
- Local Education Authorities have strategies in place to accommodate growth in the numbers of students taking diplomas and the number of lines of learning offered
- Schools have recruitment protocols in place
- Local Education Authorities have strategies in place to coordinate employer engagement
- Students get enough timetabled hours to complete the course
- Teachers are able to contextualise the maths

This is a very brief summary of the report. The full report is available from the RAEng.
]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3163722 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:05:31 GMT <![CDATA[Where can I see the engineering diploma working well?]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3133837 Any suggestions about we might visit to see the engineering diploma working well?
We would like to be guided by good practice as we prepare for it.
]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3133837 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:57:24 GMT <![CDATA[Engineering Diploma Network Conference 8th December 2008]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3104193 There is an event coming which will be of interest to colleagues in the Yorks/Humber region.  Details:

First Conference of Yorkshire and Humberside Engineering Diploma Network

Monday 8th December 2008  The Source, Sheffield  10am – 3pm

Agenda:

10 -10.15 am                Registration

10.15 – 11am               Introduction – Aims of the Network

11am – 12.30 pm        Choice of Workshops:

          A)  Strategic – How do we market the Diploma

          B)  Managerial – Diploma Delivery Models

          C)  Practitioner – How do we deliver Unit 3 at Level Two?

These workshops are designed to look in depth at practice across the region and to develop materials to support the diploma.

 

12.30 – 1.15pm           Lunch

1.15 – 2.30pm             Continuation of Workshops

2.30 – 3pm                 Summary and future plans.
 

To register for the conference reply to Gary Drabble.

gary.drabble@sheffield.gov.uk

or at Lifelong, Learning & Skills, 145 Crookesmoor Rd, Sheffield, S6 3FP

 

Please provide the following information:

Name……………………………………… …………………………………

Consortium ………………………………………… ……………………….

Institution………………………………… …………………………………….

Contact Details…………………………………… …………………………

Choice of Workshop…………………………………… ………………………

]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3104193 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:48:35 GMT <![CDATA[Numbers of students doing Engineering Diploma]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3086673
This is a smaller number than expected and indicates a cautious start.
Next year, some 90,000 students are forecast to be starting in 10 Diploma subjects, of which it is expected that around 10,000 will be starting the Engineering and Manufacturing Diplomas.

This would represent a more substantial roll out, building on the experience of the first year schools.
]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3086673 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:36:31 GMT <![CDATA[Conference for Eng Diploma teachers 25/11/08 and 5/12/08]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3086117
ONE DAY CONFERENCE FOR DIPLOMA IN ENGINEERING TEACHERS  
 WHAT HELP WOULD BE MOST USEFUL RIGHT NOW?
 
25 November 2008 – London
5th December 2008 – Aston University

"The Royal Academy of Engineering wants to play its part in this and we are organising two meetings.
Registration is simple and online at
http://www.workingwithothers.org
 
Professor Matthew Harrison
Director, education programmes
The Royal Academy of Engineering "
]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3086117 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:59:29 GMT <![CDATA[Engineering diploma in Yorkshire]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3057061
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]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3057061 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:59:30 GMT <![CDATA[Obstacles facing the Diploma]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3028061 A House of Commons Select Committee report on the Diplomas has been published.
I thought a brief summary might be of interest to aficionados :

1. Providing more learning opportunities for young people that integrate academic and vocational study is commendable, but much remains to be done to achieve it.
2. Diplomas could further complicate an already complex system of qualifications for young people.
3. Some consortia are much more advanced than others in their preparations to offer Diplomas.
4. Work experience is an essential part of the Diplomas, but some 45% of consortia had not involved employers in deciding how to provide this.
5. Providing the teaching and facilities to support the broad curriculum is particularly difficult in rural areas with dispersed communities.
6. Diplomas have yet to be widely accepted as credible qualifications.
7. The Department does not know the full cost of implementing the 14–19 reforms.
8. The existence of two major capital funding programmes creates a risk that a mismatch in timing could result in capital projects not supporting the 14–19 reforms, or lead to unnecessary expenditure.
9. Sufficient good-quality teaching staff are needed to deliver Diplomas, but 45% of consortia had yet to carry out a skills audit.

]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3028061 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:36:20 GMT <![CDATA["Engineering diploma not good enough", say professors]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3018117

The Guardian has reported that "The Engineering Professors' Council (EPC) has written to the Commons education select committee to complain that the work-related diploma in engineering does not contain nearly enough maths to prepare students for university."

"The engineering diploma, one of five due to be launched next year, cannot be considered equivalent to A-level. The Level 3 engineering diploma in its currently proposed form cannot be considered to be equivalent to A-level for the purposes of entrance to a university engineering course.
Students on the engineering diploma course will only be required to receive 60 hours of maths tuition - less than an hour a week - compared with about 360 hours for a maths A-level."

"Graham Lane, who chairs the Engineering Diploma Development Partnership, said maths and science would be taught throughout the course and students could study an A-level in maths as part of their diploma programme."



]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3018117 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:19:35 GMT <![CDATA[What would be on your list of essential resources?]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3005332 Other than the usual resources which every D&T department will have, what additional resources would be regarded as essential for the Engineering Diploma?

]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3005332 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:06:29 GMT <![CDATA[Joining this forum is simple - click 'Register']]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3005312 You can edit your contribution at any time after posting.

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]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3005312 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:25:51 GMT <![CDATA[Information resources for the Eng Diploma]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2951555 http://www.inspire-technologies.co.uk/resources.html

If you know of others that we can link to please let us know.
]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2951555 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:51:15 GMT <![CDATA["Diplomas could leave pupils high and dry"]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2896117
Can you answer this please?
What do you make of the comment by the Director of AQA that students who do not pass every part of the diploma will get no qualification at all?
]]> http://inspire.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2896117 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:32:56 GMT