This paper was presented at the 2008 Engineering Conference - Innovation Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education.
In a specialist field such as acoustics where noise and vibration control is promoted through legislation and competition in product refinement etc. there is persistent industrial demand for courses. Skills shortages in the UK workforce can only readily and practically be met by the running of graduate level short courses. In addition for chartered engineers such courses are very appropriate for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. This paper considers the option of postgraduate short course training in combination with MSc module provision i.e. when the latter can be given in a short course format and duration.
