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Engineering graduates for industry Table 6: Recurrent costs of exemplars Exemplar Aston University Staff £k/yr Space £k/yr Other £k/yr Total £k/yr Cost per participating student £ Notes 1. Industrial placements 41 45 86 £2,150 Costs for 40 mechanical engineering placement students only, includes central service costs. Placement students obtain an average salary of £15k; industry pays a fee of £500/student not included. Coventry University 3. Activity led learning 2008 1450 1261 4719 £1,888 Costs are for UK-based students only and include central service costs plus depreciation costs of the new building. Other significant costs include the additional staff required for the new teaching approach and costs of materials. Imperial College London 4a. Constructionarium 18 40 58 £327 Used by civil engineering students. Total costs are net and show direct costs to the university only (staff and technician time, travel and accommodation, materials, equipment hire). Central services costs are included at a reduced value as activity is off-site. Income that offsets these costs includes ~£250 from students towards accommodation, ~£7,000 raised by students. An annual CPD budget saving of £1,800 for technician training is costed. The civil engineering contractor supplies staff, plant, equipment, materials and know-how, worth ~£20,000. The consultancy firm provides a design brief, worth ~£9,000. Constructionarium Ltd has raised £3.5million since 2003, worth ~£30,000 annual in-kind benefit (site, portacabins, staff on site etc). 4b. Chemical Engineering pilot plant 18 60 78 £648 Used by first and second year chemical engineering students. Costs include depreciation for the plant equipment but not the whole building, nor running costs or central service costs. They also include the cost of a process engineer for the plant. 5. EnVision 212 421 633 £211 7. Student-led activities: El Salvador University of Liverpool 1 1 1 £88 8. Active learning 360 425 815 1600 £1,600 Costs for FTE students and include central service costs. The centre runs with a core of academic and administrative staff plus consultants seconded from engineering departments. £244,000 is set aside annually to fund internal projects, awards and lectures. Industry provides £53,000 in-kind support for projects. Cost to the university is time given to support, mentor and encourage the students who are going. Students pay £400 themselves and then raise the outstanding amount through sponsorship etc to cover the cost of materials, travel, food, accommodation etc. Costs for FTE students and include central service costs plus depreciation costs of the new building and equipment. Other significant costs include the additional staff required for the new teaching approach plus direct costs of incorporating design-build activities. 9. Visiting professors 200 200 400 £400 Cost for FTE students of 10 visiting professors working two days/week including central service costs but not space costs. Funding can be gained for visiting professors from the RAEng. It is estimated that these 10 posts bring in-kind contributions (visitors etc) worth ~£50,000, this income is not included. The Royal Academy of Engineering 51
Exemplar 10. Understanding stakeholder needs Staff £k/yr 74 Space £k/yr London South Bank University Other £k/yr 78 Total £k/yr 152 Cost per participating student £ £210 Notes Costs for FTE engineering systems students. Staff costs for involvement in or support of industrial liaison panels, foundation degrees, KTPs, work with professional bodies excluding accreditation. This work is assumed to benefit all students in the Department of Engineering Systems. 11. CEREB 316 65 Loughborough University 12. Industrial placements 366 747 £996 Costs for FTE students including direct costs to the university (staff, centre manager, technical support, publicity, materials, central services). The student number includes use by LSBU students and partner institutions. The cost/student could also be realistically reduced to ~£538, due to the facilities being used for income-generating activities as well as by students. 190 380 570 £1,250 Costs for 456 placement students, including central service costs. Administration and visits to students on placements (two or three times/year) are a significant factor. Students obtain an average salary of £15,000 on placement and industry pays a fee of £500 per student which is not included in the costing. 13. Teaching Contract Scheme 23 27 50 £215 These are costs above the normal teaching costs for FTE students, including central services and are net of industry fees. Most of the costs relate to additional staffing and administration costs. Other significant costs include project materials, travel, hospitality and publicity. Industry pays a fee to join the scheme. 14. Sponsored degree programmes 47 48 95 £100- £300 The four different programmes all run with very different costing models. Costs given relate to the FTE students and are the impact of the sponsorship - not to the total costs of the degree programme and include the cost of central services but are net of income from industry. Additional costs relate to recruiting, visiting and retaining companies, student interaction, materials and administration. Industry input can include a payment per student (£400 in one dept), materials for projects, bursaries (~£,1500), salaries on placement (~£15,000). 15. engCETL 711 £237 per FTE student Full costs, including senior academic and academic staff time, technician and other non-teaching staff plus premises charge. This is funded through the HEFCE CETL stream and internally by the university. Other income generated by externally sponsored project work, often not directly associated with students is excluded here. Many other students throughout the university use systems developed and supported by the engCETL so the cost per student could be considered slightly inflated. 52 The Royal Academy of Engineering
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