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Hi, I'm David Polson, the new Year Tutor for 2nd Year Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering.
My job is to work with your module leaders and the teaching administration staff to develop an overview of how 2nd year teaching and assessment is going, and to make sure things are coordinated across the year.
Second year is an important time in your university education as you transition from the highest level of structured support in your first year toward being a fully independent learner by the time you graduate. This can be both an exciting and a challenging time for everyone and there will undoubtedly be parts of the year which you prefer to others. This year you can expect to find the level of challenge on your course increasing, as it will every year, while we hope that you also feel an even greater sense of accomplishment and excitement in your learning. Throughout the year we would like to continue to make sure you have appropriate support. Please make every effort to attend your personal tutorials, as they become less regular than your first year, this opportunity is even more important and we would encourage you to make yourself aware of the available points of contact to help you as you continue on your degree. In particular, please do check out the Student Wellbeing section of the MEC Student Handbook for the latest links and information.
While your first points of contact should usually be your module leaders, personal tutor and staff-student committee representative, I'm a point of contact for more complex queries, complaints or ideas for improvement to your 2nd year.
Dr David Polson (d.polson@sheffield.ac.uk)
Tutoring
Tutoring
Engineering You're Hired (EYH)
Year 2 Tutorial Groups - You can find your tutorial group using the spreadsheet linked here.
Year 2 Welcome Presentation - You can find some useful information using these slides.
Level 2 students must pass no less than 100 credits out of 120 credits in order to proceed to level 3. Students may be allowed to progress with failed modules, for which they will be "compensated" and will still receive credits for. In order to progress in this manner students must achieve a mark of no less than 30 in any modules for which they are "compensated".
Level 2 students must pass no less than 100 credits out of 120 credits in order to proceed to level 3. Students may be allowed to progress with failed modules, for which they will be "compensated" and will still receive credits for. In order to progress in this manner students must achieve a mark of no less than 30 in any modules for which they are "compensated".
You must also have no fails in any of your 'must pass' modules. 'Must pass' modules are specific to each programme and are detailed in the programme regulations. In addition to this:
MEng students must obtain a weighted mean grade of greater than or equal to 54.5 in order to remain on the MEng degree programme. Where this requirement has not been met students will automatically be transferred onto the corresponding BEng degree programme and notified via email.
Students proceeding onto a Study Abroad Year will have a higher weighted mean grade requirement in order to remain on their programme of studies. This is detailed in the programme regulations for each course.
BEng students who have obtained a weighted mean grade of greater than or equal to 54.5 will usually be given the opportunity to transfer to the corresponding MEng degree programme. Transferring to a MEng degree programme may have financial and visa implications and students should first seek advice from Student Services.
Progression with compensated credits is at the discretion of the exam board. It is not standard practice to allow students to progress with compensated credits until they have exhausted their resit opportunity.
Level 2 advice on re-assessment:
If you have not passed all modules at Level 2 then you will be given a maximum of one resit attempt to pass your remaining modules. This will take place in the August re-assessment period in most cases. All students should remain available during the August re-assessment period in case they are required to re-sit modules in order to proceed. Any students carrying fails should make use of their resit attempt, to ensure they do not reach the Engineering Council "cap" of 30 credits of compensated module. All resits will be capped at a bare pass mark of 40, unless your original result was Not Assessed (NA). Level 2 results will also be counted in your overall degree award calculation.
Both 'Global Engineering Challenge' (Level 1) and 'Engineering You're Hired' (Level 2) should be passed in order to proceed to level 3. These modules must be passed in order to be eligible for the award of a degree. Resit opportunities for these modules will take place during the academic year.
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