A short introduction outlining the value of the transferable skills you will develop during the Project Weeks and how these will support your future as an engineer. Please go to your assigned lecture theatre.

Your hub facilitator will deliver a presentation about how the module is run, what you need to do, and how you will be assessed. This will be the first session in your hub room, which you can find via the Hub Info page on this website. An icebreaker activity will follow to help you get to know the other members of your team.

Your hub facilitator will delivery a presentation and lead a discussion about the value of teamwork in delivering successful engineering projects.

In this session, you will consider the diversity of your group using Belbin Role Profiles. Using the Belbin Group Learn site, complete a questionnaire to determine your personal Belbin role preference and discuss how this aligns—or doesn’t—with your group.

During this session you will use tools from inclusive engineering practice to write a team operating agreement. Please download the team operating agreement. Your hub facilitator will be available to support you. The team contract will be submitted for sign-off later in the day. Please submit the team operating agreement on the Blackboard by the deadline.

In this session, you will begin working on your project. You are now in the design phase, where you need to carry out background research to understand the context in which your solution will operate. To help organise your research, you may wish to use a mind map or a rich picture, which you learned to create during your first-year project week. Your facilitator will be available during this session to support you.

Once you have done your background research, or while you are doing it, it is valuable to have a systematic approach to organising the work and a framework to help avoid missing crucial details. In this session, you will work in your team through the Context Analysis Group Learn site to learn about different context analysis tools and how to select and apply the various frameworks. For the remainder of the session, you will perform a context analysis for your project. When completed, you can add this to your group report. You can download the group report template from the assessment page Group Report Template.

This session is self-directed. It is an opportunity to finish the day’s deliverables, reflect on what you have learned, and look ahead. During this time you should complete and submit your first individual assessment: a mySkills reflection on inclusive practices. Please go to the Blackboard to submit your individual assessment.

In this student-led first session of the day, your team should review the progress made yesterday and look ahead to understand the plan and deliverables for the rest of the day. Discuss how you are working as a team. Are you making good use of the inclusive teamworking skills you developed on Monday? How will you work and divide tasks today? Will one member of the team act as leader for the day, and should this be a rotating role?

In this phase of the design process, you need to articulate a precise engineering design brief. In your team, work through the group learn activity on goal setting to learn the material and how to apply it to a design problem. You will use the remainder of the session to set goals for your project. Your hub facilitator will be available to help if needed.

Ensure you use some of this time to take a mid-morning break. You do not need to spend the whole session on the break; some of it can be used to continue working on your project. You have flexibility in how you use this time. The facilitator will be available if you have any questions.

The next phase of the design process is to generate conceptual ideas to fulfil the design brief. Your job is to use creativity to do this. If helpful, you can use the structured methodology for brainstorming taught in the first year, by employing the concepts of “proposing and building”. By the end of this session, you should have generated a number of conceptual ideas for your project, and add the most feasible ideas to the appropriate section of your group report.

In the next phase of the design process, you will need to select one of your conceptual designs. There may be competing viewpoints and different advantages to different solutions. In this session, your team needs to agree on one conceptual design to take forward. If you need an objective methodology to follow, consider using a decision matrix as used in the first year. Your facilitator will be available to help you during this session.

Now that your final design has been selected, you need to develop the engineering details of the product, such as its size, shape, manufacture, operation, and end-of-life disposal. Some questions to prompt your thinking have been prepared for you. During this session your faculty staff member will be available to support you. Once your detailed engineering design has been developed, you should add it to the appropriate section of your group report.

Ensure you use some of this time to take a mid-afternoon break. You do not need to spend the whole session on the break; some of it can be used to continue working on your project. You have flexibility in how you use this time.

This session is self-directed. It is an opportunity to finish the day’s deliverables, reflect on what you have learned, and look ahead. During this time you should complete and submit your second individual assessment: a multiple-choice test on the design process you have undertaken so far. Please go to the Blackboard to submit your individual assessment.

In this student-led first session of the day, your team should review the progress made yesterday and look ahead to understand the plan and deliverables for the rest of the day. How is your teamwork going? Today is the interim boardroom, so you may want to discuss how you will approach this as a team. Will one member act as leader for the day, and is this a different person from yesterday?

