Curriculum enhancement

We work in partnership with colleagues across the university to support embedding digital capabilities into the curriculum

To understand more about our approach, take a look at the slides from our recent ITL seminar ‘Embedding University priorities, such as digital capabilities, in curriculum design and development’

Supporting Student Digital Capabilities

You can find further information via the Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) and Digital Capabilities webpages :

If you would like support to embed digital capabilities within your programme or course unit, book a consultation with your school Learning Designer for an initial discussion on how we can best help you achieve this.

We work in partnership with colleagues in the Careers Service to support embedding employability into the curriculum. To understand more about our approach, take a look at the slides from our recent ITL seminar, ‘Embedding University priorities, such as digital capabilities, in curriculum design and development’

Further information and resources can be found on the Careers Service webpages :

If you would like support to embed employability within your programme or course unit, book a consultation with your school Learning Designer to discuss how we can best support you to achieve this.

Key Considerations

• Course content
• Teaching approaches
• Assessment and feedback
• Field trips
• Group work and group formation

Our EDI checklist is a good place to start when thinking about your teaching practice at both unit and programme level. It is also recommended for staff completing/revising unit specification forms as EDI now forms part of the approval process.

If you would like support with this, please book a consultation for an initial discussion.

Resources

Together with the TLSE team we have developed guidance and resources to support this.  

• EDI checklist 
• Humanities Teaching and Learning Support pages
• Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in the curriculum: Advance HE

Further Information

• UoM Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Information
• UoM Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Accessibility

• Online Self-Paced course: Accessibility in Online Teaching
• ALT Text: What is it and why is it important?

Through our workshops we encourage you to include opportunities for your students to participate in activities that promote social responsibility. These activities can be specific to the programme and may focus on environmental, social or ethical activities. More broadly, we signpost existing opportunities at UoM–for example Stellify, volunteering opportunities and relevant UCIL units–and work with you to embed these in your curriculum.

Through our Curriculum Design workshops we endeavour to support you in embedding sustainability in both the content of your programmes and course units, and in your approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment.

We have also developed independent resources to help you get started in this area. See our Sustainability in the curriculum page for some key prompts and questions to support you in identifying current practice and considerations for development. The site also includes general information around sustainability in education and links to relevant events.

Please see our short guide on Rethinking Support for International students for suggestions on how we can rethink approaches to teaching and learning, challenge assumptions and overcome barriers. This is based on a workshop facilitated by Jenna Mittlemeier (MIE). See link in further resources below.
The guide also includes link to further resources and readings.

Further Resources

Workshop recording: How can we rethink our work with international students? Jenna Mittlemeier, 2024.

Advance HE Mapping Pedagogic Practices for and with International Students