Education Development at Cardiff University

At Cardiff University, we are committed to offering an excellent educational experience for students of all backgrounds and experiences, and a commitment to flexible lifelong learning that creates positive change (Our Future, Together. Our Path to 2035)

We can help to realise these aspirations through education development activities, which can include new programme development, major changes, and re-validation.

By taking a holistic approach to programme scoping and programme development, putting the student learning journey at the heart of the design process and fully embedding Cardiff University’s key cross-cutting education themes of inclusivity, sustainability and employability, we can ensure that our programmes not only meet, but exceed, the University’s institutional expectations.

Following approval by the Programme Approval and Revalidation Sub-Committee, attention turns to learning design and preparing to teach. During this phase the focus is on aligning learning activities and assessment to the Cardiff education principles, which focus on providing engaging learning experiences and creating effective learning environments developed in partnership with students and delivered through –excellent learning and teaching approaches. They help to ensure that assessment is a key mechanism for student learning, with a variety of creative and authentic assessments that provide opportunities for students to apply their learning whilst also developing a range of graduate attributes.

Education development is of course never complete as we need to regularly review and reflect upon how things are going and how at an individual, module/unit and programme level we can make improvements. This enhancing learning phase enables us to respond to student feedback, better support all students to fulfil their potential, and ensure that our education remains current. Thus looping us back into the other phases of education development, and our key themes and priories as focused enhancement areas, in a continual cycle of enhancement.