QESS are devising a methodology to support staff with responsibilities to lead on and contribute to Course Planning It comes in response to the Academic Quality Framework and findings from ‘enhance’
Have you ever led or contributed to a Curriculum Planning activity before? How did it go? How will you make a start in creating your plan? What one thing more than any other will ensure success for you?
All are important but Design provides a starting point to ensure we identify and address priorities and requirements Curriculum design across the University is not widely understood or consistently practised and this has resulted in inconsistent approaches being taken, a lack of enthusiasm and a lack of systematic support. All of these deter innovation, miss the opportunity to systematically create a platform for inspiring teaching and, most importantly, deliver a curriculum that is often not engaging our students effectively. A suitable curriculum design process is needed to support the enhancement-led Academic Quality Framework (AQF) contributing to a designed, managed and inspiring student experience.
A highly usable, agile, coherent and sustainable institutional approach to curriculum design that results in pedagogic and curriculum innovation and an engaging teaching and learning experience