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CHATHAM -- The Chatham Village Board on Tuesday approved a water rate increase of $1 per 1,000 gallons at an uncharacteristically contentious meeting.
CHATHAM -- The Chatham Village Board on Tuesday approved a water rate increase of $1 per 1,000 gallons at an uncharacteristically contentious meeting.
The village is passing on an increase in the wholesale rate it pays the South Sangamon Water Commission, which also serves customers in New Berlin. That rate went up from $5.85 per 1,000 gallons to $6.85.
Trustees Mark Clayton, Ken Boyle and Joe Schatteman voted against the increase, requiring Village President Tom Gray to cast the tie-breaking vote.
"We're going to revisit this as quickly as we can," Gray said. "But we do need to lock in something so we don't just go into a hole. I don't like it, but we've got to do it, and we're going to discuss it more."
The commission voted last month to raise its wholesale rate and attributed that decision to usage being lower than expected and expenses being higher.
Residents and commercial customers in Chatham previously paid a minimum of $21.52 for the first 2,000 gallons of water they use each month and $5.87 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
Under the new rates approved Tuesday, which are retroactive to Sept. 1, the rates will go up to a minimum $23.52 for the first 2,000 gallons and $6.87 for each additional 1,000 gallons. The monthly facility charge, which covers the village's distribution infrastructure, remains unchanged at $8.76.
The rates will go up May 1 to a minimum of $24.38 for the first 2,000 gallons and $7.10 for each additional 1,000 gallons. The facility rate will increase at that time to $9.11 per month.
But, as Gray indicated, the village board may revisit the issue before then and could approve another rate hike.
Even before the water commission's wholesale rate increase, the village's water and sewer fund was operating at a loss. The board is considering hiring an outside firm to study its rate structure to make sure it is charging enough to cover the village's expenses.
Before the vote, Schatteman said he wasn't sure if the board was ready to approve the increase and should wait until the rate study is completed.
"I think that we need to make sure that, whatever we pass, we're passing something that people can start budgeting on," he said. "I don't want to ... pass this and come back here in a month or two having to pass something else."
Throughout Tuesday's meeting, Boyle was critical of village manager Del McCord, who also represents Chatham on the water commission and serves as that group's chairman.
He said McCord wasn't providing village trustees with enough information about the water commission's operations and its finances.
Boyle said he was calling for greater accountability on behalf of Chatham residents. He asked the board to go into a closed-door session to discussion the hiring, firing or discipline of personnel. The board met in closed session for about an hour and adjourned without taking any action.
Page 2 of 2 - While trustees met, McCord said the water commission has provided all the information trustees have requested and is willing to provide any additional information they would like.
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- Release Date: Feb 8, 2013
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Everyone would have been better off if the editors had just cobbled together a 90-minute blooper reel and called it a day.
The film is ultimately unsatisfying, not as laugh-out-loud funny as it promises to be in the opening.
Unfunny, predictable, and vulgar, it's the generic equivalent of a Judd Apatow movie. As always, you get what you pay for.
The dialogue in Craig Mazin's script crackles at its best, and the supporting characters (led by Robert Patrick as a grizzled skip chaser) have bizarrely funny moments.
It wants to be "Midnight Run" meets "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," but it carries little of the dramatic heft and real-world semi-plausibility of those much superior efforts.
Gordon is lost, and his style of shooting - telescopic close-ups, which never give us enough space to appreciate the performers - feels wrong for comedy.
I squirmed in my seat throughout Identity Thief, a colossally unfunny and misguided comedy.
The fault, I think, isn't in our stars but in the script, running up a huge comedy tab the likable players can't pay off.
Watching Identity Thief will steal nearly two hours of your life that you'll never get back. It takes far more than it gives.
The heart of this film is on the road with Bateman and McCarthy. If not for their brilliance, Identity Thief would be running on empty.
While the filmmakers might have shot for "Midnight Run," but settled for "Due Date," they wound up only achieving "Guilt Trip." Identity Thief is sputtering long before that mid-movie moment when it turns all sentimental and goes off the rails.
The result is exactly what you would expect from a concept whose odometer has been running for so long: uneven laughs, sparked largely by spurts of shock comedy but marred by a general sense of familiarity.
The ensuing road trip should be hilariously chaotic, a classic misadventure between two ill-matched travelers. Instead of "Midnight Run," though, we get another gloss on the recent "Guilt Trip," in which the concept is all that counts.
