Foundation Degree in Civil Engineering Construction

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Foundation DegreeinCivil Engineering
Construction
Phil SargentBEng MRICS MInstCES
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NTU FD in Civil Engineering Construction

• Current state
• Overview
• Structure
• Entry requirements
• Entry profile
• Progression routes
• Quality indicators
• Student achievement
• Rationale
• Developments under discussion

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Overview
• 2 year, full-time course
• Validated for start in Sept 2000 (pre-Prospectus)
• now on 6th intake
• No consortium partners delivered at NTU only
• No work-based delivery or assessment
• simulated work-based activities provide
  work-related learning
• Employer involvement
• initial design, validation, later amendments
  through Advisory Board
• informal contact, discussions, feedback

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Structure
• Level 1
• Information and Communication Studies (20 CP)
• Mathematics and Measurement (20 CP)
• Structures and Materials (20 CP)
• Geospatial Skills (30 CP)
• Construction and Procedures (30 CP)

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Structure
• Level 2
• Site Engineering (30 CP)
• Engineering Surveying and Setting-out (30 CP)
• Construction Materials and Testing (20 CP)
• Construction Business Project (20 CP)
• Option (20 CP)
• Building Technology
• Language

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Entry requirements
• 100 points
• Two 6-unit subjects, one of which will be a
  numerate subject
• or
• Two 6-unit non numerate subjects supported by
  Maths or another numerate subject at
  AS/Vocational AS-level
• or
• A 6-unit vocational A-level in an appropriate
  subject relevant to the degree course
• or
• Edexcel/BTEC study in a relevant area with a
  level three Diploma including three merits or a
  level three Certificate including two merits.
• and
• GCSE Grade C in Maths and English where not
  covered at AS or Advanced level.

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Entry profile
• Based on first four intakes (2000 2003)
• 95 male, 5 female
• 76 aged lt21 9 aged 21-25 . 2 aged 40
• 77 from education/training 23 from employment
• 51 with A-level 11 with Vocational A-level/AS
  level/Advanced NVQ 5 combination 6 BTEC ND
  24 Other Level 3 5 AP(E)L
• Intake numbers
• 2000 29
• 2001 28
• 2002 25
• 2003 28
• 2004 19
• 2005 38

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Progression routes
• Gaining FdEng award (2 years) ? Level 3 BSc
  (Hons) non-accredited programme (15 months)
• Gaining FdEng award (2 years) ? Level 2 BSc
  (Hons) accredited programmes (CE FAPMIC)
• Fast-track route FD1 ? BSc (Hons) Level 2

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Quality indicators
• QAA Review 2003
• Positive threshold judgements
• emerging academic standards and achievements
• quality of learning opportunities (incl
  monitoring enhancement)
• Items of good practice and innovation identified
  for wider dissemination
• Positive comments on course reflection of
  Prospectus core features
• Support from industry
• Prizes
• Vacation employment
• Sponsorship
• Case studies teaching material
• Student achievement

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Student achievement
• Based on first 5 intakes (2000 2004)
• 21 students on fast-track route ? BSc (Hons) Year
  2
• 24 students on award route ? BSc (Hons) Year 2
• At BSc Year 2
• 50 were in top half of cohort
• 37 were in top third of cohort
• At BSc Year 4
• 65 were in top half of cohort
• 35 were in top third of cohort
• Degrees
• 1 withdrawal
• 7 x 22
• 9 x 21
• 1 x first

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Rationale
• Single centre delivery
• quality
• Simulated work-based learning
• nature of civil engineering industry
• Scattered locations
• Short duration contracts
• Diverse specialisms
• Temporary site-based workplaces with severe
  resource constraints
• Peripatetic staff
• Employer assessment in narrowly-focused sector or
  specialism
• No single large employer location
• Different employers, different priorities
  independence important
• Employers dont want work-based delivery
  assessment but do want staff of FD level
  calibre produced by this course

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionCurrent
State

• Rationale
• Not a unique sector
• Social services, sport and exercise science,
  security industry and others share same issues
• work-based delivery and assessment not practical
• Approach (simulated WBL) endorsed by QAA Review
• Employers are not engaged in the delivery of
  work-based learning. The work-based learning
  aspects are replaced by in-house, work-related
  learning. This approach is appropriate for the
  stated programme outcomes, although it is not
  fully in line with the expectations of the FD
  core features which consider direct employer
  involvement in FD delivery to be highly
  desirable. However, the reviewers consider that
  the arrangements in this FD offer an interesting
  and pragmatic alternative model. The model might
  be further developed to form the basis for FD
  programmes where appropriate work-based activity
  is difficult to achieve.

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering ConstructionDevelopme
nts under discussion

• All NTU courses being re-specified
• Opportunities to consider
• including short work-placement in full-time route
• other modes e.g. part-time block release
• Approached by national contractor
• Want own specific FD(s)
• Group of companies across UK no local
  university or college day release not an option
• Range of disciplines
• construction management
• quantity surveying
• civil engineering
• Involvement with East Midlands NTI Construction
  Network
• possibilities for region-wide, multi-disciplinary,
  multi-centre FD(s)

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NTU FD in Civil Engineering Construction

• Questions?

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