Degree Accreditation – An Industry View

1. Degree Accreditation – An Industry View Patrick Kniveton

2. Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce proprietary information

3. Key statistics Rolls-Royce proprietary information

4. A consistent strategy Rolls-Royce proprietary information

5. Broadening our portfolio Rolls-Royce proprietary information

6. Marine portfolio Rolls-Royce proprietary information

7. Energy portfolio Rolls-Royce proprietary information

8. Our environment strategy Rolls-Royce proprietary information

9. What industry needs…… • Rolls-Royce recruits c.200 engineering graduates each year for its schemes. • We develop these through our leadership development programme or our professional excellence programme Rolls-Royce proprietary information

10. What industry needs…… • We need: • Turbine blade specialists, reactor physicists, aerothermal technologists, safety case development engineers…… Rolls-Royce proprietary information

11. What Industry Needs • But how many hours do these represent in , say, a Mechanical Engineering degree ? • 2 lectures on gas turbines ? • 2 lectures on nuclear power ? • Any lectures on marine systems ? Rolls-Royce proprietary information

12. What does industry really need from accredited qualifications ? • People who can do the mathematics and the physics • People who are articulate and intelligent • People who can challenge, develop and adapt new technologies • People who can develop and adapt themselves Rolls-Royce proprietary information

13. Corporate responsibility Rolls-Royce proprietary information

14. 29 university technology centres Rolls-Royce proprietary information

15. Chartered Engineer & Fellow • Principal Engineers are expected to be at or applying for Chartered Status • Specialist leads and Managers are required to be at or applying for Fellow Rolls-Royce proprietary information

16. An engineering career - is variety the norm ? Rolls-Royce proprietary information