Curricula development

Advice on shaping the focus and content of university programmes to ensure they deliver what students and employers need. These resources look at how to embed the most sought-after graduate attributes and future skills into university curricula; how to adapt course content to a future shaped by AI; how to weave the Sustainable Development Goals into existing programmes and what effective decolonisation looks like. 

By Miranda Prynne , 1 November, 2022

Transformative not transmissive education for sustainability

Image of a sustainable city
The teaching of sustainability and the SDGs needs to equip graduates with the skills to bring about transformative change for a better future. Jen Dollin, Brittany Hardiman and Susan Germein explore what this means for universities
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne , 14 October, 2022

Eight ways to engage with AI writers in higher education

AI writing
Just as spelling checks and predictive text have become accepted, so too will AI writers, so educators should help students responsibly engage with and understand the potential and limitations of these text generators, writes Lucinda McKnight
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne , 12 October, 2022

Counter-mapping as a pedagogical tool

Student exploring a city using a map
Engaging students with urban spaces can contextualise and deepen learning and bring in inclusive perspectives. Daniel Gutiérrez-Ujaque and Dharman Jeyasingham explain how counter-mapping can be used as a pedagogical tool
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne , 29 September, 2022

For the common good: why we need ecological universities

Green shoots
Higher education has become too aligned to specific economic interests and needs to be redirected to focus on regenerative values for the common good, argue Richard Hil, Kristen Lyons and Fern Thompsett
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4minutes
Curricula development