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Accessibility statement
This module extends personal and professional development planning, enabling you to gain the skills you need to achieve professional engineering status. You’ll develop these skills in practical engineering activities delivered via home experiment kits and a one-day online project school. With the support of experienced tutors, you’ll work independently and in a small team to explore real-world engineering phenomena and undertake analysis and design work. You’ll continue to explore the world of professional engineering as you further develop and practise key skills needed in your workplace and for study.
In this OU level 2 module, you’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills to support you in attaining your chosen qualification in engineering. You will examine the collection, use, and manipulation of data and develop these into meaningful results that can be successfully communicated.
You’ll also gain invaluable practical skills: measuring, data analysis, research and information evaluation, modelling, presenting, designing, and decision making. You'll develop these skills independently and in a small online team through home experiments and a one-day online project school. You’ll define your learning needs and plan ways of meeting them with the support of experienced tutors.
To pass the module, you must participate satisfactorily in the practical engineering component. You’ll have a selection of dates in June and July to attend the online project school. If you have any concerns about the practical engineering aspects of this module, contact your Student Support Team to discuss your options.
This module is not available for standalone study.
Typically, you should have passed Engineering: professions, practice and skills 1 (T176).
You’ll get help and support from an assigned tutor throughout your module.
They’ll help by:
Online tutorials run throughout the module. While they’re not compulsory, we strongly encourage you to participate. Where possible, we’ll make recordings available.
Course work includes:
You’ll have access to a module website, which includes:
Additionally, the website includes:
We also provide physical:
The OU strives to make all aspects of study accessible to everyone, and this Accessibility Statement outlines what studying T276 involves. You should use this information to inform your study preparations and any discussions with us about how we can meet your needs.
To find out more about what kind of support and adjustments might be available, contact us or visit our Disability support website.
Engineering: professions, practice and skills 2 (T276) starts once a year – in January/February.
It will next start in January 2027.
We expect it to start for the last time in February 2028.
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