ENG417 Environmental Awareness and Sustainability

Australia has significantly lowered the standard required for entry to her universities in the quest for foreign student fees in the face of a capped domestic market. Mass tertiary education remains a defining feature of the political landscape, with little cognisance given to the engineering, IT, and sustainability implications of lowered entry standards to our respective professions.

Task

Investigate previous attempts to regulate entry standards to professional university degrees in Australia and their eventual impact.

Compare these with policy measures enacted in other countries and assess the desirability of their application to the engineering or information technology professions in Australia.

Assess the sustainability implications of lower entry standards to the engineering and information technology professions from the perspective of one of the following: civil engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, or information technology.

The small print

This is not a task which can be completed simply by looking at the internet. Original thinking is required, demonstrating sound reasoning and rational argument (including diagrams, statistics, and calculations as appropriate) to support your conclusions.
Attention is drawn to the University’s policy on plagiarism. Note also that marks will not be awarded for information taken directly from your references, even if it is referenced.