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Year in Industry - ELE00020I

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  • Department: Electronic Engineering
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Samadhan Patil
  • Credit value: 120 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24

Module summary

Undertaking a year in industry allows students to practice the skills learned in lectures and laboratories at University, as well as gaining real industrial experience. A wide range of companies provide paid experience in a wide range of disciplines. An industrial placement is a great way of developing your employability skills whilst getting a flavour of a particular working environment. Placement years generally last between 9-12 months. Graduate employers are looking for students with work experience, so it's a great way to gain substantive experience to talk about in your future job applications

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2023-24 to Semester 2 2023-24

Module aims

To provide a thorough experience of professional environments relevant to the Department’s degree courses.

The module involves:

Undertaking paid work which is relevant to the degree which the student is undertaking. This work is determined, supervised and assessed entirely by the company that is offering the placement. The learning outcomes for the module are then assessed by academic staff via a reflective report and debriefing interview which takes place after the placement has finished. Preparation for this assessment is partly achieved via academic visits/meetings.

Module learning outcomes

  • An understanding of an industrial/professional context for skills and knowledge acquired, and yet to be acquired, in the course of the overall degree.
  • An understanding of what general and transferable skills are required for success in the workplace.
  • An understanding of how engineering/technology industries function and how they are organised.
  • A demonstrable ability to reflect on personal efficiency and effectiveness and its contribution to the work of the company providing the placement.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Placement (UK or abroad)
Placement		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

None

Module feedback

'Feedback’ at a university level can be understood as any part of the learning process which is designed to guide your progress through your degree programme. We aim to help you reflect on your own learning and help you feel more clear about your progress through clarifying what is expected of you in both formative and summative assessments. A comprehensive guide to feedback and to forms of feedback is available in the Guide to Assessment Standards, Marking and Feedback.

The School of PET aims to provide some form of feedback on all formative and summative assessments that are carried out during the degree programme. In general, feedback on any written work/assignments undertaken will be sufficient so as to indicate the nature of the changes needed in order to improve the work. The School will endeavour to return all exam feedback within the timescale set out in the University's Policy on Assessment Feedback Turnaround Time. The School would normally expect to adhere to the times given, however, it is possible that exceptional circumstances may delay feedback. The School will endeavour to keep such delays to a minimum. Please note that any marks released are subject to ratification by the Board of Examiners and Senate. Meetings at the start/end of each term provide you with an opportunity to discuss and reflect with your supervisor on your overall performance to date.

Indicative reading

Industrial Placement Handbook - available from the School at the start of the Industrial Placement. Guidance on finding placements, applications, CV writing, and interview skills are provided on the departmental and University careers web pages.


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.