Strong Disciplinary Identities and Excellence in Pedagogy

We will …

Develop and articulate research-informed and sector-leading disciplinary identities and ‘signature pedagogies’

We will achieve this by …

• Departments clarifying the distinctive teaching philosophy and transformative nature of education in their disciplines for staff and students
• Engaging in discipline-related scholarship and peer exchange for developing best practice in teaching and learning nationally and internationally
• Attaining consistency in the organisation, administration and infrastructure for teaching and learning, whilst championing diversity derived from discipline-specific and sector-leading pedagogies
• Departments maintaining and improving performance in student experience and employability surveys and metrics, teaching-related domestic and international league tables, and the Teaching Excellence Framework
• Celebrating and promoting the award of prizes and distinctions to our departments and students

 

Case study: PAIS, No. 1 position in the Russell Group for Overall Student satisfaction The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) has always been committed to ensuring that our research-led undergraduate teaching is outstanding, but this was not always reflected in National Student Survey (NSS) results. PAIS put in place a number of changes that sought to address this problem – in particular through the creation of the role of Director of Student Experience and Progression (DSEP) in September 2012. Read more ...

Maintaining and Expanding Key Disciplines

We will …

Maintain our portfolio of excellent disciplines and be prepared to expand into new strategic opportunities presented by the evolving academic, industrial, and wider environments

We will achieve this by …

• Offering an existing comprehensive range of disciplines alongside interdisciplinary departments and programmes
• Maintaining existing excellence of student intake and recruitment market share
• Monitoring the external landscape for higher education and the size and shape of the University, and seeking to expand sustainably existing disciplines and the potential to diversify into new disciplinary and interdisciplinary provision
• Engaging in regular strategic review of our curricula and different delivery models to facilitate flexibility and responsiveness in maintaining excellence and exploiting new disciplinary opportunities