Undergraduate Engineer Review

Item: Undergraduate Engineer at Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology
Rating: 3.3
Author: Anonymous

at Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology

Degree Apprenticeship

Engineering

Bristol

Review Submitted: May 2022

Overall Rating

3.3 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

3.5/5 - Overview of Role

3/5 - Skills Development

2.8/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

4/5

I work as an engineer alongside a team, taking on board key projects and developing them for downstream teams. There is a lot of innovation, meetings and design.

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

3/5

A lot - whilst university work can be tough, being in work is a great experience and feels like I'm actually making a contribution to the company.

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

3/5

Prototyping, sketching, ideation, rig building, testing etc. as skills within work, but there is also opportunities to develop qualifications.

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

2/5

It can be a little unorganised, however it is only new. It means there is more opportunity to develop it and shape the experience into something that suits you.

How much support do you receive from your employer?

4/5

As much as we need. We have lots of well-being support, and there is a great understanding of how hard university can be alongside working.

How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

2/5

Not a huge amount. Warwick is quite far away and so they only come down for lectures. They don't have a lot of experience with us and so it an be challenging for them to understand the pressures of both university and work at the same time.