Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
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Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#2Call me skeptical but I'm looking for the gotcha. Nothing yet, but here's the FAQ https://www.dysoninstitute.com/faqs/
If there's no clause about having to work for Dyson after the program, then it will be a no-brainer for engineering students. I wonder if the normal structures of career centers will still be present/emphasized, since I'm sure Dyson would not be interested in its grads seeking employment at competitors.
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#3Call me skeptical but I'm looking for the gotcha. Nothing yet, but here's the FAQ https://www.dysoninstitute.com/faqs/ If there's no clause about having to work for Dyson after the program, then it will be a no-brainer for engineering students. I wonder if the normal structures of career centers will still be present/emphasized, since I'm sure Dyson would not be interested in its grads seeking employment at competito…
One gotcha is that the degree might not be accredited. At least that is what I understand from this sentence in the article: "It’s a £15m project which, if successful, Dyson hopes to eventually gain university status and award its own degrees to up to 100 students a year." However I admire Dyson's efforts to train the people they need.
Edit: Actually maybe it is accredited. From the Dyson Institute's FAQs: "What is the Dyson Institute of Technology?
The Dyson Institute of Technology teaches high quality engineering degrees to the next generation of tech enthusiasts, alongside a full time role at Dyson.
During this four year programme you’ll learn about engineering through hands-on experience in our Research and Development department with academic training provided by WMG, the University of Warwick. You'll graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering degree."
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#4Call me skeptical but I'm looking for the gotcha. Nothing yet, but here's the FAQ https://www.dysoninstitute.com/faqs/ If there's no clause about having to work for Dyson after the program, then it will be a no-brainer for engineering students. I wonder if the normal structures of career centers will still be present/emphasized, since I'm sure Dyson would not be interested in its grads seeking employment at competito…
I would guess the 'gotcha' is it's only a course for 25 people, and more comparable to a scholarship rather than a new model for engineering teaching.
It looks great, and I'm sure it will be a great education for the lucky few, but I am skeptical that it would scale to larger numbers. The incentives are there at the macro level but not the micro which would be needed to encourage a broad range of companies to participate.
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#5Call me skeptical but I'm looking for the gotcha. Nothing yet, but here's the FAQ https://www.dysoninstitute.com/faqs/ If there's no clause about having to work for Dyson after the program, then it will be a no-brainer for engineering students. I wonder if the normal structures of career centers will still be present/emphasized, since I'm sure Dyson would not be interested in its grads seeking employment at competito…
One gotcha is that the degree might not be accredited. At least that is what I understand from this sentence in the article: "It’s a £15m project which, if successful, Dyson hopes to eventually gain university status and award its own degrees to up to 100 students a year." However I admire Dyson's efforts to train the people they need. Edit: Actually maybe it is accredited. From the Dyson Institute's FAQs: "What is t…
I think a bachelor degree would be unusual for the UK. Aren't most engineering degrees in the UK undergraduate masters?
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
One gotcha is that the degree might not be accredited. At least that is what I understand from this sentence in the article: "It’s a £15m project which, if successful, Dyson hopes to eventually gain university status and award its own degrees to up to 100 students a year." However I admire Dyson's efforts to train the people they need. Edit: Actually maybe it is accredited. From the Dyson Institute's FAQs: "What is t…
I think a bachelor degree would be unusual for the UK. Aren't most engineering degrees in the UK undergraduate masters?
Not necessarily; the University of Lincoln which has one of the newest engineering schools (in partnership with Siemens) offers undergraduate bachelor of engineering degrees - http://lincoln.ac.uk/home/engineering/undergraduate/
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#7Call me skeptical but I'm looking for the gotcha. Nothing yet, but here's the FAQ https://www.dysoninstitute.com/faqs/ If there's no clause about having to work for Dyson after the program, then it will be a no-brainer for engineering students. I wonder if the normal structures of career centers will still be present/emphasized, since I'm sure Dyson would not be interested in its grads seeking employment at competito…
One gotcha is that the degree might not be accredited. At least that is what I understand from this sentence in the article: "It’s a £15m project which, if successful, Dyson hopes to eventually gain university status and award its own degrees to up to 100 students a year." However I admire Dyson's efforts to train the people they need. Edit: Actually maybe it is accredited. From the Dyson Institute's FAQs: "What is t…
That last sentence is not a clear statement.
Is that supposed to mean: that any accreditation by UofWarwick somehow applies to Dyson as well? The FAQ simply doesn't mention any accreditation whatsoever specifically for Dyson. Could be rather important, one way or the other.
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
One gotcha is that the degree might not be accredited. At least that is what I understand from this sentence in the article: "It’s a £15m project which, if successful, Dyson hopes to eventually gain university status and award its own degrees to up to 100 students a year." However I admire Dyson's efforts to train the people they need. Edit: Actually maybe it is accredited. From the Dyson Institute's FAQs: "What is t…
I think a bachelor degree would be unusual for the UK. Aren't most engineering degrees in the UK undergraduate masters?
You normally do a Bachelor of Engineering - B.Eng.
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#9Dyson, the billionaire who backed Brexit, is worried that there aren't enough engineers in the UK.
Hah.
Re: Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
One gotcha is that the degree might not be accredited. At least that is what I understand from this sentence in the article: "It’s a £15m project which, if successful, Dyson hopes to eventually gain university status and award its own degrees to up to 100 students a year." However I admire Dyson's efforts to train the people they need. Edit: Actually maybe it is accredited. From the Dyson Institute's FAQs: "What is t…
That last sentence is not a clear statement. Is that supposed to mean: that any accreditation by UofWarwick somehow applies to Dyson as well? The FAQ simply doesn't mention any accreditation whatsoever specifically for Dyson. Could be rather important, one way or the other.
It's fairly standard for non-academic teaching organisations to have their degrees sponsored by an established university. For example the Centre for Alternative Technology offers a number of masters courses without itself being a university [0]. This is probably more common for postgrad courses, but no reason why it couldn't work for undergrad too.