Identity Thief is funny enough, but it needed to be darker, raunchier, and crazier to live up to the promise of its casting.
Identity Thief is so bad it's hard to believe it wasn't directed by Judd Apatow or the Farrelly Brothers.
Funny and promising as the first act is, the entire second act is pretty awful, as the script chucks in one tiresome, unlikely gag after another.
In some ways, Identity Thief is a raunchier variation on another recent odd-couple road pic: Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen as overbearing mom and nebbish son in "The Guilt Trip."
The deadly dull action-comedy Identity Thief is an infuriating waste of time, on all sides of camera and screen. I did not know I could yawn angrily. This movie somehow proved it possible.
This feels a lot like some of the recent, unwatchable Adam Sandler offerings: boorish, unfunny comedy colliding with saccharine, quasi-dramatic filler.
Identity Thief is not only not funny. It's negative funny. It's short on laughs, but it will disturb and annoy.
Melissa McCarthy is riveting in simply-penned moments of remorse and confession, adding tearful depth to her ace timing and formidable physical comedy.
It would be easier to forgive Identity Thief its overfamiliar comic setups and shameless gag-recycling if the movie's second half didn't make such an abrupt about-face from soliciting our revulsion to begging for our pity.
Identity Thief is a road movie with its creative lanes clogged, and a Mack truck comedian barreling through, anyway.
Identity Thief establishes its priorities: Expansive character business is front and center; actual character-building is in the margins, almost off the map.
McCarthy delivers the moment of pathos in a totally different voice, tears staining her puffy face, as feelings awfully real and tainted in tragedy bubble up from deep within the comic persona. It's startling, it's wholly incongruous, yet it's undeniably moving. God, how this woman can act and, within the brief frames of that different film, how we long to see the rest of it.
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Feb 9, 2013A poorly done comedy. With few comedic moments that haven't already been seen in the previews. I counted that I laughed a total of 3 times theA poorly done comedy. With few comedic moments that haven't already been seen in the previews. I counted that I laughed a total of 3 times the entire movie. The crowd in the theater was responsive but I'm not sure how they found it funny. I honestly was checking my watch and waiting for the film to end. If you like cliche comedy movies then this is the film for you. I will say that there was nothing wrong with the acting or the filming but the writing was just bad. It just wasn't very funny.… Full Review »
Feb 9, 2013Very disappointed with this one.
I was hoping to laugh a lot, but I laugh more watching the previews than watching the movie.
It was an OKVery disappointed with this one.
I was hoping to laugh a lot, but I laugh more watching the previews than watching the movie.
It was an OK story about stolen identity.… Full Review »
Feb 8, 2013The two redeeming features in the movie "Identity Thief" are Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy trying to make a stupid movie funny out ofThe two redeeming features in the movie "Identity Thief" are Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy trying to make a stupid movie funny out of every cliche ever heard/seen before in a supposed 'comedy'. Aside from Paul Rudd Bateman is the best 'straight' man in movies today and, in addition, is clean shaven which is quite different for an actor in the films today.
What is there to say about Melissa McCarthy except that it looks like she is being typecast as the raunchy plus size woman in movies when she, obviously, has so much more to offer as an actress.
This is an 'odd couple' road trip movie with a screenplay by Craig Mazin who hasn't met a line in any road trip movie that he doesn't use. He has the two stars beating up each other, running from killers, getting into car races, and crashes, walking away as if nothing had happened. He puts a man and woman in the trunk of a car and nothing does happen. Add to this a director, Seth Gordon, who seems to have attention deficient disorder and is afraid to have the camera on a scene more than a minute or two. What could and should be a funny sex scene has to be the dumbest and lest comic scenic ever put on film not to mention very insulting to overweight people.
The subject of identity theft is a serious one but can still offer humourous moments and "Identity Thief" has talented actors who could handle both sides of the problem but aren't given anything to work with.
Amanda Peet, John Cho and Morris Chestnut offer good supporting performances while Eric Stonestreet forgot to leave Cameron from "Modern Family" off the set and doesn't do himself any good here.
Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy and the movie audience deserve a lot better than this.… Full Review »


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The J.C Penney Company (JCP), a $20 billion company, has opted for a CTO instead of CIO.
On Jan. 18, JCP named Kristen E. Blum as Chief Technology Officer and executive vice president. Her appointment resulted in the elimination of the CIO position held by Ed Robben, who left the company this month. The elimination of the CIO position was revealed in a memo sent out by Blum to the JCP IT staff.
