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Visiting Professors' Scheme
Visiting Professors in Principles of Engineering Design: Review of The Scheme's Development
Most of the proposals
from universities selected to participate in
the scheme identified three common principal
roles for visiting professors: lectures to
undergraduates, involvement with
undergraduate projects and input to
curriculum development. Time and experience
has tended to change the relative emphasis
being placed on them in practice.
Two roles have become
pre-eminent: namely work on students'
projects and close co-operation with
academic staff on curriculum development.
The value of The
Academy's scheme for Visiting Professors in
Principles of Engineering Design (reviewed
in detail in 1993/94 and updated in 1997/98)
has been confirmed by visits to universities
and by the positive comments of those
involved – both Visiting Professors and
university staff. During the course of the
review, guidelines
were developed to help with the assessment
of the impact the introduction of the scheme
was having on the teaching of engineering
design.
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