Curriculum review conference
May 17, 2013
Dr Anna Betram: “Kay Bond discussed her curriculum review project for Faculty of Engineering courses. The learning outcomes for each course and module were established by considering the requirements of the governing bodies and following input from module convenors. In conjunction with the Medical School and Information Services software was developed to map learning outcomes …
Sustainability in and through curriculum
April 11, 2013
Video >> Dr Sarah Speight: “Nottingham is currently running a ‘NOOC’ (Nottingham Open Online Course) called ‘Perspectives on Sustainability’. This is an interdisciplinary course that can be taken for credit towards the Nottingham Advantage Award. It developed from an externally-funded project to develop open educational resources on specific disciplines: Geography, Engineering, Arts and Humanities and …
Finding common ground: a Humanities perspective
Video >> Dr Neil Sinclair: “Too often academic disciplines are isolated in their own methodological approaches. This is a shame, since all academic work aims at increasing human understanding of the world, and insofar as different perspectives add to that understanding, talking multiple perspectives on a problem should be encouraged. But how is it best …
Delivery and assessment of a coherent professional degree
Video >> Dr Liz Mossop and Kate Cobb: “The Nottingham veterinary curriculum is integrated both vertically and horizontally. It is complex to deliver and alignment is crucial both in terms of student learning and accreditation processes. The school has therefore developed audit processes to ensure a coherent curriculum is delivered and that assessment aligns with …
Student experience investments in the School of Computer Science
Video >> Dr Max Wilson: “This talk describes three key initiatives that the School of Computer Science has invested in, with the primary focus of encouraging engagement in the curriculum, but though methods beyond delivering lectures, labs, and tutorials. The three initiatives are: 1) our Guru scheme – as a peer mentoring style framework tailored …
The role of peer mentoring in student engagement
Video >> Dr Marion Leducq and Claire Mann: “The findings from the What Works? Student Retention & Success Programme? (funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation) present a convincing case that “belonging” is crucial for student engagement, course completion and success. The final report identifies ‘supportive peer relations’ …
Internationalisation and student engagement
Video >> Prof. Cousin drew on her recent work to highlight the impact of internationalisation on curriculum review and teaching practice, and to outline approaches to improving student engagement. She reviewed the concept of global citizenship and its synergy with the notion of critical being that most HE courses aim to engender in their students. …
Creating an academic community.
Video >> Dr Gaby Neher and Dr Nick Thomas: “Both the Department of History and the Department of Art History have constructed curricula with the development of subject-specific skills built in to the progression process. Further, there is a recognition that students need to be socialised into both a University context and into their subjects …
Beyond employability and the market: envisaging curriculum change in the new higher education environment
Video >> Dr John Holmwood: “The session addresses issues arising from the ‘over-interpretation’ of employability as a desirable outcome of undergraduate education. Applications for undergraduate degrees in sociology and social policy have fallen nationally at the same time as the core and margin system have created a highly competitive environment in the upper margin. In …
A mechanism for optimising curriculum development and teaching
Video >> Dr Kay Bond: “In common with many units across the University, the Faculty of Engineering faces a number of significant challenges, amongst which maintenance of high quality teaching and excellent student experience in the face of efficiency savings rank highly. Additional, engineering-specific, challenges come from the need to respond positively and professionally to …
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