Transcript UK-SPEC Standards for Professional Engineering Competence

Revisions to SARTOR
UK-SPEC
United Kingdom Standards for
Professional Engineering Competence
Sartor 3
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Perceived Problems:
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Lack of clarity of routes and progression
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Uncertain status of Incorporated Engineer
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Long time to professional status
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Need to recognise the Malpas millions
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Educational base
 Need to focus on output standards
Context
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The EPC Engineering Graduate Output Standard
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Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
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Bologna Declaration
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A Levels – quality, content, structure
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Access to Higher Education
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ETB and the Chartered Technologist
Sartor 3 – Educational base
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CEng
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Exemplifying qualification MEng (4yr)
BBB for 80% of entry cohort for accreditation
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OR
 BEng (Hons) (3yr)
 CCC for 80% of entry cohort
 Plus MATCHING SECTION (equiv 1yr)
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OR
 Cognate degree plus MATCHING SECTION
Sartor 3 – Educational base
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IEng
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BEng non-Honours
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Not an attractive degree in HE
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Or Higher National qualification and Matching
Section
UK-SPEC
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Focus on Competence – similar to Sartor 3
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Education bases exemplify underpinning knowledge &
understanding
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Provide chartered status earlier rather than later
 CET as working title
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Provide clear progression routes
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Clarify international comparabilities
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More flexible Educational Base
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Provides ‘career appraisal’ route for non-standard registrants
UK-SPEC Educational Base
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Input standard requirements an accreditation issue
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Focus on Output Standards
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Building on EPC Output Standards
and QAA Benchmarks
Raise the standard of IEng educational base
UK-SPEC ‘Formation’
Educational Base
Registratio
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IPD
Professiona
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Review
Part 1
Part 2
BEng(Hons)
Further
Learning
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CEng PR
Further
Learning
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CET PR
CEng
MEng
HNC/HND/FD
CET
BEng(Hons) or BSc(Hons)
Questions
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Are the categories appropriate?
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Are titles appropriate?
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What more needs to be done on competence
statements?
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Are exemplifying academic standards appropriate?
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What kind of Masters for CEng?
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What about output standards?
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Are they internationally defensible?
The process
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Consultation until 24 April
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Consideration by Review Group and Board in May
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Publication of finalised specifications in June
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Detailed requirements to be drafted from then until
autumn
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Intended to mesh in with e.g. C Tech consideration
UK-SPEC
United Kingdom Standards for
Professional Engineering Competence
Andrew Ramsay
ECUK Executive Director
[email protected]