Higher National Awards Staffordshire University

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Higher National AwardsStaffordshire University

• Induction Talk

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Useful Contacts

• Janet Francis Scheme Leader
• J.francis_at_staffs.ac.uk
• Room K342
• Rose King Level 1 Leader
• r.king_at_staffs.ac.uk
• Room K226
• Tracy Davies Award Administration
• t.davies_at_staffs.ac.uk
• Award Support Office

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S.U.R.F.

• Staffordshire University Regional Federation.
• The Scheme awards are franchised by Staffordshire
  University to 6 Regional Colleges.
• Around 200 Full/Part time students per year
  within SURF

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SURF Monitors

• Dr. Anthony Atkins (email a.s.atkins_at_staffs.ac.uk
  )
• Mrs. Kathleen Ingram (email k.ingram_at_staffs.ac.uk
  )
• The SURF Link Tutors visit the SURF partner
  colleges and institutions at which the Higher
  National Diploma/Higher National Certificate
  Scheme operates to discuss the award with both
  students and staff. These officers are the
  primary link between the SURF partner institution
  and the University and help to ensure the smooth
  running of the scheme there.

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The Scheme

• The Scheme is made up of several awards
• BTEC Higher National Diploma Part time and
  Full-time at SURF Institutions
• Full-time at Staffordshire University
• BTEC Higher National Certificate Part-time at
  SURF Institutions

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Useful Documentation

• University Documentation
• University Student Handbook
• Award Management and Regulations
• Available on the University Web Site
  http//www.staffs.ac.uk
• Award Information
• Programme Specification
• Student Handbook
• Available on the faculty Web Site
  http//www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk
• Or the award web page www.soc.staffs.ac.uk/jsf1/hn
  d.html
• Module Information
• Module descriptors
• Available on the module web page
• http//www.staffs.ac.uk/current/student/modules

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The Awards

• Janet Francis

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BTEC Higher National Certificate Part-time time

• Two Routes routes
• Business Information Technology
• Computing
• Route choices to be made at the end of year 1

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BTEC Higher National Diploma Full time/Part-time

• BTEC Higher National Diploma Full time
• Four routes
• Business Information Technology
• Computing
• Internet Technology
• Software Engineering
• Route choices to be made at the end of year 1

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HNC/D in Business Information Technology

• Provides a sound basis for careers in
• Business Information Technology consultancy
• Information Technology management

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HNC/D in Computing

• Provides a sound basis for careers in
• Software production
• Hardware maintenance
• Systems development

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HND in Internet Technology

• Provides a sound basis for careers in
• Networking
• Web Design

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HND in Software Engineering

• Provides a sound basis for careers in
• Software systems production
• Software engineering
• Software quality
• Systems analysis

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HNC/D - A practical Scholarship

• Opportunity to take CISCO examinations.
• Development of an application as part of a route
  specific project.
• Assessed by coursework as well as examinations

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1. CISCO certification Janet Francis

• Staffordshire University is part of the
  world-wide CISCO Systems Networking Academy.
• State of the Art Labs
• Professionally designed courses
• CISCO Certified Staff
• Cisco Certified Network Associate
• May be gained during the HND course (subject to
  module choice)
• Parts 1 and 2 are available for HNC

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2. Projects Rose King

• Level 2 HND
• Need to consider this in level 1
• Demonstrate the ability to undertake and produce
  a piece of work to a professional standard
• Synthesising materials from other modules and
  putting into practice
• Appropriate to your intended award
• Allocated a supervisor to help you
• Further details see PROJECT HANDBOOK

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Award Framework

• Janet Francis

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Year content

• First year is common to all routes and gives a
  basic grounding in computing principles
• Second year involves
• A specialist project (HND only)
• Specialist modules
• Core modules building on the first year

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Modules

• Each year of each award comprises a framework of
  modules
• Each module is worth 15 credits
• Modules are graded as follows
• gt69 Distinction
• 53-69 Merit
• 40-52 Pass
• lt40 Fail
• Each Year on HNC has 75 credits
• Require 150 credits to gain HNC
• Each year on HND has 120 credits
• Require 240 credits to gain an HND.