"As our Company continues to transform, we must continue to look at the organization to ensure we have the right structures to ensure efficiency and productivity. I wanted to let you all know that as a result, Ed Robben's position has been eliminated. I know you will join me in wishing him all the best in his future endeavors and thanking him for all of his contributions to jcp," the memo read. JCP did not return calls and messages seeking comment.
For the vast majority of companies, the CIO title is just fine. It's a you say `toMAHtoe' and I say `toeMAYtoe' proposition. But there is perception that CTO scouts new technologies and is more focused on innovation. A bit retro, the CIO tends to the home fires, namely enterprise infrastructure. We have robust discussion on CIO v. CTO based on a Quick Post I did last September.
And a good tick list on the these differences can be found in a 2008 TechRepublic blog post. CIO: "Serves as the company's top technology infrastructure manager." CTO: "Serves as the company's top technology architect."
So is this the message JCP intended to send – that Blum would be more focused on innovation than IT infrastructure? Will Penney floor personnel soon be checking out customers on iPads instead of stationary cash registers? Does the elimination of the JCP CIO position portend a trend we regularly read about?
Well, we're left to speculate. JCP media did not return several calls to comment on the story, but the memo was sent to me by a JCP insider wondering "where'd the CIO go? He just got here." Robben, according to his LinkedIn page, held the post for just over a year. He did not respond to inquiries for comment sent via Facebook and LinkedIn.
But it's no sceret that the struggling retailer is revamping under new CEO Ron Johnson, a hotshot executive who is credited with launching Apple's fabulously successful retail stores. Johnson has been creating his own team, has implemented cost controls and has been trying to transform the JCP brand. Indeed, the company said in Jan. it wants to cut $900 million in expenses within two years. That means job cuts s and store closures.
For her part, Blum is a CIO in everything but name only – a CIO's CIO if you will. Most recently, she was a CIO and SVP, chief information officer, Enterprise Transformation at PepsiCo and held the CIO post at Abercrombie & Fitch. The word "transformation" alone strongly suggests she will adopt the role of chief innovation officer more than chief infrastructure officer.
She also directed the supply chain, international retail and global technology at Apple and served in "merchandising, planning and allocation" roles at Planet Hollywood, Walt Disney and Victoria's Secret. "She is a member of the National Retail Federation's CIO Council and a Governing Body Member of the CIO Summit, among other leadership roles in CIO-focused organizations," according to the press release announcing her hiring at JCP.
You can't get much more CIO than that. Perhaps, she wanted a new title or someone at JCP wanted her to have one. `ToeMahtoe, ToeMAYtoe,' I say. She has her work cut out for her.
One other thing I wondered is if Johnson maybe brought the going CIO-less idea from Apple. That does not appear likely given that Blum report to JCP COO Mike Kramer and Apple has had the same CIO since 1997 in Niall O'Connor…now, that's CIO longevity!
Given JCP's cost cutting mood, it's safe to assume that there wasn't room for both a CTO and CIO.
If only the JCP folks would call me back and clear it all up for us!?
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell highlighted an op-ed by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner published exactly two years ago as evidence that the Obama administration's economic policies have failed.
The economy has added private-sector jobs for 29 straight months, for a total of 4.5 million jobs during that period: http://pic.twitter.com/u40Kh9mq
Sorry Jan, but even this last month when they added 163,000 they are still well below the number when he took office. Not to mention the U-6 shows the real state of affairs, mostly due to the private sector not having confidence in this administration.
There is plenty to criticize about President Obama's handling of the economy. Yet the overriding story of the past few years is not Mr. Obama's mistakes but the scorched-earth opposition of Republicans, who have done everything they can to get in his way — and who now, having blocked the president's policies, hope to win the White House by claiming that his policies have failed.
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Unemployment when Obama inaugurated. 7.8
How high did it go? 10
May 2012. 8.2
For the last year, average 8.5
Did I mention that the jobless rate for Blacks surged to 14.4 in May ?
Hey Anonymous 11:24, nice amnesia. Obama and the Democrats had both houses of Congress for his first two years. They could have passed anything they wanted to help the economy. Instead they rammed thru Obamacare and Dodd/Frank - neither which helped address the economy and likely both which hurt it. Now, Obama and moronic leftists like you are trying to say the the GOP has blocked Obama from helping! What a laugh - the list of wasteful spending (Stimulus, cash for clunkers, auto union bailout, several mortgage write down giveaways, student loan interest giveaway) that Obama got enacted are numerous- and the cause of the $5 trillion he has added to the national debt in just four years - but all were failures. Obama is an incompetent fool and will be back in Chicago after November - thank goodness!
