1. DSE Forum 26 February 2015 Leeds Curriculum updates and discussion

2. The Leeds Curriculum and Interdisciplinarity
Welcome and introduction
Leeds Curriculum strand developments
Communications
RBL/CPT
Systems and Processes
Evaluation
Assessment
Broadening and Discovery Themes
Q&A discussion
Chair: Suzanne Hallam
Interdisciplinarity open dialogue
Led by Professor Paul Taylor, DSE in Chemistry

3. Communications Karen Llewellyn

4. Leeds Curriculum - Communications
Internal audiences – staff and students
External audiences – prospective students employers alumni HEIs
Website(s) developments
Conferences / events
Your ideas?

5. RBL/CPT Systems and Processes Evaluation Mitch Waterman

6. Leeds Curriculum
CPTs and RBL mapped through curricula; will need to be mindful about refreshing.
FYPs in place now in all programmes: supervision support/training to be offered to schools.
Systems and process responsibilities devolved to working groups (moving to BAU).
Evaluation Group: tasked with setting evaluation objectives for other groups (project delivery) and framing the Objectives Evaluation for longer term.

7. Assessment Fiona Becket

8. Assessment Assessment mapping has had a ‘refresh’ and is ongoing.
Future guidance will be available.
Are students happy about how they are assessed?
Are staff happy about how they assess?
The role of PAGs is central in getting the Programme view.

9. Broadening and Discovery Themes Martin Purvis

10. Leeds Curriculum – Broadening
Discovery Theme Leader opportunities
Mind & Body
Ethics, Religion & Law
Exploring the Sciences
Closing date 27 March

11. Leeds Curriculum – Broadening
Highlighting progression
Website enhancements
Discovery Fair II – 5 May
Communication with students and LfL tutors

12. Leeds Curriculum – Broadening
Documenting discovery modules
Module enrolment data
Processes for introduction/withdrawal of discovery modules
DTL presence at Faculty/School Student Education meetings
Timetabling
More flexible delivery of discovery modules

13. Leeds Curriculum Q & A discussion Chair: Suzanne Hallam

14. Interdisciplinarity open dialogue led by Paul Taylor, DSE Chemistry

15. Multi-, Inter- & Trans-disciplinarity
Multidisciplinary: Relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once, acknowledging that there are differences between disciplines in “how the work is done”, but doesn’t have a way to bridge these differences.
Interdisciplinary: The process of combining two or more disciplines, fields of study or professions. Also acknowledges disciplinary differences, but is also attempting to synthesise them into something new.
Transdisciplinary: approaches that transcend, go beyond and over boundaries of conventional disciplines.

16. How is interdisciplinarity done?
despite the curriculum; characterised by a lack of flexibility and a struggle on the part of students to make it happen
to the side of the curriculum; characterised by a curriculum which makes room for some interdisciplinary options
as a separate but embedded part of the curriculum
as embedded within the curriculum; interdisciplinary approaches being drawn upon throughout the curriculum for a programme
as institutionally embedded; engagement by all staff and students with an institutional vision that drives forward the interdisciplinarity agenda

17. What do students want?
gain interdisciplinary experience and exposure rather than wanting radical change
engage in a broadening of experience, as opposed to a narrowing of focus in on a particular area (as is often a characteristic of research communities)
see greater networking between students in different disciplines, perhaps through problem-based working groups
(Kings Warwick Project 2010)

18. Warwick IATL
curriculum.leeds.ac.uk

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In conclusion...
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