Building on the basic presentation skills learned in the first year, you will work as a team to follow the instructions in this extended presentation skills group learning exercise. This includes deciding what content to include, how to make your points clearly, and how to manage nerves. Use the remainder of the time to prepare your presentation for the interim boardroom this afternoon. Design your slides, plan what will be discussed, and decide who will present each part. Your hub facilitator will be available to support you.

Ensure you use some of this time to take a mid-morning break. You do not need to spend the whole session on the break; some of it can be used to continue working on your project. You have flexibility in how you use this time. The facilitator will be available if you have any questions.

Use this time to continue working on your project. You can continue with any deliverables not yet finished or prepare for the interim boardroom. Your facilitator will be there to support you, and your hub may be visited by an industrial mentor. During this session, you may also complete your third individual assessment: a multiple-choice test on presentation skills. Please go to the Blackboard to submit your individual assessment.

Each group will take a turn to present their work so far to the facilitator, faculty staff, and an industry mentor. Teams that are not presenting should continue working on their projects in the hub room and plan to take a break during this time.

An employability-focused panel event in the basement of the Diamond where you can ask questions of industrialists and hear presentations about career opportunities. More details can be found here.

In this student-led first session of the day, your team should review the progress made yesterday and look ahead to understand the plan and deliverables for the rest of the day. How did the interim presentation go? What feedback did you receive, and how can you use this to improve for the final presentation on Friday? Today will involve considering the logistics of your project and evaluating its ethics, inclusivity, and sustainability. Will one member act as leader for the day, and is this a different person from yesterday?

Your final conceptual design may be a product or a service. However, you will typically need a business or organisation to prototype, test, build, distribute, and provide customer support. This is the point where an engineering design becomes a project, and a project needs to be planned. In your team, follow the groupwork activity to learn the concepts of project management. Use the remainder of the session to apply this knowledge and begin outlining a project plan for your design. Add this material to the appropriate section of your group report. Your hub facilitator will be available to help if needed.

Ensure you use some of this time to take a mid-morning break. You do not need to spend the whole session on the break; some of it can be used to continue working on your project. You have flexibility in how you use this time. The facilitator will be available if you have any questions.

The second stage of project planning is to analyse security risks and mitigate threats. Work as a team through the Cybersecurity Group Learn teaching material to understand the concepts and how to apply them. For the remainder of the session, develop a cybersecurity plan and policy for your project and add this to your report template.

Once your project has been planned, you should evaluate its sustainability and inclusivity implications. In this session, use the Group Learn site to work through the material in your groups and learn how to perform a simplified life cycle analysis. Once you understand the method, apply what you have learned to carry out an analysis of the sustainability of your project. Facilitators will be available to support you.

In this session, use the Group Learn site for evaluating inclusivity to understand inclusive design thinking, and then apply this method to your project. Once you have completed your sustainability and inclusivity analyses, add these to the appropriate section of your group report. Faculty staff will be available in this session to support you.

Ensure you use some of this time to take a mid-afternoon break. You do not need to spend the whole session on the break; some of it can be used to continue working on your project. You have flexibility in how you use this time.

This session is self-directed. It is an opportunity to finish the day’s deliverables, reflect on what you have learned, and look ahead. During this time you should complete and submit your forth individual assessment: a multiple-choice test on the design evaluation process. Please go to the Blackboard to submit your individual assessment.

The final team meeting of the week. How has your team dynamic been evolving? What deliverables do you still need to complete, and how will your team ensure they are finished by the deadline? The final presentation is this afternoon, so plan how you will approach it.

Self-led time to continue working on the final parts of your project. During this time you should complete your Project Evaluation Reflection. Ensure all deliverables are submitted, individual assessments are completed, and your final presentation is ready.

Use this time to take a mid-morning break. You may also choose to continue working on your project if you wish, but you will probably need a decent break after such a busy week!

Continue working on your project, group report and final presentation. Ensure all deliverables are submitted, individual assessments are completed, and your final presentation is ready. During this session your facilitator will be available to support you. Please go to the Blackboard to submit your group assessment.

Final preparation time to ensure everything is set up and ready for the final presentation.

The end of the week! In the final presentation, each group will take a turn to present their work to the facilitator, faculty staff, an industry mentor, and the rest of the groups in the hub. After all presentations conclude, scoring will be completed and the highest-scoring team in the hub announced. Then you can celebrate what you have achieved.