Curriculum change: designing for the future

Episode 8: Curriculum change: designing for the future (Duration: 23:29)

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In episode eight of our online radio programmes – we are exploring curriculum design and the role technology plays in supporting changes to organisational practices and processes.  The focus is on the different approaches to curriculum change and engaging stakeholders of two universitiesinvolved in the JISC Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design programme – Birmingham City University (BCU) and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU).

Kim Catcheside talks to staff and students at both universities about their experiences.  This includes an interview with Sonia Hendy-Isaac, a senior lecturer at Birmingham City University who explains how the T-SPARC project has been developing a framework which facilitates better dialogue and transparency around course design and approval to enable more agile and responsive curricula.  Kim also talks to Professor Mark Stubbs, Head of Learning and Research Technologies at Manchester Metropolitan University about transformational changes to the curriculum there and the role of Supporting Responsive Curricula project in supporting this.   Project Manager, Peter Bird, discusses how some of these system and process changes are enabling academic staff to focus more on teaching and Professor Kevin Bonnet, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience, explains the business imperative for change at the institution.

For further information on JISC’s work in this area visit:

• JISC Design Studio  for a range of resources from the programme
• Collated curriculum design project blogs
• Programme blog
• Programme related webinars
• Use #jisccdd on Twitter
• Project videos from the Curriculum Design and Delivery programmes
• JISC Curriculum Design programme pages