The quality of the learning experience depends on the motivation of the teachers as well as the learners and needs to be seen as a partnership. It also implies clear learning objectives carried through to curriculum design and delivery. This implies staff who are accessible and approachable. Students in consultation with their tutors are able to develop their interests. As capable civil engineers our graduates need a sound grasp of fundamental principles and the confidence to apply them in changing situations.
Industry needs high calibre graduates in order to compete successfully in international markets.
Our aim is to attract an appropriate number of the best young people to study at Bristol. The civil engineering industry operates globally, and such students will benefit from being specially prepared with experience of learning, living and working in a different culture. Our aim is to provide opportunities for development of the whole person. Personal and transferable skills, including communication, need to be developed as much as technical skills. Our graduates should have developed the taste for intellectual satisfaction through their studies and hence become life-long learners.