Unit Review and Evaluation

Unit Team : Atanu Bandyopadhyay,

Division: Math and Science Unit: Engineering Science
Fahim Ahmad
Programme: Level 4 Pearson BTEC HNC Diploma in
HNC Year 2016-2017 (Year 1)
Marine Engineering
Semester: 1 Date: 2nd March, 2017

Discussion Items (see notes 5 and 6) Comments Action By Whom By Date

1. Quality Enhancement:
a) Describe the follow up of:
i. Annual R and E action plan (session)
ii. External QA report
iii. Internal QA input
b) Note any outstanding matter from the
above.
2. Unit/Delivery:
a) Time allocation (See note 4)
b) Full coverage of outcomes (See note 4)
c) Coverage of topics over and above the
unit outcomes (See notes 1 and 4)
d) Overlap with other units. If so, how
was the overlap handled? (See note 2)
e) Trainee feedback (See notes 3 and 4)
f) Changes to the unit team (see note 1)
g) Problems in the delivery of the unit
(other than covered above).
(See note 4)
All mentioned documents are available in the
department.
A recommendation was made to
There wasn't enough time for the course which
split the course into two
made covering the all the topics a difficult
semesters. We have also written 30th
task. There was no overlap between the
several times for a couples of Both
various units. There was too much material to December,
be covered in a single semester. The problem
textbooks to be available in the trainers
BTI library, but nothing has been 2016
was compounded by the fact that no textbook
done on that so far. The textbooks
was available.
continue to be missing.
3. Assessment
a) Assessment of all principal
objectives/outcomes. Give detailed
reasons for those which were not All criteria for the assessments were covered
assessed. in the teaching. There were four assignments
We would like to see the number
b) Comment on the number and type of and three examinations. The trainees found Both Next
of assignments reduced from four
assessments. them to be too burdening and the results were
to two. trainers semester
c) Analysis of the results (See note 4) lower than expected. There were some
problems associated with the venue.
d) Changes to the assessment schedule
(See note 1)
e) Implementation problems
f) Notable developments
4. Resources:
a) Availability and adequacy of the As mentioned earlier, the course lacked the We would like to recommend the
curriculum materials availability of the necessary textbooks – two two textbooks for mechanics and
Both Next
b) New curriculum materials developed in particular for either half of it. The trainees electricity be available in the
had no books to read and had to rely on the library here at BTI without delay, trainers semsester
c) Physical resources
notes supplied by the trainer. preferably two copies of each.
d) Human resources
e) Staff development needs
5. Communication:
Describe the adequacy and satisfactoriness of
There were no problems faced with
communications relating to this unit:
communication with the trainees or with the None
a) Within the unit team trainers during the course.
b) Within the Programme Committee
c) Within the division
6. Good Practices The assignments and notes were written in a None
a) Good practices initiated vocational form. In spite of no laboratories
available, the course was taught wityh as many
Other areas where the good practices may be vocational examples as possible.
applied
Notes:
1. Include authorisation for changes in the comments.
2. Identify overlapping units, even those that have only partial overlap.
3. Note down trainees’ comments on the unit, especially any particular problems.
4. Give feedback on each and every group.
5. Engage in professional and detailed discussion on the listed items with the unit team.
6. Develop an action plan based on the action items and file a copy in Section 10 of the Unit File along with this completed form.