The Sheffield Industrial Project Scheme: team teaching for Engineering students |
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| Authors: | M F Diprose P L Judd A S Morris |
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| Institution: | 1. Departments of Electronic &2. Electrical Engineering , Mappin Street , Sheffield S1 3JD , UK;3. Automatic Control &4. Systems Engineering , University of Sheffield , Mappin Street , Sheffield S1 3JD , UK |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Practical work is an important element in undergraduate engineering courses and laboratory‐based classes provide valuable experience. It is also important students should experience real industrial problems preferably through industrially related projects. A scheme was started in 1969 to provide students in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering with industry‐based, group project work. The Sheffield Industrial Project Scheme (SHIPS) is an intensive 8‐day exercise in which groups of students are taken to a company, given a real problem and then asked to provide some possible solutions which they present orally and as a written report. It has hitherto been regarded as a valuable exercise in itself, developing students' personal skills and experience, and no mark is awarded at present. A student‐based marking scheme has been tried, but it was not well received. |
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