Faculty of Engineering Accreditation of Engineering Programmes and the Way Forward Dinesh Kumar Hurreeram 25 October 2018

Challenges Eroding enrolment rate for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes Decreasing quality of enrolment Unsatisfactory throughput for undergraduate programmes Increasing competition from local and international HEIs 5. Inability to attract the best scholars on research programmes 6. Inadequate research to meet the needs of the economy 7. Inadequate strategic partnerships relationships with other universities

Aim A team of motivated academic, technical, administrative and support staff International recognition of academic programmes Appropriate infrastructure for a conducive learning and research environment Funding in relation to capacity building and infrastructure development

Proposals Internationalization of academic programmes Faculty-Industry Linkage Faculty Support and Infrastructure Student Experience

Internationalization Accreditation of Engineering Programmes Formal request to ECSA Desktop review Accreditation visit Collaboration with CRPE/IEM to achieve Washington Accord Signatory Status Academics and research outcomes on Research platforms and databases (Researcher ID, ORCID, ResearchGate, Academia, Linkedin) Professional Affiliation (IEM, ICE, IMechE, IEEE, CRPE, IET etc…) Projects in collaboration with research led universities Implementation of Learner Centred Credit System (LCCS based on ECTS)

Faculty-Industry Linkage Consultative Meeting (Sector Specific) Research agenda department specific Collaborative projects to support the engineering sector Specific competency requirements in different engineering fields Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programmes recognized by the CRPE Consultancy Offer of programmes to match resources/competences available Phasing out of low demand academic programmes Bidding for local/regional/international research grants Funding for specific projects

Faculty Support and Infrastructure Human and capital resource planning (3 year plan) Recruitment Capacity building Investment in tools and equipment Space audit (labs, lecture rooms, office, car park etc…) Refurbishment of labs Redesign of lecture rooms (e.g. Flipped classroom) Administrative support to departments Infrastructure maintenance and development

Student Experience Core competences at department level Admin support Integrated MIS system Fully online exams administration and management Extra curricular activities (e.g. Student Chapters) Work environment Relationship management

Re-engineer NOW for the long term sustainability of the engineering Faculty Thank YOU