How the University of Exeter is embedding skills development into its new curriculum. Professor Nicky Thomas, Associate Professor of Accounting and Tax Education and Emma […]
Month: September 2025
Curriculum Transformation at the University of Exeter: Reimagining Higher Education
Beverley Hawkins, Dean for Taught Students, University of Exeter An ambitious curriculum transformation programme at the University of Exeter is reimagining the future of undergraduate […]
Leading Curriculum Change: Case, Community, Communication
Professor Elizabeth McCrum explains three aspects of leading curriculum change that helped progress the University of Reading’s Portfolio Review. The Case for Change In leading […]
Shaping the Future: Creating Newcastle’s Education for Life Skills and Attributes
Dr Alison Williams and Michelle Black, Leading Edge Curriculum Leads What does it truly mean to prepare students for life beyond university? At Newcastle University, […]
Staging Curriculum Change at the University of Reading
The story of curriculum transformation at the University of Reading began in 2020 in the wake of Covid. We knew that we were going to emerge from lockdown in to a very different context for HE. Our primary goal was to enhance student experience; tackling long-standing systemic issues raised by students- like the volume and distribution of their assessment. Even before the current financial pressures facing the sector it was clear that depreciation in the value of the tuition fee meant that we also had to look carefully at what we were doing with the resource we had.
Discovering a curriculum for success: Why small changes matter in curriculum reform
In this post, Chris Hill Head of Education Strategy and Student Experience at the School of African and Oriental Studies, London, reflects on why ‘small […]
Building A Community of Practice in Curriculum Reform
Highlights from the first QAA-funded Online Round Table On 4th July 2025, senior leaders from seven UK universities convened for an online round-table event as […]