Tuesday 2 June 2020

FEATURE: How NMITE is taking engineering education back to the drawing board

The latter obviously came out trumps owing to its links with London and preferable location, with Hereford being right on the border of Wales. 

Now, all these centuries later, this medieval city is finally fighting back with the help of the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE). ‘New model’ because its ambition is to break the mould of current engineering higher-education provision with a curriculum that focuses on learning by doing. Its students will undertake real-world engineering challenges. 

Once computer science vs computer programming MITE’s validation process is complete, it hopes to swing open its doors to aspiring engineers with the aim of helping to plug the skills gap by adding 5,000 engineers to the market by 2032. 

However, NMITE wasn’t always destined to specialise in engineering. Ten years ago, when the nub of the idea was first discussed, the mission of the founding trustees together with local MPs was to revitalise the city by not only bringing in young people – the average age of citizens in Herefordshire is 43 – but to also have the city act as a campus with various sites located across it all within walking distance. 

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