The module is designed to provide students with a design sprint experience that helps them develop the necessary skills to respond quickly to client briefs in a consultancy environment.

The module provides a selection of briefs from various industries, allowing students to engage in a fast-paced design process. Each student must choose one brief and create a design proposal, which is then submitted to the respective companies for feedback. This process is integrated with the University's assessment procedures.

A key aim of the module is to facilitate student interaction with industry and develop their professional skills.

The aims of this module are for the student to:

• Integrate and apply knowledge and understanding, cognitive and practical skills from modules studied throughout the programme.
• Demonstrate core competencies in:
  • Conducting and analysing primary and secondary research
  • Developing a brief
  • Concept exploration and development
  • Concept Development
  • Prototyping solutions for evaluation with users and other stakeholders
• Consider real world production constraints (materials, processes and costs) in the refinement of their concept.
• Evaluate solutions with stakeholders; propose and justify improvements based on evaluation feedback.
• Create presentation material suitable for communicating the project at an end of year show.

The aims of this module are for the student:

• To exploit and enhance design capabilities acquired in Parts A, B and I, through appropriate design team activity.
• To utilise appropriate design research to enhance innovative design activity.
• To have the opportunity to enter an international student design competition.
• To generate high quality content for a personal design portfolio.

The aim of this module is to:

• Develop and apply understanding of human variability, in particular ageing and disability.
• Understand and apply standards, legislation and design(er) responsibility to the design of particular products, services or systems.
• Explore the specialist requirements of inclusive design from the perspective of diverse user groups.
• Explore and apply approaches to inclusion, as well as where bespoke, customised, exclusive design is appropriate.

This module aims to prepare design students with the knowledge and skills required to develop innovative sustainable design solutions.

The aims of this module are to develop research, project management and report writing capability by investigation which aims to further the development of a design topic.

The aims of this module are for the student to gain a greater understanding of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Manufacture (CAM), and what computer supported technologies bring to the design process. The module will allow the student to build on core CAD/CAM skills developed in Parts A and B of the programme through the theoretical and practical application of advanced CAD/CAM techniques, but with particular focus on 3D data acquisition and surface modelling for high quality production models.

The module seeks to enhance students' understanding of modern advancements in automated design and manufacturing and how to leverage these in creating innovative design outcomes.