Transcript Patrick Kniveton, Rolls Royce

Degree Accreditation
– An Industry View
Patrick Kniveton
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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 ?
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2 lectures on gas turbines ?
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2 lectures on nuclear power ?
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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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