Industry Project

An Industry Project is a requirement in some certificates and other qualifications that we offer.

It is designed to foster networking, practical skills and industry awareness.

Course Code: BIP000

Course Duration: 100 hours of self paced studies

There are various ways that the industry project requirement can be satisfied. The accepted way for you is one that needs to be negotiated with an academic officer, when you get to the point of needing to do it in a course.

Anything can be accepted as long as it is seen as a "learning experience" which is relevant to the discipline that you are studying, and which strengthens and broadens aspects of what is being learned  through other modules in the course.

One Option

If you work in the industry that you have been studying, you may submit a reference from your employer, in an effort to satisfy the requirements of the Industry Project on the basis of RPL (i.e. recognition for prior learning), achieved through your current and past work experience.

The reference must indicate that you have skills and an awareness of your industry, which is sufficient for you to work in a position of responsibility.

Another Option

If you do not work in the relevant industry, you will need to undertake a project as follows.

Procedure for a Work Project

This project is a major part of the course involving the number of hours relevant to the course. Although the course does not contain mandatory work requirements, work experience is seen as highly desirable.

This project is based on applications in the workplace and specifically aims to provide the student with the opportunity to apply and integrate skills and knowledge developed through various areas of formal study.

Students will design this project in consultation with a tutor to involve industry based activities in the area of specialized study which they select to follow in the course. The project outcomes may take the form of a written report, folio, visuals or a mixture of forms. Participants with relevant, current or past work experience will be given exemption from this project if they can provide suitable references from employers that show they have already fulfilled the requirements of this project.

For courses that involve more than 100 hours, more than one workplace project topic may be undertaken. For example, 200 hours may be split into two projects each of 100 hours. This will offer the student better scope to fulfil the needs of their course and to meet the number of hours required. Alternatively, the student may wish to do one large project with a duration of 200 hours.

Students will be assessed on how well they achieve the goals and outcomes they originally set as part of their negotiations with their tutor. During each project, the student might present short progress reports. These progress reports will be taken into account when evaluating the final submission. The tutor must be satisfied that the work submitted is original.

If the student wishes to do one large report, then only three progressive reports will be needed (however the length of each report will be longer).

Further Options

There may be a variety of other options that could satisfy your industry project requirement.  

• Volunteering may be acceptable
• Formal mentoring schemes may be accepted
• Formal, relevant modules such as research projects or workplace projects could sometimes be approved

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