| Unit name | Technology Transfer in Practice |
|---|---|
| Unit code | AENGM0083 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Barton |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
All other IDC compulsory units must be passed before proceeding, i.e. students should be holding at least 90 CP of credit. AENGM0091
AENGM0082
AENGM0092
AENGM0077
AENGM0041
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| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
Why is this unit important?
The unit brings together your experience from taught units that cover aspects of business and innovation and the new knowledge generated in your doctoral research. It offers an opportunity to reflect on your experience and the wider ranging impacts of your discoveries, on society and the environment.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
The unit comprises a secondment to another organisation, or different part of your sponsoring organisation, with interests related to your research. The host organisation is of your choice and could be e.g. industry, charitable organisation, government body. It allows you to develop personally by providing an opportunity to consider how knowledge you have developed influences a different of your organisation or another sector and understand diverse business opportunities. The unit is to be completed in your 3rd year of study to prepare you for thesis writing and putting your research into a broader context.
An overview of content:
A student-led secondment with industry covering a wide range of topics to be approved by unit director, academic and industrial supervisor in advance of the secondment.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit:
You will benefit from the secondment by engaging assessing the impact of you research in a broader context. You develop an ongoing curiosity about the impact the development and increasing usage of composite artefacts has on society and the environment. You will be able to find solutions to mitigate for the impacts. After completing the unit your personal effectiveness will be enhanced as you will have gained reflective and adaptive skills, as well being able to make connections and communicate in a new and unfamiliar environment during the secondment.
Learning Outcomes:
LO1 Define the relevance of your research in a new context
LO2 Identify the impacts of your research beyond that considered by your industrial sponsor
LO3 Synthesise and mitigate the impacts of your research
LO4 Plan and organise a project
You will be responsible for developing the proposal for your secondment, which is supported by the Unit Director, your academic and industrial supervisors and other staff. You will receive support in engaging a suitable organisation for your secondment. Once the proposal is agreed and approved the secondment can be arranged to suit the research schedule agreed with your industrial and academic supervisor. Your secondment plan should include regular meetings with your academic supervisor, the deadline for submitting a draft report for formative feedback and project milestones to meet the learning outcomes.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
Draft report LO1, 2, 3, 4
Milestone reviews of secondment LO1, 2, 3, 4.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
Project plan (20%) L01, L04
[80%] Final report L01, 2,3, 4
When assessment does not go to plan:
Submit Final report for reassessment [100%]
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. AENGM0083).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
