CFS Comments & Feedback

2018-19 B40DB
[Sustainability, Health and Safety]
Chemical Engineering
 Key Positive Comments
CFS Comments Staff Feedback
Sustainability coursework related to design We will continue to encourage students to
project. relate their coursework to design project.
We will continue to include videos to aid the
The videos were very enjoyable and gave
lectures. The workload was planned in order
context to the lessons and the workload
to avoid unnecessary student overburden with
was well distributed to avoid clashing with
the coursework. We are pleased that this
other deadlines.
aspect was evident in the course.
I enjoyed learning about the industrial
The course learning outcomes are relevant to
applications of sustainability. I also liked
the industrial application. It is good that the
the ability of the course to make you think
“big picture” aspect was evident in the
about the big picture as opposed to what
teaching.
can often feel like a single unit or process.
The safety aspect is very interesting as
well with simpler calculations that have We recognized that the fundamental of safety
useful and direct applications in industry knowledge's are important.
and design.

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The lecture materials (student
guide/powerpoint slides) were
It was really good to hear that.
comprehensive and well supported by
the lectures.
I found it easier to stay engaged and
Agreed, the various types of teaching
actually take in what we were being
approaches were conducted to help
taught because of the mixture
achieve this. We are pleased that you
between lectures and group tasks,
feel this contributed to the course.
short quizzes etc.

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It was really good to hear that and we
Lecturer is delivering his class
believed that the learners have positive
enthusiastic and patience.
attitude in the class as well.
Attended the safety demonstration
conducted by trainers from
It was good to hear that and it allowed
Department of Safety and Health
students to understand the function and
(DOSH) at University campus ( with
the training programme in DOSH.
regards to working at height), is
useful.
The lecturer was so passionate about
his subject that I fallen in love with It was good to hear that some of the
subject itself. Now I am really students are passionate about safety
interested and excited for semester 2 and sustainability practices.
exam diet.

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CFS Comments Staff Feedback
Learning more about LCA and
sustainability development and also It was good to hear that the students
how the course has showed me how appreciate the regulatory practices.
important legislation.
Lecturer has good experience with the
practical application of the subject,
which allowed us to understand and It was good to hear that.
appreciate the importance of the
subject matter.
All the positive practice identified by the
class will be continued next year.

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 Key Constructive Comments
CFS Comments Staff Feedback
Staff agree. This was emphasized in
Group work would have been easier
class at the start of semester. We will
with full attendance
emphasise more strongly next year.
We believe that the lecturer is using
lecture slides, whenever is required.
We do expect students to have access
to the notes and what is being
Lectures would be helped if used lecture discussed should be evident from
slides in class. I find it hard to follow his context. Having some feed from the
lectures when just pointing at an A4 notes can be considered. Maybe
sized course notes that printed out. having additional signposting in
lectures will be considered. Learners
are encouraged to ask questions if
they don’t understand the lectures

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 Key Constructive Comments
CFS Comments
The Safety aspect of this course could
maybe be updated a bit, or at least find
some more modern examples/videos to
share in class.
Staff Feedback
Agreed that updates would be
beneficial, and revision of some of this
material is planned for this year. The
materials will be updated from time to
time.

A lot of formative assessment group

Sustainability lectures would perhaps go
works which were arranged. We will
on for longer than truly necessary, more
consider the introduction of further
group work would be a more effective
case studies. Planned changes may
tool for learning for this course.
change this emphasis further.

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 Key Constructive Comments
CFS Comments
I don’t like that the exam held at the end
of semester 2, it is very difficult to self-
motivate for this class knowing there are
others that have a greater priority.
I also would like to have feedback on
things like presentation and coursework
as I have no idea how I am currently
performing and would like to know how I
can improve.
20% for the health and safety
coursework is a lot for 1500 words.
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Staff Feedback
The discussion of moving the final
examination to December exam diet
was discussed. It was agreed that one
of the exams would be moved from
April exam diet to December exam
diet.
Feedback was either through
presentation or class discussion.
Individual feedback was also offered.
If you would like to receive this,
please contact your lecturer. For
safety coursework, the feedback was
given through Vision.
The emphasis should be more on the
quality of the content instead of
number of word count.
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 Key Constructive Comments
CFS Comments Staff Feedback
Reduce the class exercise as MEng or
The class exercises are there to act
BEng Students have other assignment
as the tutorials for the classes and
which carried mark to do. Maybe the
provide the practical application of the
class exercise can combine with design
material being covered. All are linked
project in future, student will be more
to the design project and help support
focus and I think it is very useful to
preparation for this.
integrate the knowledge’s.
There were some unnecessary The class exercises are
workloads that are not counted in the supplementary to the summative
course mark. It would be appreciated if assessments. They help provide
the instructor could have explained that practical application within the class
the students expecting a lot of workloads and were outlined during the early
in this semester. part of the semester.
There should be more group-work and The safety assignment and practices
handling scenario based safety issues were arranged, such as HAZOP, fire
not the technical aspect of safety but and explosion tutorials, reliability
more of the problem solving and University
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the feeling of what is safety. safety.
 Key Constructive Comments
CFS Comments Staff Feedback
There are a lot of group tasks given by
the lecturer. It would be more All/Almost all class exercises were
manageable if he allocate some time carried out and/or discussed within
during the 2 hours class for us to do class time.
research.

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 Other Feedback
Staff Feedback/Comments
The response rates are reported between 25% and 55% for three campuses.
The response rates could be increased in the following semester.

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