NMITE adds courses
Author: EIS Release Date: Nov 15, 2022
Hereford’s New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is offering new academic choices:
a BSC in Science Sustainable Built Environment degree
new Foundation Years to integrate with all courses
longer timeframe options for NMITE’s flagship Integrated Engineering courses
All of these have been devised and designed, says NMITE, with a view to the changing needs of the future economy.
NMITE’s degrees enable students to work consistently on real engineering challenges, during which they acquire the knowledge, understanding, skills and competency needed to succeed, primarily within a team-based environment.
The BSc (Hons) in Sustainable Built Environment is available from September 2023. It will be the first full degree offering from NMITE’s Centre for Advanced Timber Technology’s (CATT) building (pictured).
On completion, graduates will be able to directly enter the workplace or pursue further postgraduate qualifications, including various MSc pathways.
NMITE’s Chief Academic Officer, Professor Beverley Gibbs, “This is a brilliant example of how we can broaden our portfolio and deliver a course that will appeal to a variety of students. First and foremost, it will suit anyone wanting to pursue a credible job in sustainability,” says NMITE Prof Beverley Gibbs.
From September 2023, students will be able to study a Foundation Year with any of NMITE’s Integrated Engineering courses and the new BSc.
The Foundation Year is integrated into the degree courses and will be the first year of study, allowing students to develop the key transferable skills and subject-specific knowledge needed to continue into one of NMITE’s technical degree courses, without the need to reapply.
From September 2023, NMITE will also be offering an unaccelerated option for both its MEng and BEng Integrated Engineering degrees.
Students will study the same curriculum as the accelerated degrees but with a traditional degree timetable of four years for the MEng and three years for the BEng.
These have been designed for students who may prefer programmes that offer more time to complete or who prefer to follow a traditional academic timetable and undertake their studies in a non-accelerated way.
The core delivery remains the same with a 9am – 5pm working week and a sprint-based programme but sets a different pace for those who, for example, like more time to immerse themselves in the subject, want more time to practice their learning, or prefer to have a longer summer break – perhaps to do an industry placement