The Curriculum Transformation project is an exciting opportunity for departments to rethink their teaching so that their courses continue to be at the forefront of learning and teaching. In line with our Education Strategy 2016-2021, we aim to redesign all UG and PGT courses by 2022.

Our key guiding principles

Curriculum transformation will be achieved by following our key guiding principles. We aim to:

• Be inspirational to enthuse students for the subjects they choose to study and the university life they seek to lead.

• Build on existing success to promote the known benefits of the University community, through the impact of Bath research and placements.

• Move away from solely unit-focused delivery and assessment so that we can articulate a course-wide approach to learning.

• Embrace assessment for learning to support the achievement of overall course goals and, at the same time, make the most of our institution’s resources.

• Develop curricula that recognise the differing needs of students.

• Create opportunities for students to actively engage with, and contribute to, research communities.

• Embed citizenship and sustainability by recognising the challenges presented by changing physical and social environments.

• Build on meaningful partnerships by maximising the potential contributions of our internal and external stakeholders.

A phased approach

Curriculum transformation will take a phased approach to enable departments to establish a clear focus within each part of the process. A number of courses have been chosen to being the process in advance of the wider institutional roll-out of activity. These ‘Vanguard’ courses started work in November 2017 with the launch of Phase 1 of the Curriculum Transformation project.

Phase 1 seeks to review course aims and vision, enabling departments to develop a course-level perspective to transformation, providing opportunities to review and evaluate current provision and engage with key internal and external stakeholders.

Phase 2 will focus on course design so as to develop a clear strategy for learning and teaching, assessment and delivery.

Phase 3 will develop full course documentation.