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Changes to policy and curriculum

Postgraduate engineering qualifications - Qualification amendment

The Open University will remove the 15 credit module Towards chartership (T398) as a compulsory module within the following qualifications:

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering (E22)
  • Master of Engineering (Graduate Entry) (M03)
  • MSc in Engineering (F46)

Why this is happening

The inclusion of Towards chartership (T398) in these postgraduate engineering qualifications was originally required by the Engineering Council who wanted to ensure that all Masters level engineering qualifications had personal development planning (PDP) (see Accreditation of Higher Education programmes, AHEP, Version 2). However, all accredited undergraduate engineering degrees are now expected to contain sufficient PDP so Towards chartership (T398) is no longer required.

Please talk to your Student Support Team if you need any further information. You can find out how to contact them on Contact the OU.