This book details the key concepts, objectives and processes relating to the professional accreditation of engineering bachelor (honours) degrees. The contemporary context of accreditation is examined in terms of the globalised nature of both the engineering profession and higher education. Examples of the processes relating to single and dual accreditation are provided, with examination of the Washington Accord and the requirements of the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education. Details are also provided as to how learning outcomes can be structured to demonstrate compliance with accreditation criteria. The final chapters deal briefly with quality assurance processes used in education and the current international quality ranking systems which exist. This book will provide the reader with a detailed examination of outcome based education within the context of Bachelor of Engineering (honours) degrees. A key feature of this book is the side-by-side comparison of different accreditation criteria and a thorough discussion of the relatively new phenomenon of dual accreditation. The book seeks to provide a very clear explanation and exploration of accreditation within the context of engineering education and will benefit those practitioners involved in the accreditation process.

This book details the key concepts, objectives and processes relating to the professional accreditation of engineering bachelor (honours) degrees. The contemporary context of accreditation is examined in terms of the globalised nature of both the engineering profession and higher education. Examples of the processes relating to single and dual accreditation are provided, with examination of the Washington Accord and the requirements of the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education. Details are also provided as to how learning outcomes can be structured to demonstrate compliance with accreditation criteria. The final chapters deal briefly with quality assurance processes used in education and the current international quality ranking systems which exist. This book will provide the reader with a detailed examination of outcome based education within the context of Bachelor of Engineering (honours) degrees. A key feature of this book is the side-by-side comparison of different accreditation criteria and a thorough discussion of the relatively new phenomenon of dual accreditation. The book seeks to provide a very clear explanation and exploration of accreditation within the context of engineering education and will benefit those practitioners involved in the accreditation process.

Many can now conclude that utilising educational technologies can be considered the primary tools to inspire students to learn. Combining these technologies with the best teaching and learning practises can engage in creativity and imagination in the engineering field. Using Technology Tools to Innovate Assessment, Reporting, and Teaching Practices in Engineering Education highlights the lack of understanding of teaching and learning with technology in higher education engineering programmes while emphasising the important use of this technology. This book aims to be essential for professors, graduate and undergraduate students in the engineering programmes interested in learning the appropriate use of technological tools.

Saudi Arabia, an oil based economy possesses more than a quarter of global oil reserves and has been the largest oil producer for over half a century. Oil exports generate total revenue for the nation's development expenditure in its entirety. But lately Saudi Arabia has acknowledged that the objective of long term economic development cannot be attained by depending on a single source of revenue. Therefore, Saudi Arabia embarked upon a long term economic development planning to reduce this dependence on a single export commodity and to accelerate structural diversification. Structural diversification has been one of the dominant objectives of all the eight development plans. Saudi Arabia has aggressively attempted privatization in its industrialization process in this respect. Further, in this pursuit Saudi Arabia joined the WTO and opened its economy to ease inflow of investments from abroad. This book has been written to analyze Saudi Arabia's strategies and its level of success till date to diversify its economy away from export of oil only

Uttar Pradesh(U.P.) is one of the big States in population as well as in area in the Union of India. The State is gifted with potentially fertile soils and has different tropical monsoon climate. Agriculture has been the main occupation for the vast majority of the people in the State. It is natural that all efforts should be made to improve agriculture, which is the backbone of the State's economy.Methods will, therefore, have to be devised not only to increase production and productivity but also to ensure that their benefits accrue to a vast multitude of small farmers.The primary remedy is to provide adequate funds for development of agriculture. Among the various types of funds needed, long-term credit forms the most important basis for the same. In order to fill the gap co-operative credit comes as a handy tool. The co-operative movement has been an important instrument for social change and means for ensuring people's participation in the development of U.P. The purpose of this book is to study the viability of the lending policies and performance of U.P.State Co-operative Village Development Bank on a case basis and estimate its role in the agricultural Development of U.P.