July 2012, unemployment rate essentially unchanged, at 8.3 percent.
But hey, if tax cheat Tim says everything is rainbows and unicorns over and over again, the left will bellieve.
11:24, scorched earth was the Democrats under Bush. If they had let Republicans do something about subprime in 2003 instead of blocking them at every turn, we might have prevented this whole mess! Republicans haven't actually prevented anything from happening except another debt-financed "stimulus", which would not help.
Why haven't you been fixing what I've been trying so hard to prevent you from fixing?
"Republicans haven't actually prevented anything from happening except another debt-financed "stimulus", which would not help."
I think that last part is where the debate lies. We know, from what is happening in Europe, that austerity is a road to ruin. There are very few safe places for investors to put money atm. So, propping up our two-legged stool of an economy with deficit spending ensures we remain safe and attractive to investors. It is admittedly short-sighted, but I can't imagine passing any kind of substantial economic policy in the current political environment. Austerity essentially means letting the stool collapse and waiting for consumer spending to fill the void.
GOSH! My wife has insisted that we have reached an age where it would be nice not to accept responsibilty for our actions, thus she wants to become a republican. Only kidding! On a seriuos note, are you people as tired as I am watching Obama etal getting lambasted for everything wrong with the US and eventually the universe? The funny thing is every problem we have yesterday, today and hopefully not too many tomorrows was created by, managed by the last administaratiion. Which was republican. Is it Obama's fault these idiots for 8 years elected a plumber to do electrical work? If things had remained going in the same direction as it was under bush, heck, I probably be taking shots a folks driving MB's myself, the rift would have been huge between the have's and have-not's. Todays republicans, starting with the teaparty, are MORONS. You created this morass we are in. You created this envriroment of discord and no cooperation. The only 'solace' to be taken is that these people are the worst to thier own kind. Such as pump (cheney) and the BJ queen (palin) going after each other. I believe I finall, after 60 years, understand what white trash referrs to! Good Luck to all.
McConnell - Cantor and other Republican members of Congress act as though they are bystanders in America's quest for economic recovery. What don't you guys "do something constructive" instead of obstructing the recovery and gloating when the news is that we are treading water?
In november americans will jab McConnell about whether his project to destroy the economy to prevent the election of president Obama was worth having such a high rate of unemployment and slow growth.
McConnell will fail and America will succeed and reelect OBAMA.
Austerity isn't a policy. Austerity is a consequence. It's a running out of money, and not being able to buy your way out of debt any more. To say that it's "not working" is a logical fallacy. It cannot work or not work any more than gravity can work or not work. It just is.
Austerity is not the "road to ruin". Austerity is the end of that road. It IS ruin. The road is how you got there.
It is so amazing (or entertaining if it is not so sad) to see democrats defend the indefensibles, like:
1. Promised unemployment will not be more than 8% - "..., but, but we created 4.3 millions jobs.." or whatever numbers.
2. Stimulus to stimulate the economy. - "... but, but the economy will be even worse...."
3. Appoint a tax cheat to head the tax department - " but he is the best person to be the secretary..."
4. Have super - majority in senate, huge majority in House and control the white house - ", but, but if not because of the obstruction of GOP..."
5. Rich people already paid higher tax rate than others, OECD study confirmed we have the most progressive tax, and 50% people don't pay income tax - "... but the rich are not paying their fair share"
6. You did not build your business - "no, no, you edit the text. We are talking about the road and bridge...."
7. Individual mandate is not a tax - ", but, your honor, it is a tax for Supreme Court purposes..."
And more....
"The economy has added private-sector jobs for 29 straight months" - Jan.
29 months ago, Feb 2010, 58.5% of the workforce (Adults over 16) had a job.
Now? 58.4% of the workforce has a job.
If you don't add jobs faster than population growth adds workers; you see things get WORSE not BETTER.
Or, for an analogy... when you bail the rowboat slower than water pours in, you're still sinking. I don't care that you've bailed at least some water every minute, I care that the boat is sinking.
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.
-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, quoted in National Journal, November 4, 2010
Their story line is that there must be some villain out there who's keeping this administration from succeeding.
