Programme Leaders Conference February 2014

Welcome!

Primacy of the Programme

FACT! • Students apply to a PROGRAMME

• Students are inducted into PROGRAMMES and MODULES

• Students study and are assessed on MODULES

• Students progress on PROGRAMMES

• Students graduate on PROGRAMMES

Programme teams and forums

• Its NOT about PLs working in isolation!

• PLs as leaders of a team teaching on and developing a programme

• Communities of PLs

Retention, Progression and Student Attainment

• Pre-entry and induction

• Learning and teaching

• Friendship and peer support

• Participation and belonging

• Using data to enhance the student experience

• Strategic change

HEA What Works Project 2012

Expanding on HEA Work

• Pre-entry and induction – (Focus on Programme)– explore the practicalities of ensuring informed students arrive at the institution

on day one – ensure they arrive ready to study– the challenge of managing student expectations.

• Learning and teaching – (Module level mostly)– supporting effective learning, assessment and teaching– enabling the development of sound generic study skills.

• Friendship and peer support (Focus on Programmes)– peer mentoring has become a valuable approach in aiding student transition,

benefitting both mentees and mentors.

• Participation and belonging (Programmes and Modules)– develop a sense of belonging within the university learning environment – e.g.

Programme, School, Campus, etc – Communities of Learners

Recurring Themes

• Role of programme leader within overall “Primacy of the Programme” theme

• Role of personal tutor

• Peer mentoring

• Engaging students is key- earlier the better

• Personal development planning

Primacy of the Programme

• Reinforce and develop the role of the Programme Leader through establishment of PL forums in each School (following the brief from existing ones) and UWS-Wide PL conferences– February 2014

• Establish integrated links between Module Learning Outcomes and Stage Learning Outcomes

Pre-entry and Induction

• Clarification of programme information pre-entry – pilot programme in advance of next available prospectus plus on-line information

• Pre-entry activities (pre-reading, etc.) – for pilot programmes during Trimester 2 of current session, review and expand for 2015-16

Timetabling Review

• Programme Teams should have an overview of the pattern of class-contact teaching events … for the core modules within their programme – and have influence on this.

• As far as possible, timetable all classes associated with a module in one day - get rid of concept of the block timetable

• Electronic attendance monitoring

LLA

• In 2007, 67% of students in LLA were enrolled on modules, 33% on programmes

• In 2013 this situation has reversed totally

IT’S THE PROGRAMME STUPID!