Industry input into the education of undergraduate engineering students through sponsorship

• Autores: Fakhteh Soltani, David Twigg, John Dickens
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 28, no. Extra 4, 2012, págs. 982-988
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There is a lack of high quality engineers entering industry. In addition to this, the rate of producing new generations of engineers isfailing to cope with the changing demands of employment. Further development of the relationship between higher educationinstitutions and industry is needed to avoid crucial impacts on the productivity and creativity of businesses. Sponsoring studentsand degree programmes is a successful example of university-industry collaboration which can be an effective way of ensuring thatsufficient graduates with the right knowledge and skills enter industry. It enables employers to maintain a close relationship withstudents and university departments as they will be involved in the education and initial training of engineers. The results andmethodology of a research project being undertaken to determine the influence of industrial sponsorship on students, academia andemployers is presented. The results of a series of students, academics, and employers’ surveys are also presented. Conclusions aredrawn on the outcomes of sponsorship for academics, employers and students.