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Modules in Semester 1
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Modules in Semester 2
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Student Information

• Rose King

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Assignment Hand In

• All assignments should be handed in at reception
  on the second floor of the Octagon building. with
  effect from September 2004  
• The Faculty deadline for receipt of all
  assignments is 3.30pm Monday to Friday. 

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Extenuating Circumstances

• If for any valid reason you are unable to
• submit a piece of work
• attend an in course test or exam
• have problems which are detrimental to your work
• Inform the Level leader in advance of deadline
• Submit an Extenuating Circumstance Form
• Available from Business Support Office
• You MUST provide supporting documentary evidence
• Case will be presented to Extenuating
  Circumstances panel. If accepted the student may
• Be allowed to take relevent assessments as if for
  the first time, or if re-assed work as if for the
  second time.
• Have recommended grades for each relevent
  assessment provided the Exam Board is satisfied
  there is sufficient evidence to arrive at a fair
  estimate of the appropriate grades

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Plagiarism

• Representation of another persons work, without
  acknowledgement of the source, as the students
  own for the purpose of satisfying formal
  assessment requirements.
• Examples include
• Copying another persons work
• Using more than one phrase from another persons
  work without acknowledgement
• Changing few words or the order of presentation
  of another persons work without acknowledgement
• Submission as if it were the students own of work
  obtained from the internet or other forms of IT.
  This includes graphs, digital images.
• Submission of work which has been previously
  assessed for a different award or module
• A student who allows another student to copy
  their work would deemed to be guilty of
  plagiarism
• Plagiarism is strictly FORBIDDEN

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Personal Development Planning and Employability

• Susan Bailey

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University wide remit

• All students should be given help and
  encouragement to fill Personal Development Plans
• Each award should actively increase student
  employability.

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The HNC/D Awards

• The PDP within the awards is delivered through
  three threads
• The Award support thread
• The Academic thread
• The Personal Tutoring Thread

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The Award Support Thread

• Award support team
• HNC/D Award leader Janet Francis
• Level 1 leader Rose King
• Level 2 leader David Hodgkiss
• Administrative Support Tracy Davies
• Induction week which includes talks covering a
  variety of subjects.
• This will be followed after six weeks with an
  induction update session.
• Towards the end of the year there will be a
  session on route/award choices for year 2.

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The Academic Thread

• The academic thread will be delivered through two
  modules
• Module Team
• Module Leader Sue Bailey
• Teaching Team David Thomas, John Stockwell, Janet
  Francis
• The modules concerned are titled
• Computing and In Society
• Computing and IT in the Workplace.
• These modules are designed to develop
  transferable skills, to set the other modules in
  context and to increase awareness of legal, moral
  and professional issues within the computing
  fiel. Students will develop a portfolio of work
  which will include a CV. and presentation.

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The Personal Tutoring Thread

• Award Leader HNC/D Janet Francis
• Level 1 Leader Rose King
• Personal Tutors
• David Thomas,
• John Stockwell
• Janet Francis
• Sue Bailey
• The personal tutors are members of the module
  team. 1 hour per week (12 hours) will be given to
  a tutorial group of 10 students. There will also
  be scheduled laboratory sessions.
• Tutors will
• monitor attendance
• follow up absence.
• Tutors will work closely with the level leader,
  Rose King to monitor the academic profile of
  their tutees
• After five weeks and ten weeks, the personal
  tutors will arrange to meet each of their tutees
  for 15 minutes These sessions will be used to
  support and encourage the recording of personal
  development plans.

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The Personal Advisor

• Janice Kalisz email j.c.kalisz_at_staffs.ac.uk
• Follow up repeated absences
• Provide advice
• Refer students to other student services for more
  specific advice
• Assist with extenuating circumstances forms.

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What Happens Next?

• Janet Francis

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Top up HND - Degree

• Computing Technologies Scheme
• An honours degree in three years.

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Bridging course

• The bridging courses are offered to students who
  hold a relevant HND.
• They are also franchised to colleges
  internationally.
• Many students enter a final year after following
  a bridging route.
• The degree is achieved in four years the same
  timescale as for students entering the degree
  scheme at year 1.