-McConnell, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," October 23, 2011
I wasn't that shocked by McConnell's original statement. Heck, I even appreciated the candor. But if you're going to make the president's failure your top goal -- and if you're going to brag about it -- you really can't get upset when the president blames you for it.
"Yet the overriding story of the past few years is not Mr. Obama's mistakes but the scorched-earth opposition of Republicans, who have done everything they can to get in his way" 11:24
Ok, so we're playing the "do nothing House" game some more?
Fair enough. Lets have a bet. I'll pay you $1,00 for every jobs bill the Senate under Harry Reid has passed that is stalled in the House, and you pay me $1,000 for every House jobs bill passed that is stalled in the Senate and Harry Reid is blocking a vote on...
Since the House is the Republican led branch, and they're the "do nothing" part of Congress; you'll make a lot of money, right?
Or is passing bills and voting the way you block legislation and refusing to hold a vote and not proposing anything the really hard work that Democrats are doing? How do you think we get legislation if we never have a vote?
The bottom-line is that this isn't about Harry Reid or job bills. There's only one person who can stop the speculation and put this issue to rest, and that's Mitt Romney. He could do it in ten seconds. All he needs to do is show the American public the same courtesy that he showed John McCain by following his dad's example and releasing his tax returns to the public. As long as he keeps them secret, the speculation about what he's hiding will never end. If Mitt can't handle that, then he shouldn't have run for president in the first place.
The old goggle-eyed snapping turtle McConnell is nothing if not a purely political animal.
So, now we know the reaction time of a turtle: two years.
People have said that the fair thing would be for Romney to release his tax returns in exchange for Obama's academic records. I agree.
Surely the reason Obama wants Romney's returns is so that he can continue to ignore issues and realities and instead divert the entire country's attention to "look what deductions Romney claimed!" Probably, there's a year where Romney had severe investment losses (like 2008, maybe?) where his income (and taxes) went to zero. Obama will have a field day with Romney "paying no taxes" in a year, even though in context it's a ridiculous claim if he had negative income.
At the same time, there are documents from earlier in Obama's life that identify him as "Kenya-born". Probably a claim he made to gain sympathy and opportunity. Like Elizabeth Warren, it's quite believable that he got some academic opportunity or scholarship out of the claim of being foreign-born. It's quite unfair to let him continue to hide such a lie while pillorying Romney over taxes. Releasing his academic records is more than fair.
You lost any last bit of remaining credibility with that comment @ 2:48.
You are not down, 327 is just whiney because you speak the truth.
"In economics, austerity refers to a policy of deficit-cutting by lowering spending often via a reduction in the amount of benefits and public services provided"
Equvocating tax returns and student transcripts is so assinine as to not be believed. Obama was in his early twenties while in college. You want to compare his grades to the decisions Romney has made as an adult? I don't believe that you're being serious.
If Romney made no money and paid no taxes, nobody would jump on that. The truth of the matter - and you know this in that reasonable part of your brain - is that Romney paid close to no taxes in a few of those years and still made millions. Now, I'm sure that somehow that's all legal, loopholes and whatnot, but that doesn't make it right, or fair, or honest, or becoming of the kind of person that should be setting an example for the country.
We're not asking for Romney's tax returns from his early twenties, or his college transcripts. If he wants to run on his business record and personal successes, he needs to share the details.
Message to Little Timmy: Pay up, you tax cheat...
If Romney didn't pay the taxes he owed at the time, why isn't he being investigated by the IRS ??????
Because he was an Untouchable, a powerful man who was able to cleverly manipulate the tax laws and legally avoid paying taxes.
It is a different game when you are the republican presidential nominee in the very adversarial and negative political environment we live in these days.
Any investigation by the IRS would have become an accusation of political manipulation against an untouchable member of the republican party.
Obama is untouchable. Many Americans wanted to see his birth certificate...and the king in waiting said no. He avoided showing the people what they asked for, until way down the road. Elect Romney, and then, maybe like Obama, he will show you what you ask for ???
Obama has sealed his college records, medical records, etc.....and spent 1.5 million dollars doing it. Talking about untouchable. The foolish sheeple voted for him without even knowing who he was. They ignored radical, alarming ties, they ignored a man unwilling and/or arrogant to show a simple birth certificate, a man who claimed on his own literary bio...to be born in Kenya. 10 years of his social life hidden from the people in a media blackout. Girlfriends?
