Project Manager - Degree Apprenticeship

The teaching and learning strategy has been shaped in response to ten years’ delivery and most importantly the needs and requirements of - and feedback from - students.

For instance, the strategy is designed to be as informal as possible and is based on interactive lecture and seminar sessions and inclusivity of the Virtual Learning Environment platform as an appropriate blending learning medium.

At this stage in students’ learning, they will be required to be autonomous learners in many respects, and this will certainly apply to the major project module and the work-based learning and dissertation modules in particular.

Both formal and informal formative and summative assessments will require students to demonstrate advanced study skills and to use them in the critical analysis and synthesis of information from a variety of sources.

Various modes of assessment will be used in different modules to ensure all aspects of learning are assessed and that students are engaged in different forms of assessment, covering their diversity of learning needs.

Modes of assessment may be drawn from the following, for example:

• Essays will allow the students to explore the theoretical context
• Literature review - students learn how to use existing literature to help solve a problem, win support, or determine what further research needs to be conducted
• Results reported in written form, in poster form, or as multimedia presentation
• Individual reports encourage independent study through a structured framework
• Pre-seen and unseen written assessments and examinations add academic rigour
• Presentations and structured debates develop communication skills and teamwork
• Short exercises involving data analysis promote statistical research skills
• Portfolio work develops appropriate methodologies and reflective practice

Expert tutors

All staff involved in the delivery of adult education courses within the College are approved to teach the subjects and modules they deliver.

The approval process ensures that staff delivering a given programme are appropriately qualified and, where appropriate, possess relevant technical and industrial experience and professional practice.