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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by RubenSandwich on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:15AM (#12873207)
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."

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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by prefect42 on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:35AM (#12873382)
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.

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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by nicoburns on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:50AM (#12873511)
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.

https://gse.cat.org.uk

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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by KJP191 on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:22PM (#12873739)
Academic teaching organisations too, for that matter. It's quite common for a college to also offer some degree-level courses that are accredited by a local university.

(Note to non-Brits: "college" in the UK is mostly for lower-level and vocational courses, it's not a synonym for university like in the US)

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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by dbbk on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:56AM (#12873558)
It's actually also quite common for undergraduate courses in the media industries.
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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by chrisseaton on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:23AM (#12873270)
I think a bachelor degree would be unusual for the UK. Aren't most engineering degrees in the UK undergraduate masters?
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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by alexbilbie on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:27AM (#12873312)
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/
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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by gadders on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:42AM (#12873436)
You normally do a Bachelor of Engineering - B.Eng.
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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by chrisseaton on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:54AM (#12873536)
I think if you apply to any university they'll strongly recommend that you should be doing the MEng instead. The BEng isn't enough to even get chartered is it? So you'd need to do another degree anyway.
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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by paperpunk on Friday November 04, 2016 @02:35PM (#12874818)
If the unis I've looked at are any indication then many offer an integrated masters programme but most students will be on the bachelors route. At the institution where I work (Uni of York) many more BEng degrees are awarded than MEng.
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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by lol768 on Saturday November 05, 2016 @08:05AM (#12879395)
You don't need the Masters degree to be a chartered engineer as far as I know.

If you graduate and gain enough experience on the job (probably more cost effective than being at uni for another year) to be considered to have an equivalent standard of education I believe you can become a CEng with a presentation.

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