To this day, no explanations.....get over yourselves, and tell your candidate to share some of his deep, dark, hidden, untouchable secrets, if he expects the same from the other guy.
Just more of the same idiotic, liberal, I can do it, but you can't. rules of play.
10:12 You sound like Romney singing America the Beautiful
The only song you know, that no one wants to hear you sing out of key and out of time.
denise, you are so biased that no one is going to be swayed by you. You're an advertisement for loud, brainwashed Republicans. You're the next worst thing to conservative shock jocks on talk radio, and about as subtle. Is that really want you want to be?
One more thing, denise, did you notice that Romney is really cagey on what he'll cut, and the same for most Republicans except Ron Paul? Did you bother to notice the mote in your own eye?
It's not that the Dems have wonderful, solid plans either, because they don't. However, the safest choice is to divide power so that both sides have to negotiate. Then, hopefully, the crazy will get removed from the proposals and something half-way workable will result.
Romney's economic plan--pixie dust and faith: http://moderatepoli.blogspot.com/2012/08/short-economic-pixie-dust.html
I am not trying to sway anyone, so don't worry. I am interested in truth that is not revealed in the liberal msm.
Do you ever attack liberal anonymous for his loud, brainwashed leftist Progressive views? Have you ever called him out for calling people names all of the time? Is that going to sway anyone? If you haven't addressed him, but want to insult me, you are certainly not a "moderate".
FYI, I voted for Ron Paul in the primary.
Obama's economic plan was spend record money, after slamming Bush for doing so, saying that it is about job creation or health care reform....when the truth is not exactly that. He promised no pork and shovel ready. He promised that you would be able to keep your plan. Lies.
What is Liberal Anonymous.?
You seem to be obsessed with that mysterious construct..
They are clever manipulators and know how to pull your strings
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This programme is designed to produce engineering graduates with a well-rounded understanding of economics, accounting and business practice. These skills are precisely those required by industry for graduates likely to be given significant managerial responsibility at an early stage in their career.
Key Information
- Degree Programme
- Engineering (Mechanical with Business Finance) BEng
- UCAS code
- Duration
- 3 years
- Application deadline
- 15 January 2016
- Subject area
- Mechanical Engineering
- Total intake (by subject area)
- 155 (2016 entry)
- Applications per place (by subject area)
- 11 (2014 entry)
- Research Excellence Framework
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A Levels
- Grades
- Subjects
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- AS Levels
- For UK-based students a pass in a further subject at AS level or equivalent is required.
- GCSEs
- English Language, Mathematics at grade C, plus Physics grade C if not offered at A level. For UK-based students, a grade C or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs
IB Diploma
- Points
- 36-38
- Subjects
- A total of 17-18 points in three higher level subjects including Mathematics, plus Physics preferred, with no score below 5.
UK applicants qualifications
For entry requirements with other UK qualifications accepted by UCL, choose your qualification from the list below:
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D3,D3,D3 - D3,D3,M1 in three Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects, including Mathematics and preferably Physics.
AAA-AAB at Advanced Highers (or AA at Advanced Higher and AAA at Higher - AA at Advanced Higher and BBB at Higher), including Mathematics and preferably Physics at Advanced Higher.
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International applications
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UCL offers intensive one-year foundation courses to prepare international students for a variety of degree programmes at UCL.
The Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPCs) are for international students of high academic potential who are aiming to gain access to undergraduate degree programmes at UCL and other top UK universities.
For more information see our website: UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificate.
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If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency. Information about the evidence required, acceptable qualifications and test providers can be found on our English language requirements page.
The English language level for this programme is: Standard
A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.
Degree benefits
- Our top-quality laboratory and testing facilities include, amongst others, materials testing equipment, wind tunnels, two large wave tanks and an array of engine test cells.
- You will benefit from our internationally renowned research expertise as this cutting-edge knowledge is passed on to you through our teaching.
- Although not the primary objective, our programmes are proving extremely successful in training graduates for employment in the fields of commerce, banking and management consultancy.
- We offer you a degree that is highly respected both within the UK and abroad. The programme is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Degree structure
In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual courses, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Courses are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional courses varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
The BEng programme is similar to the MEng programme for the first two years and you can transfer between them at the end of the second year if you satisfy certain performance criteria. The BEng is suitable for students who might wish to undertake graduate studies in the future (e.g. an MSc or PhD) or who do not necessarily seek Chartered Engineer status after they graduate. Applying for a MEng initially helps keep your options open.
