MSc Industrial Leadership (Engineering)

Program Overview

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The programme is available from PgC to MSc and meets the immediate demand for higher level skills development of graduates in engineering organisations. To further enhance programme relevance, industrial experts will co-deliver the programme alongside our own academic staff. Modules will be delivered by a combination of online learning and face-to-face delivery with 3 days of scheduled face-to-face delivery for each module, typically delivered as 2+1 day blocks.

This programme was co-created with industry & meets the immediate demand for higher-level skills development of graduates in industry. The focus of the programme is the continuous development of 5 key competencies identified by employers as being core characteristics and behaviours of effective leaders and manager, namely: Leadership Behaviours, Management, Commercial, Interpersonal Skill, & Innovation. Delivery has been designed for this programme to support practitioners in the world of work.

Graduate destinations

On completion, you'll be prepared for positions of increased responsibility enabling you to lead in innovative, responsive business settings. Skills developed are identified by industry as underpinning for effective leaders & managers. Chartered Engineer, CMI Chartered Manager or Institute of Leadership Management Member/Fellow status is possible. Participants may also continue to PhD.

Early exit awards include:

PgC Organisational Leadership (60 credits)

PgD Industrial Leadership: Engineering (120 credits)

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Course Details

Program Outline

Course outline

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Course summary

The programme is available for students from September 2019, from PgC to MSc, and meets the immediate demand for higher level skills development of graduates in engineering organisations.

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Modules

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Year 1 (PgCert Industrial Leadership Modules)

1. Leadership & Professional Practice 2. Project Management, or, Strategic Thinking 3. Coaching & Communication Promote reflective approach in industrial leadership practice, critically reflecting on your existing career experience & current organisational context. Encourage critical self-reflection on your professional identity & practice to identify opportunities for purposeful learning & continued self-development. Develop your leadership, Project/Strategic Management, Coaching & Communication skills as an industrial leader, building on your existing experiences & training to meet your own & your company goals.

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Year 2 (PgD Industrial Leadership: Engineering)

1. Operational Excellence 2. Innovation and Commercialisation 3. Operational Research, Risk and Technology or Data Analytics and Business Decision Making. Critical self-reflection of professional identity/practice to identify opportunities for self-development. Develop sector leadership skills focusing on creativity & innovative approach to problem solving/solution development. Evaluate & integrate theory/practice for complex decision making. Deepen capability for higher management responsibilities & career enhancement. Develop management skills via project management techniques. Develop operational management capacity in practical work context.

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Year 3 (MSc Industrial Leadership: Engineering)

1. Independent Research Project. The module will consist of three elements: Project business case & plan: Outline literature review, problem definition, options appraisal & business case. To be presented to Industry & UoC Panel for approval before research commences. Dissertation: Industrial research and project report. Chosen research to be taken in workplace under supervised by course team. Oral Assessment & Presentation: The industrial research project will be assessed using a viva & poster presentation.

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Programme Specification

Programme specification (PDF)

For a detailed summary of all course content please read our programme specification for this course.

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Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

Full details are available in the

programme specification

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Timetables

The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August. Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration. The teaching day is 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; please keep your other commitments open until confirmation of your teaching timetable, and bear in mind that many courses will offer placements or fieldwork which sometimes extends into the evenings and weekends.