Programme Handbook 2016/17
Pearson (Edexcel) HNC Diploma in Engineering
(ML257 Electrical & Electronics)
(ML265 Mechanical, Fabrication & Welding)
(ML267 Instrumentation & Control)
Pearson (Edexcel) HND Diploma in Engineering
(ML258 Electrical & Electronics)
(ML266 Mechanical)
(ML268 Instrumentation & Control)
Welcome to the University Centre at North Lindsey College
This booklet contains the information you will need to guide you through your HNC/D course. We place great emphasis on ensuring that students have access to academic and support staff. This booklet provides a list of staff with contact numbers and email addresses. If you need to contact an individual member of staff feel free at any time to phone or email them at the addresses provided. If staff are not immediately available then leave a message and they will respond.
This handbook is a source of general information about the academic nature of your course and will be supplemented by more specific information about each unit on your programme. The unit information will give details of your week by week programme and the way in which you will be assessed. The college operates a comprehensive personal guidance and counselling service, details of which can be found in your ‘College Handbook’ provided during induction week.
Dr Sean Casey
Area Lead for Engineering & Technology
Room S26, UTC Building
01724 709274
Contents
Aims of the Programmes 4
Staff List 5
Academic Advocates 6
Personal Guidance and Counselling Service 7
Attendance 7
Teaching & Learning Methods 7
Learning Resources 8
Quality (issues) In Teaching & Learning 8
Student Voice 9
The Programme Committee 9
Student Assessment and Progression 9
HE Progress Board 10
HE Exam Board 10
Assessment Grading 11
Curriculum Structure and Unit Tutors 13
Student Calendar 16
AIMS OF THE PROGRAMMES
Your Higher National programme runs under the PEARSON framework and aims to:
· Develop a range of skills, techniques, personal qualities and attributes essential for
successful performance in working life and thereby enabling learners to make an
immediate contribution to employment at the appropriate professional level.
· Prepare learners for a range of technical and management careers in mechanical
engineering.
· Equip individuals with knowledge, understanding and skills for success in employment
in the mechanical engineering related industries.
· Provide specialist studies relevant to vocations and professions in which learners are
working or intend to seek employment within mechanical engineering and its related
industries.
· Enabling progression to or counting towards an undergraduate degree or further
professional qualification in mechanical engineering or related area.
· Prepare learners for a range of technical and management careers in electrical or electronic engineering.
· Equip individuals with knowledge, understanding and skills for success in employment
in the electrical/electronic/communication engineering-based industry.
· Provide specialist studies relevant to vocations and professions in which learners are
working or intend to seek employment within electrical/electronic/communication
engineering and its related industries.
· Enabling progression to or counting towards an undergraduate degree or further
professional qualification in electrical/electronic engineering or related area.
· Prepare learners for a range of technical and management careers in process, instrumentation and control operations and maintenance engineering.
· Equip individuals with knowledge, understanding and skills for success in employment
in the process, instrumentation and control operations and maintenance engineering-
based industry.
· Provide specialist studies relevant to vocations and professions in which learners are
working or intend to seek employment in process, instrumentation and control
operations and maintenance engineering and its related industries.
· Enabling progression to or count towards an undergraduate degree or further
professional qualification in process, instrumentation and control operations and
maintenance engineering or related area.
· Provide a significant education base for progression to Incorporated Engineer level.
Staff Contact List
Dr Abbass Hashim (Engineering, Mechanical Lead)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Jie Bai (Engineering, Instrumentation Lead)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Sonia Mielczarek (Engineering, Maths Lead)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
Email:
Tel: 01724 293004
Hayley Stapleton (Engineering, Materials, Electrical Lead)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Rob Garner (Engineering/Business & Finance)
Office: Room MT8, Maurice Taylor Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 294079
Dr Mefta Mehdawi (Engineering)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Rick Smith (Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
Email: rick.smith @northlindsey.ac.uk
Tel: 01724 293005
Mahdi Torabi (Engineering)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Mohammed Izadian (Engineering)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Dr Kate Simpson (Engineering, Construction)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Dr John Lewak (Engineering, Computing)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293005
Anne-Marie Trenholme (Engineering)
Office: Room F25, UTC Building
E-mail:
Tel: 01724 293004
ACADEMIC ADVOCATES
The Academic Advocacy scheme is there to support you during your studies on the programme. You will be told who your Academic Advocate is and it is anticipated that you will meet 4 times a year to focus on your academic development. It is important that you prepare to get the most out of these sessions, so you should reflect on your progress to date and identify what areas you need to develop in. These sessions can then focus on providing tips and ideas to help your progress in your academic journey. Ideally, these sessions should be student led, as this enables you to take responsibility for your own development, an important skill when studying for a degree.
While any member of the academic and support staff can be approached to help you with a problem or enquiry, Academic Advocates are also available to offer detailed pastoral and academic guidance where this is necessary. Academic Advocates should also be approached if you have a problem, such as needing an extension for an assignment. If you have any concerns about the course in general or are facing any problems, which may be affecting your performance, please contact your Academic Advocate or the Area Leader:
To be defined before 3rd October 2016.
PERSONAL GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE
North Lindsey College operates a comprehensive and confidential service relating to personal issues. Your Academic Advice & Guidance Student Handbook’ or ‘FAX sheets’ provides a full explanation of this specialist service. An appointment system operates to enable you to access the team of counsellors and your Area Leader will ensure that you know where to find the appropriate staff.
