A national subject profile for materials: Views of graduates and materials teaching staff

dc.creator	Tim Bullough
dc.creator	Peter Goodhew
dc.creator	Diane Taktak
dc.creator	Adam Mannis
dc.date	2008-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:45Z
dc.identifier	1750-0044
dc.identifier	1750-0052
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d95db134b9d6467293e26e258c2faa19
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15488
dc.description	The UK Centre for Materials Education, on behalf of the UK Higher Education Academy, has undertaken a year-long review of the current state of teaching and learning of materials programmes in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). The aim was to establish a national subject profile for the materials discipline, providing a snapshot of current materials teaching in the UK. Part of the study involved a survey of all the UK HEIs who provide significant levels of materials teaching to allow us to quantitatively map the variety of materials degree programmes and obtain the views of those who teach materials and the current challenges they face, in order to identify possible future developments in teaching the materials discipline. A parallel survey of recent materials graduates who have remained in the profession was also undertaken to establish their motivation for choosing to study the discipline, their views of the materials curriculum they studied and its relevance to their chosen career. A decline in materials student numbers, and students facing more external pressures, are perceived as being the two most important challenges faced by academic staff teaching materials programmes. A large majority of materials graduates are happy with the content of their degree programme and its relevance to their career.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	The Higher Education Academy
dc.relation	http://www.engsc.ac.uk/journal/index.php/ee/article/view/105/134
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1750-0044
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1750-0052
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Engineering Education, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 2-10 (2008)
dc.subject	materials education
dc.subject	materials engineering
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.title	A national subject profile for materials: Views of graduates and materials teaching staff
dc.type	article