Support for Your Companies & Your Community Creating a supply of industry-ready graduates Working with your companies to upskill employees Providing flexibility in entry and exit points to learning Student projects Research projects Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) Consultancy Hosting events

1. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
PROFIBUS, PROFINET and IO-Link Seminar
Digital Communications Networks
Phil Storrow
Head of School for Applied Science, Computing and
Engineering (ASCE)

2. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
Industry 4.0
Digital Communications Networks
Original graphic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0
IoT
Cloud Computing
Cognitive Computing
Industry 4.0
Academia
Wrexham Glyndŵr University
Cyber
Attacks

3. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
You Have Already Helped Us
Access to Industry
Standard
Equipment
Shaping
The
Curriculum
University
membership to PI UK
Industry Forum
Meetings

4. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU

5. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
Support for Your Companies
& Your Community
 Creating a supply of industry-ready graduates
 Working with your companies to upskill employees
 Providing flexibility in entry and exit points to learning
 Student projects
 Research projects
 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
 Consultancy
 Hosting events

6. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
Industrial/
Commercial
Partners
Research
Regulatory
Bodies
Regional Skills and
Development Plan
Student
feedback
ASCE
Curriculum
Regional
Organisations
Shaping Our Curriculum for Jobs
IOP
Industry
Ready
Graduates

7. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
ASCE
Computing
Built
Environment
Applied
Science
Engineering
Construction
Architecture
Housing Studies
Civil Engineering (2016)
Chemistry with Green Nanotech
Forensic Science
Computing, Computer Science
Computer Game Development
Computer Networks and Security
Creative Computing
Library & Information Management
Cyber Security
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Aeronautical and Mechanical
Automation Engineering
Automotive Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Renewable Energy
Unmanned Aerial Systems
English for
STEM

8. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
Industrial Engineering Programme
• FdEng Programme delivered in only two years
• One further year to achieve BEng (top-up programme)
• Specialist routes offered
• Delivered on part-time day release basis
• £4500 per annum*
• Developed by Industry for Industry
• Full professional accreditation IET/IMechE**
* Current fee for 17/18
** Dependant on route selected

9. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
FdEng Industrial Engineering Routes
Automation &
Instrumentation
Plant
Maintenance
Mechanical
Programme:
FdEng Industrial Engineering
Core modules
Electrical Mechatronics

10. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
BEng Industrial Engineering (1 yr top up)
Routes
Programme:
BEng Industrial Engineering
Core modules
Automation &
Instrumentation
Electrical Engineering
Management
MechatronicsMechanical

11. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
BSc Cyber Security
Core Modules
Level 4
Computing Mathematics
Network Technologies
Computer Systems
Managing Data
Problem Solving with Programming
Prof Dev in Computing: Information Engineering
Level 5
Server Technology
Data Communications and
Networks
Responsible Computing
Cybersecurity and Forensics
Group Project Design
Group Project Implementation
Level 6
IT Project Management
21st Century Computing
Applied Network Security
Ethical Hacking
Project

12. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
FT UG Performance
0
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20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
ASCE 1st & 2.1 FTUG Awards

13. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
WGU in the News
National Student Survey 2017
84% Overall Satisfaction (ASCE)
90% Satisfaction – The Teaching on my Course (Computing)
87% Satisfaction – The Teaching on my Course (Engineering)
Government’s graduate outcome survey - LEO (Longitudinal Education Outcomes
Wrexham Glyndŵr is 1st in Wales for Engineering graduate employability and 11th
in the UK. Average salary is £34k.
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF): Silver Award
TEF looks at key metrics such as levels of retention, student satisfaction and
employment. Depending on the profile of the university and its student
population, the data is then moderated so that social mobility and learning gain
are rewarded.

14. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGUPhil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
Pace of Technological Change and
The Threat of Cyber Attacks
KEEP CALM
And
WORK TOGETHER

15. Phil Storrow; Head of School, WGU
Agenda
09:00 – 09:30 Registration and refreshments
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome and introduction to the exhibitors Andy Smith, Endress+Hauser
10:00 – 10:15 Key note address Phil Storrow, Glyndwr
University
10:15 – 10:45 PROFIBUS International and basics of PROFIBUS and
PROFINET
Mark Freeman, Siemens
10:45 – 11:05 PROFIBUS DP/PA network design Andy Smith, Endress+Hauser
11:05 – 11:25 PROFINET network design Peter Brown, Siemens
11:25 – 12:00 Coffee and exhibition
12:00 – 12:20 Cyber security for Industrial Ethernet Dr Paul Comerford, Glyndwr
University
12:20 – 12:40 PROFIBUS DP/PA network commissioning and
testing
Richard Needham, Hi-Port
Controls
12:40 – 13:00 PROFINET network commissioning and testing Peter Thomas, Control
Specialists Ltd
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch and University tours
14:30 – 15:00 PROFIBUS and PROFINET device configuration tools. Phil Waterworth,
Endress+Hauser
15:00 – 15:20 IO-Link technology Russell Smith - Balluff
15:20 – 15:50 The effects of EMC on bus networks Peter Thomas, Control
Specialists Ltd
15:50 – 16:00 Summary, questions, prize draw and close Andy Smith, Endress+Hauser