Griffiths, J; (2018) Understanding the Student Experience in One-Year Graduate Masters Programmes. In: Andrews, J and Clark, R and Nortcliffe, A and Penlington, R, (eds.) 5th Annual Symposium of the United Kingdom & Ireland Engineering Education Research Network. (pp. pp. 60-63). Royal Academy of Engineering: Birmingham, UK.

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We present initial findings from a study investigating PGT student experience, aspirations, and perceptions of general skills required to undertake engineering research as part of their degree programme. A survey and focus groups were used to obtain data from two consecutive student cohorts across a Russell group engineering faculty. The study found that students are less content with their communication skills than their discipline-specific research skills. They are pleased with their research supervisors, but do not feel part of a larger research community. Nor do they feel part of a larger university-centred student community. We are extending this initial work through further surveys, focus groups and one-toone interviews with students and their research supervisors to find ways to build a learning community within cohorts.

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