Engineering

Ignite Your Engineering Career with Newham College’s HNC and HND Programme for the UK!

Your gateway to becoming a versatile and highly skilled professional, perfectly aligned with the evolving demands of the UK engineering sector.

Welcome to your pathway to success in the heart of the UK’s engineering sector at Newham College. Our Higher Nationals in Engineering open doors to becoming skilled professionals, highly sought-after in the dynamic UK engineering field. Join us to shape your success in engineering.

- Professional Excellence: Crafted for UK-based professionals, our program develops individuals who seamlessly adapt to the dynamic world of engineering, boosting your career prospects.

- Digital & Software Insights: Grasp the major impact of new digital and software technologies on the UK engineering landscape, staying at the forefront of industry advancements.

- Your UK Engineering Future: Upon completion you’ll possess a profound understanding of principles in your UK-focused expertise.

- Skills Mastery: Acquire essential skills, knowledge, and understanding for top-tier performance in the UK engineering and manufacturing environment, setting the foundation for a successful career.

- Versatility & Leadership: Develop an inquiring mind and gain the confidence to lead, manage, respond to change, and tackle complex engineering situations within the UK industry.

- Career-Focused: Strike a perfect balance between employability skills and essential knowledge, whether you aspire to be an entrepreneur, employee, or academic achiever in the UK.

Content
The purpose of the programme is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals who can meet the demands of employers in the rapidly evolving engineering sector and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications also aim to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them.

The overall aims of the programme are to:

- Provide a thorough grounding in engineering principles at Level 4, which leads the student to the progression pathway at Level 5 relating to individual professions within the engineering sector.

- Equip individuals with the essential qualities of an engineer, including integrity, regard for cost and sustainability, as they apply to a range of roles and responsibilities within the sector.

- Enable progression to a higher-level study such as a university degree by supporting the development of academic study skills and the selection of appropriate units for study at Level 5.

- Enable progression to further professional qualifications in specific engineering disciplines by mapping the units studied to the requirements of the Professional Bodies applicable to that discipline

Assessment
- Written assignments including essays, projects, and reports

- Demonstrating practical skills

- Completion of portfolio of evidence including observation of practical skills

- Formal examinations/assessments and online assessments as required

HNC (Year 1) Curriculum
3 Core Mandatory Units:
- Engineering Design

- Engineering Maths

- Managing a Professional Engineering Project (Pearson-set)

5 Specialist Mandatory Units:
- Mechatronics

- Mechanical Principles

- Production Engineering for Manufacture

- Quality and Process Improvement

- Digital Principles

HND (Year 2) Curriculum
2 Core Mandatory Units:
- Professional Engineering Management (Pearson-set Unit)

- Further Mathematics

6 Specialist Mandatory Units:
- Commercial Programming Software

- Distributed Control Systems

- Further Electrical Machines and Drives

- Embedded Systems

- Analogue Electronic Systems

- Further Control Systems Engineering