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Figures & data
Figure 1. Employability/Professional skills provision in the MSc electronic systems design throughout the academic year (semesters 1 and 2)
Figure 2. General structure of the Employability/Professional skills sessions
Figure 3. Example session structure for communication skills – written skills: technical report writing
Figure 4. Electronic design project phases. Key skills (e.g., information and communication skills) are revisited and extended by the development of new competencies (e.g., critical and reflective thinking and practice). Skills are integrated and applied to new topics (e.g., Ethics, Codes of Practice) and contexts (group project)
Figure 5. Tweet from one of our placement providers (Bristol is Open) talking about their experience with one of our MSc electronic systems design graduates as an intern (placement) at their company. Link: https://twitter.com/bristolisopen/status/1085831933118955521
Figure 6. Microsoft Team space for XX50214: professional skills for engineering practice
Figure 7. The XX50214 Microsoft Team space was structured into several Channels to facilitate activities and communication over eight weeks
Figure 8. Example of the Class Notebook of one of the students in XX50214, as seen by the facilitators
Figure 9. A chart illustrating active student participation in the XX50214 Microsoft Team for professional skills. The chart shows the number of posts made by a student, either to the whole team or privately to another person. Those students who did not make any posts (n = 27) are not included
Figure 10. A chart to show the student responses to the homework activities presented in MS Forms and delivered through the XX50214 Microsoft Team
Figure 11. A chart to show student responses to the class activities presented in Microsoft Forms and delivered through the XX50214 Microsoft Team
Figure 12. Student attendance of XX50214 over the last academic years, at the beginning (week 2) and towards the end of the course (week 7)