ATTENDANCE
If you are absent from College due to illness or other unavoidable circumstance, you should inform the Area Leader, Dr Sean Casey () via email. You are required to copy in your employer to this email. This information is kept by the HE Office and may provide evidence for mitigating circumstances claims so it is essential to keep us in touch about such problems.
This is particularly important if the absence is likely to affect the submission of coursework or other forms of assessment. Failure to meet submission dates may affect the grade of the assignment, unless an extension has been granted in advance by the Area Leader.
If you are expecting to be absent then you should inform us of when and why the absence will take place.
We are required to keep a record of your attendance and in order to fulfil this requirement we have Course Registers. This is another reason why you should inform us of any absence whether planned or unplanned.
A system is now in place whereby employers are informed of any unauthorised absence from any class during the college day. We regard full attendance at all scheduled sessions to be crucial to your academic progress.
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS
Lectures
Lectures and practical workshops will form an integral part of your learning programme and provide you with the basis from which to progress within the subject area. You will, however, be expected to use your own initiative in finding other relevant material to broaden your knowledge and understanding. Lectures and workshops should be seen as the supporting framework of your learning programme and not the ceiling of your expected attainment.
Independent Study
As outlined above you will be expected to conduct research and investigations in order to extend your knowledge and expertise in appropriate subject areas. This applies particularly to assignment work which will form a considerable part of your learning programme and the College has several facilities available to help you. For further information please refer to the Academic Advice & Guidance Student Handbook.
LEARNING RESOURCES
The HE Learning Resource Centre is situated adjacent to the Nigel Dransfield building which is dedicated HE teaching and administration. In addition, HE is also located in Maurice Taylor Building. Both buildings provide high quality accommodation consisting of lecture, seminar and tutorial rooms and computer suites.
Within the Learning Resource Centre there are PCs for HE student use, quiet rooms for private study, engineering books and journals relevant to HE programmes together with statistical digests and newspapers. Subscriptions to a wide range of electronic databases are in place. There are many computers available for open access with standard Microsoft packages and unlimited access to the Internet. All students have e-mail facilities and a personal account with storage space on the college network. There is a well developed virtual learning environment which sees proactive use of Moodle across the HE provision.
In the UTC Building you will find 20 PCs in F14 (First Floor) and 20 PCs in F15. These facilities are specifically for the use of HE students. There are also 6 PCs in the Lobby of the library building for the use of HE students.
QUALITY (ISSUES) IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
We are committed to providing high quality education and services to all our students.
You will be asked to give an opinion on the teaching and academic quality of each unit which you undertake and your comments will be instrumental in maintaining the high levels of course delivery expected by students. Lecturing staff are subject to internal quality peer review as part of their professional development and the information you provide assists us in addressing quality issues. There are also quality audits carried out by external bodies such as the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and other organisations which have an interest in how well we (and to some extent you) are doing.
The Quality process is aimed at producing a learning environment that supports and motivates you to produce high quality work. Work of a high quality usually results in a good academic outcome and as part of this process you will be encouraged to become part of a culture of lifelong learning as a means of maintaining future career progression and intellectual growth.
A student representative will be elected for each class of Electrical/Electronics, Instrumentation & Control and Mechanical programmes. This ensures that student views can be transmitted through to academic staff and course management.
Student Voice
The University Centre at North Lindsey College strongly believes in and promotes ‘effective student voice’ and recognises that it is essential for developing provision and quality assurance and enhancement. There are a number of ways in which the University Centre seeks to achieve this, including the Student Representation System, National Student Survey and Internal HE Survey. The former of which is in place to ensure that students are represented effectively in decision making processes and to ensure that student voice is heard. Student Representatives are elected students who represent their peers on the same course at the same level.
The Programme Committee
The Programme Committee’s primary purpose is to enable the efficiency and effectiveness of communication regarding matters affecting staff and students associated with a particular course. The Committee is made up of the course team, the Learning Resources Manager, and student representatives and is essential to the maintenance of quality of courses. It serves as a forum for open discussion between all parties in relation to the academic well-being of the course. The Minutes are incorporated into the Annual Course Report and student involvement in this process is crucial to ensure a well balanced view. The Committee meets once each term, and at any time the occasion demands.
STUDENT ASSESSMENT AND PROGRESSION
A range of different forms of assessment such as assignment work, project work and in-class assessments will be taken into account when assessing your performance.
Students are required to submit course work on or before the given deadline date. Details of these dates for each piece of work will be included in the assignment brief.
Staff will return marked assignments within three weeks after the deadline with feedback notes.
Assignments are normally posted in the Moodle.
Students not meeting submission deadlines may submit a mitigating circumstances form before the deadline date and, at the Area Leaders discretion, may be issued with an alternative assignment enabling the attainment of the Pass criteria only.
Coursework assessed as not meeting the Pass criteria will be referred back to the student for remedial action and re-submission with a new deadline date and the above rules will apply in the same way to the new date.
You are advised, wherever possible, to keep a copy of all course work until after the final assessment of the award.
Submitting assignments
Unit tutors are responsible for providing students with assignment deadlines. These will be included in the assignment brief. Assignments should preferably be typed or word-processed although this is not mandatory unless it forms part of the grading criteria. Ensure that all submitted work has the assignment brief and that you obtain a receipt for its submission from the administration office in S26. You must fill in and retain your receipt form which you can use for all assignments.
You are normally required to submit the assignments on the agreed date to the HE Office (S26).
Formal extensions to assignment deadlines may, with submission of a mitigating circumstances form before the deadline date, in exceptional circumstances, be granted by the Area Leader. Students should negotiate in good time and ensure that they have confirmation of an extension.