Doctor of Engineering

Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Doctor of Engineering - ENGD

Programme Offerings

Part-Time

F2F-JMU-JAN

Educational Aims of the Course

The aims of the programme are to: Make a significant contribution to the enhancement of an occupational or professional area through the application, development and testing of theoretical frameworks. Enable the candidate to evidence that, through their studies and by applying and testing existing and new theories, they have made a significant contribution to improvements or changes in their organisation or working practices, which can be applied elsewhere. Contribute to research in new areas and to collaborate further with employers; so that the candidate and University is engaging in an exchange of knowledge and practice at the highest level. Enhance the candidate’s personal and professional capabilities for the future, to enable them to lead innovation within their organisation.

Learning Outcomes

Display a systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge which is at the forefront of their academic discipline or area of professional practice relevant to their workplace.

Make informed judgements on complex issues in specialist fields, often in the absence of complete data.

Communicate their ideas and conclusions clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Critically reflect on personal, work-based, theoretical and research practice experiences that contribute to the creation of new knowledge.

Collect, record and interpret qualitative and/or quantitative data and demonstrate advanced academic enquiry.

Present final thesis clearly and concisely at a level that aligns to the Institutions doctoral regulations.

Recognise and describe problems relevant to the workplace and propose innovative solutions with the potential to create new knowledge.

Display a critical understanding of complex and specialised research knowledge and skills through the development of research proposals that demonstrate a) the potential for the creation of new knowledge at the forefront of their academic discipline or their area of professional practice b) the use of appropriate techniques/methodologies in their research.

Conceptualise, design, and implement a project for the generation of new knowledge, applications or understanding at the forefront of the discipline or area of professional practice, and to adjust the project design in the light of unforeseen problems.

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Critically appraise research methods for their appropriateness to the area of enquiry.

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Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in complex organisations.

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Demonstrate the creation and interpretation of new knowledge of a quality to satisfy peer review, extend the forefront of the discipline, and merit publication.

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Provide implications for the further development of their specific professional practice in relation to their own work, its context, and the form future development would take.

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Apply and develop appropriate techniques/methods in research and scholarship.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Face-to-face workshops, asynchronous online learning, action learning sets, and self-directed study. Coursework (Learning Agreement, research proposal, interim literature review, interim methodology, interim data collection and analysis, final thesis submission, portfolio of critical reflection, seminar presentation),examination (viva voce by external and internal examiners).

Opportunities for work related learning

As decided by each student in relation to their place of work.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The programme has 2 levels: Masters and Doctoral, with a total of 540 credits. The Masters level (FHEQ Level 7) comprises 180 credits. Applicants may only join the programme at the Doctoral level (FHEQ Level 8) and must have 180 credits at FHEQ Level 7 from a Masters degree in an appropriate engineering discipline demonstrating that the student has: -A systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of the engineering discipline, field of study or area of professional practice. -A comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship. Originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in their engineering discipline. -Conceptual understanding that enables them to evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in their discipline; and to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them and, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses. Applicants will be required to make a claim for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at FHEQ Level 7 (up to 180-credits) with their qualification assessed against the above Learning Outcomes. The Doctoral phase comprises 360 FHEQ Level 8 credits, all of which must be completed successfully to obtain the award of Doctor of Engineering. The Level 8 credits will take a minimum of 3 years to complete. Students must complete the Doctoral Skills Programme in order to gain the award and evidence this in 8401ENGD. This programme specification is applicable to students registered from September 2022 onwards. Existing students will follow the programme specification provided upon initial registration to the programme.

Structure

Level 8

Level 8 Core

Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations

However, as a Doctoral award this programme operates within the university’s Academic Regulations for Research Degrees https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/the-doctoral-academy/academic-regulations-for-research-degrees.

Entry Requirements

Alternative qualifications considered

Applicants may only join the programme at the Doctoral level (Level 8) and must have 180 credits at Level 7 from a Masters degree in an appropriate engineering discipline which must have included training in research and the execution of a research project. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) will be awarded following confirmation that the learning outcomes of the applicant's Masters degree map to the learning outcomes stipulated in the Programme Rules section. Applicants must make the RPL claim, and the credits must be awarded, before enrolling on the EngD programme. If the applicants Masters qualification is older than five years, then they will need to demonstrate they have maintained and extended their professional competence through continuing professional development activities, which can include formal and informal activities. This should be evidenced through a portfolio of CPD against the five core competences A to E defined by the Engineering Council in UKSpec.

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