Role
Syed Mohyuddin is the Head of the Civil Engineering Department of the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment. Within this role he is responsible for the management and coordination of the delivery and development of the civil engineering course provision at NTU.
Career overview
After working in the industry for about twelve years, Syed joined the world of academia and been 'in here' for the past twenty one years. Syed has developed, delivered and managed courses/programmes in FE, HE and Work Based Learning as well as developing Occupational Standards within UK and overseas across levels 2 - 7. Syed has an extensive experience of managing staff, and physical resources as well as working with partner institutions and awarding bodies.
Syed joined Nottingham Trent University as a Principal Lecturer and had significant contribution in the development of MSc Civil Engineering as well as Level 6 Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship courses. Syed also contributed in introduction of new and updated modules across all courses within the department.
Key areas of interest lies in the fields of quality assurance, student experience, contextualisation of engineering education, work based learning, curriculum development, student support and partnership management.
Research areas
Syed’s research focuses on kit-of-parts buildings with a view to investigate modularity and common platform for a family of products. Syed is keen to explore a balance between mass production and mass customisation.
External activity
- Syed has worked with number of Awarding Organisations in qualification and curriculum development up to level 7. This includes Access to HE courses. BTECs, HNs and WBL qualifications.
- Syed has also helped number of overseas institutions and governments in developing National Occupational Standards and associated qualifications/curriculum.
- Syed is a Subject-specific Reviewer for the QAA
- External Subject Reviewer for MSc courses
- External Examiner for UK and international providers.
- As a Senior Standards Verifier, Syed is responsible for the security of Pearson’s Levels 4 – 7 WBL programmes as well as to standardise the workforce across the UK.