Since taking on my role as PVC Education at Bath, one of the things that has brought me the most joy at work, is meeting and connecting with members of our community to talk about the key issues in education.
'Let's Talk Education' is my approach to capturing and sharing those conversations with our community.
In this video, I sat down with Professor Marion Harney, Associate Dean for Education in the Faculty of Engineering and Design, and Professor Matthew Jones, Head of Department in Chemistry, to discuss and reflect on our progress and learning so far in our Curriculum Transformation Project.
Curriculum Transformation is a hugely ambitious, large-scale strategic investment in our long-term future. It provides a platform for future innovation across all aspects of our education - setting out the principles, framework and foundation for continuous evolution and enhancement - to ensure that we're always offering our students the best possible education.
This academic year represents a significant milestone in the the project, with the roll-out of the majority of our transformed undergraduate courses. I'm delighted to see the progress we've made as a direct result of the incredible efforts of staff across the community, innovating whilst teaching, and updating all of our processes and systems to support our new approach to course-wide learning.
As Marion and Matthew share, seeing the outputs of this hard work is proving incredibly rewarding, and the experiences of our Vanguard and Early Adopter courses demonstrate the further benefits we can expect in the future from increased collaboration and team teaching.
Next year will be another busy one, with many of our postgraduate courses transforming, the roll-out of Years 2 and 3 of our undergraduate courses, and ongoing evaluation of the changes we've made so far.
I'm proud that at Bath, we're ahead of the curve in re-energising our curriculum to meet the demands of the future, cementing our position as a sector leader in providing the highest quality of education. Thank you to all involved, for your continued hard work in delivering such a vital project.
Read the Curriculum Transformation Digest here
Watch my Curriculum Transformation Overview video here
Visit the Centre for Learning & Teaching Curriculum Transformation Page here
Contact me at pro-vc-edu@bath.ac.uk to ask questions, or request future topics you'd like to hear about.
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