Work Ready Graduates; through Competency-based teaching, learning and assessment

Short Abstract: An ever growing need for graduate engineers, who possess academic knowledge and real world experience, sees a new approach to curriculum design by Wilson. I, Smith.C (2013), whereby teaching delivery and assessment on courses located on Unipart Powertrain Automotive (UPA) manufacturing site are structured around Competency-based education (CBE) concept. Full Abstract: An ever growing need for graduate engineers who possess academic knowledge and real world experience, Coventry University further developed in 2013 based on work previously undertaken by Wilson and Smith (2012), the design and delivery of the first faculty on the factory floor, whereby students not only have the opportunity to study but to also apply engineering methods and techniques required by industry, to live industrial projects, through access to Unipart Powertrain Automotive (UPA) manufacturing centre. Teaching delivery and assessment on courses located on the site are structured around Competency-based education (CBE) concept, which strictly ‘depends on alignment of competencies to learning resources and assessments, which addresses the assurance of learning required for accreditation’ (Dragoo, A. and Barrows, R. 2016). Furthermore, has also challenged, justified criticism about inconsistency of the approach and interpretation of the very definition of CBE and its impact on assessment (Gervais J. 2016), by embedding in the programme the latest Engineering Council’s guidance (UK Standard for Professional Engineering) and current industry demand for engineering and management related competencies. The live industrial integrated module sees groups of students taking academic studies one day per week and applying this knowledge on 3 days a week over 16 weeks