Patrick Kniveton, Rolls Royce
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Degree Accreditation
– An Industry View
Patrick Kniveton
© 2009 Rolls-Royce plc
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Key statistics
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A consistent strategy
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Broadening our portfolio
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Marine portfolio
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Energy portfolio
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Our environment strategy
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What industry needs……
Rolls-Royce recruits c.200 engineering
graduates each year for its schemes.
We develop these through our
leadership development programme or
our professional excellence programme
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What industry needs……
We need:
Turbine blade specialists, reactor
physicists, aerothermal technologists,
safety case development engineers……
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What Industry Needs
But how many hours do these represent
in , say, a Mechanical Engineering
degree ?
2 lectures on gas turbines ?
2 lectures on nuclear power ?
Any lectures on marine systems ?
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What does industry really need
from accredited qualifications ?
People who can do the mathematics and
the physics
People who are articulate and intelligent
People who can challenge, develop and
adapt new technologies
People who can develop and adapt
themselves
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Corporate responsibility
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29 university technology centres
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Chartered Engineer & Fellow
Principal Engineers are expected to be at
or applying for Chartered Status
Specialist leads and Managers are
required to be at or applying for Fellow
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An engineering career
- is variety the norm ?
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