Goal 4: Quality Education

Cranfield seeks to provide its students with the best possible educational experience. We set and maintain high academic standards for teaching and learning across all our programmes, supported by robust quality assurance policies and procedures. 

Quality Assurance is underpinned by our Education and Research Strategies, our Knowledge Exploitation Strategy and is based on the University Charter and Statutes.

Our lifelong learning resources offer all alumni the opportunity to continue their learning and increase their knowledge in their chosen industry.

Cranfield runs a dedicated programme of talks for students, faculty, staff, alumni, our partners in industry and sustainability enthusiasts. The talks are open to everyone, including local residents. Talks are also posted on YouTube for those who could not attend in person or want to revisit a subject. This programme is presented via the School of Management’s Sustainability Network.

Vocational training and continued professional development

Our CPD programme is key for professionals looking to enhance existing skills or stay up to date with current thinking without the commitment of full-time education.

Cranfield’s Centre for Executive Development provides a wide range of vocational courses.

In 2023, we introduced a new suite of co-curricular learning for our students, Cranfield Enhance building on Cranfield’s core strengths.

The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a UN Global Compact- backed initiative with the mission to inspire and champion responsible management education, research, and thought leadership globally by bridging relationships and catalysing collaboration among the United Nations, the Global Compact, and academia. Cranfield School of Management has been a signatory member of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education since 2008.

Partnerships

Dassault Systèmes announced a new partnership with Cranfield University, which will deliver a new 3DEXPERIENCE Edu Centre of Excellence. The campus facility will provide experiential, initial and lifelong learning with Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform that enables the existing and future workforce to accelerate the digital and sustainable transformation of the aerospace industry.

Dassault Systèmes Partners with Cranfield University to launch first 3DEXPERIENCE Edu Centre of Excellence in UK

Outreach and public engagement

Cranfield’s community and public engagement is all about us engaging with those around us, so that we can:

• Obtain insight and work with the public to enrich and inform our research activity.
• Deliver and take part in events and activities that inspire young people and the public about the possibilities of STEM.
• Encourage young people to consider careers that will build a bigger and more diverse STEM and management workforce.

You can find out more on our public engagement pages.

One example for 2023 was an event in which students showcased the best of their engineering skills when the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) national engineering challenge final was hosted at Cranfield University .Cranfield University welcomes schools for IET national engineering challenge final

Lifelong learning

Our lifelong learning resources offer all alumni the opportunity to continue their learning and increase their knowledge in their chosen industry.

Cranfield runs a dedicated programme of talks for students, faculty, staff, alumni, our partners in industry and sustainability enthusiasts. The talks are open to everyone, including local residents. Talks are also posted on YouTube for those who could not attend in person or want to revisit a subject. This programme is presented via the School of Management’s Sustainability Network.

Vocational training and continued professional development

Our CPD programme is key for professionals looking to enhance existing skills or stay up to date with current thinking without the commitment of full-time education.

Cranfield’s Centre for Executive Development provides a wide range of vocational courses.

We launched the Mycotoxin Training Hub in 2021. The Hub aims to provide targeted and efficient training and research programmes to raise awareness of the challenges the agrifood chain is facing today and will face in the future (e.g. Brexit, regulation changes, climate change).

Outreach and public engagement

Cranfield’s community and public engagement is all about us engaging with those around us, so that we can:

• Obtain insight and work with the public to enrich and inform our research activity.
• Deliver and take part in events and activities that inspire young people and the public about the possibilities of STEM.
• Encourage young people to consider careers that will build a bigger and more diverse STEM and management workforce.

You can find out more on our public engagement pages.

Our lifelong learning resources offer all alumni the opportunity to continue their learning and increase their knowledge in their chosen industry.

Cranfield runs a dedicated programme of talks for students, faculty, staff, and alumni, our partners in industry and sustainability enthusiasts. The talks are open to everyone, including local residents. Talks are also posted on YouTube for those who could not attend in person or want to revisit a subject. This programme is presented via the world-renowned School of Management’s Sustainability Network.