'Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'
Abstract
Over the years, there have been many factors that
have influenced the landscape of higher education within the UK.
These factors include the rise in tuition fees, the introduction of
the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and the formation
of Office for Students. Although student performance plays
a vital part, another significantly influential key performance
indicator that impacts these factors is student experience, which
is influenced by positive or negative feedback and engagement.
Despite student engagement forming a key part of the learning
environment, it is still perceived as one of the weakest aspects
when it comes to enhancing the student experience.
In this paper, we present the implementation of an innovative, holistic teaching & learning framework for the final year
project module trialed within the Department of Engineering
and Computing at the University of East London. This project
module had been running in different forms since the inception of
the undergraduate programmes within the department, however
it generally yielded poor and inconsistent evaluation, student
experience and engagement. The framework was introduced
during the academic year 2015/16, where its evaluation has
shown a positive impact on student engagement, performance
and experience, compared to the previous year