The programme includes core mathematical, computing and mechanical engineering subjects. You will also study economics and accountancy subjects.
Your individual project in the final year will include a business element, but will primarily be concerned with engineering.
Year One
Compulsory courses
Accounting for Business
Design and Professional Skills
Engineering Dynamics
Integrated Engineering
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Introduction to Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering Practical Skills
Modelling and Analysis
Optional courses
All first year courses are compulsory
Year Two
Compulsory courses
Control and Instrumentation
Design and Professional Practice
Fundamentals of Materials
Managerial Accounting
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis
Mechanics of Solids
Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Minor I
Optional courses
All second year courses are compulsory
Final Year
Compulsory courses
Engineering Design
Managerial Accounting
Plus either Applied Mechanics or Automatic Control
Optional courses
You will select 1.0 credits from a wide range of optional courses. Options may include:
Applied Mechanics
Automatic Control
Foreign Language
Mechanics of Fluids and Thermodynamics
Production Engineering and Non-Metallic Materials
Quality Technology
Extramural Year
Students may opt to take a year working in industry between the second and third years of the programme. This posting needs UCL approval in advance, and students are required to write a comprehensive report on their work and what they have learnt during the year. The report is assessed, and the marks are given a weighting in the overall classification of the degree.
Your learning
You will be taught in a variety of ways, including lectures, tutorials, laboratory classes, computer workshops and project work. Along with our computing facilities we have extensive equipment and apparatus, housed in our main laboratories, which are used for taught laboratory classes and for your project work.
Most subjects are examined through a combination of end-of-year examinations and coursework, but some are solely examined through coursework, for example, computing, design and projects. To transfer into a MEng programme you are required to maintain a standard equivalent to (at least) lower second-class Honours level throughout your studies.
Further Information
Detailed course descriptions are available on the department website: Engineering (Mechanical with Business Finance) BEng.
The programme aims to equip you with the fundamental analytical and design skills necessary to become a professional mechanical engineer in your chosen field of employment; together with a sound knowledge of management, finance, and business administration subjects which are necessary for management and the commercial departments of engineering companies.
Your career options can be in a variety of fields including aerospace, railways, motor vehicle design, manufacturing and medical engineering. The programme also equips you with the skills to secure a job in commerce, banking, and management consultancy.
Our policy is to provide you with the opportunity to develop relationships with relevant employers, through links with industry and internships. This puts you at a considerable advantage when seeking employment after your degree.
First career destinations of recent graduates (2010-2013) of this programme include:
- Commercial Engineer, Wykes Engineering (2012)
- Analyst in Mergers and Acquisitions, Citigroup (2012)
- Full-time student, MPhil in Industrial Systems Manufacture at the University of Cambridge (2011)
- Project Delivery Manager, Grapple (2010)
- Graduate Business Operation Trainee, Tesco (2010)
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UCL is commited to helping you get the best start after graduation. Read more about how UCL Careers, UCL Advances and other entrepreneur societies here: Careers and skills.
Fees and funding
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- £9,000 (2016/17)
- Overseas fee
- £22,380 (2016/17)
Details about financial support are available at: www.ucl.ac.uk/study/ug-finance
Scholarships listed below are relevant to the department. Please read the details carefully to check they are relevant to the degree and your own circumstances.
Pindelski-Barrack Bursary - NOW CLOSED FOR 2015/16 ENTRY
- Value
- �9,000 towards fees
- Eligibility
- Criteria
- Based on both academic merit and financial need
The Scholarships and Funding website has a comprehensive list of scholarships and funding schemes available for UCL students. These can be available for specific nationalities, regions, departments or open to all students.
Application and next steps
Your application
In addition to our essential academic requirements, we will expect your application to explain how you became interested in the subject, and what steps you have taken to discover more about studies and careers in engineering.
How to apply
Application for admission should be made through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Applicants currently at school or college will be provided with advice on the process; however, applicants who have left school or who are based outside the United Kingdom may obtain information directly from UCAS.
Application deadline: 15 January 2016
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If you are based outside the UK you may receive an offer without interview, but you are encouraged to visit us if you are able.
The department is happy to defer your entry, provided you are doing something constructive in your gap year. UCL supports the Year in Industry scheme, providing you with the opportunity to spend a year working in industry prior to starting your degree, or part way through it.
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