Profile
Claire is a lecturer in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with over 20 years’ experience of teaching and learning in the fields of employability and personal development. She was the School of EECS Industrial Placement Manager from 2009-2022 where she facilitated learning and support for 100s of students employed in a variety of technology jobs, across different sectors. She is also co-founder of the mySkills employability initiative. Claire is committed to creating a learning environment that facilitates reflection, self-awareness, and personal growth.
In addition to her teaching Claire has extensive experience of working with individuals on a one-to-one basis and holds a CMI Level 5 qualification in Management Coaching and Mentoring and an ICF accredited Professional Coach Diploma. She is also part of a network of internal coaches at the University.
Teaching
Final Year Undergraduate Project
The final year project is a crucial element of an undergraduate degree programme, as it gives students an opportunity to work on an extensive piece of work within the areas of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. The project allows students to demonstrate their knowledge, practical/analytical skills and experience that they gain during their degree programme and to then extend these by working individually on a research or development problem. The final year project builds on the taught modules that students take during their degree programme and is undertaken independently under the guidance of a project supervisor. The project involves a substantial component of design and implementation of software and/or hardware.
MSc Project
The aim of the MSc project is to give students the opportunity to apply to a significant advanced project, the techniques and technologies, that they have learned in their lecture modules. Projects will either be significantly development based, or else have a research focus. All projects will be expected either to investigate or to make use of techniques that are at the leading edge of the field. Candidates will be asked to submit a project report on completion of the allotted project period (3 months full time). This report will be evaluated using the standard criteria for scholarly work. Projects will also include a viva where students will be required to demonstrate and defend their work.
Professional and Research Themes (Degree Apprenticeships)
This module covers the following topics: discipline topic tasters; finding, retrieving, and evaluating information; ethics, science & technology; scientific and technical writing; skills for workplace context.
Publications
Naeem, U., Bosman, L., and Revell, C., "mySkills - A Reflective Framework for Employability Skills," 2023 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Kuwait, Kuwait, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/EDUCON54358.2023.10125192.
Naeem, U., Bosman, L., Revell, C. and Alhirsi, A. 2024, May. “mySkills - A Curriculum Integrated Employability Framework,” In 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) - Accepted
