Should Academia Include Technical Training for Industry Placements?
"Building Resilience for Economic Growth"
3-5 November 2015
Kuala Lumpur
Personal Experience
2-year Pupillage : a requirement for Corporate Membership of the UK Institutions of Engineers
Thick and Thin Sandwich Programme-UK 1960-1970s
Journey to a Professional Engineer Status
In the UK, most engineering courses take 3 years for an undergraduate bachelors (BEng) and a 4-year period for an Undergraduate Masters.
Students who read a 4 years engineering course are awarded a Masters of Engineering
Many courses include an option of a year in industry, which is usually a year before completion. Students who opt for this are awarded a Sandwich degree.
Engineering Degree Requirements
Engineering Accreditation Council of the Board of Engineers
Malaysia requires that:
to complement theory and practice a well structured internship programme in collaboration with industry should be incorporated into the curriculum.
Objectives of Internship Programme
To provide:
Enhanced Employability
Interpersonal and Social Skills
Interrelationships of Theory and Practice
Career Preparation
Insight into the World of Work
Personal Development
Technical Development
Process & Content of Technical Training
Detailed Programme
Report by Students
Report by Supervisors at Industry
Report by Supervisors at University
Canada2 years out of 4 Practical Training
Cooperative Education-Waterloo University Canada
Bill Gates University of Choice ?
21st Century Career Management
Formal Curriculum
CPD-Continuous Professional Development
Career Manager IETQuick-guide for Preparing a professional registration
application
Universiti Teknologi Petronas
UTP offers the longest industrial internship programmes in Malaysia.
The students are posted as interns for 28 weeks (approximately 7 months).
The length of the internship duration allows students:
to engage in more significant work assignments
a major strength of the academic curriculum.
Internship
Practical Internship must be linked with the development of the country.
In 1960-1980s Malaysia's economic and industrial development was still in its infancy and internship was confined to medical and engineering professions only.
Progressive institutions such as Institut TeknologiMARA was among the first to extend it beyond these two professions.
Internship in Malaysia
To improve employment opportunities, largecompanies have started opening internshipopportunities with Government assistance. Thebest interns are offered jobs
In UiTM all faculties are encouraged to sendstudents for internship programmes depending onthe generosity of the host companies.
Summary
Internship /Technical /Practical Training should be a MUST not only for engineering courses but also for non-technical courses.