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Education Development Toolkit

Theme overview

The driving themes for this toolkit are inclusivity, employability and sustainability, which are central priorities in the Education and Students Sub-Strategy.

Below you will see a comprehensive selection of pages designed to boost your understanding of these themes and why they are crucial to education development.

On this page, there is a page menu for each of the themes. The order of the pages reflects an increasing depth. If getting started with the theme, you will likely get the most out of these pages by bookmarking this resource, reading in turn and returning as time allows. Otherwise, jump into a page that suits your current requirement.

In addition to this, we have weaved the below call outs (pictured), written by institutional experts, into other pages of our toolkit: this means you’ve got an expert by your side from the very beginning!

Inclusivity Tip

Depicted as a blue box with an image of four hands in a circle.

Employability Tip

Depicted as a red box with an image of an arrow pointing north-east.

Sustainability Tip

Depicted as a yellow box with an image of balance scales.

Inclusivity

Cardiff University recognises Hockings’ (2010, p1) definition of inclusive education which ‘refers to the ways in which pedagogy, curricula and assessment are designed and delivered to engage students in learning that is meaningful, relevant and accessible to all.

Employability

We view employability as enabling student to develop “the knowledge, skills, experience, behaviour, attributes, achievements and attitudes that enable graduates to make successful transitions benefitting them, the economy and their communities’.

Sustainability

ESD enables people to develop the knowledge, values and skills to participate in decisions about the way we do things individually and collectively, both locally and globally, that will improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for the future.

Inclusivity page menu

  1. Inclusivity and the Cardiff University Inclusive Education Framework
  2. Introduction to Inclusive Education
  3. Fostering a sense of belonging for all students
  4. Empowering students to fulfil their potential
  5. Developing inclusive mindsets
  6. Universal Design for Learning
  7. Digital accessibility
  8. Disability and Dyslexia

Employability page menu

  1. Employability main page
  2. Student Futures Framework
  3. Graduate attributes
  4. Programme approval and revalidation
  5. Embedding Employability in the Curriculum

Sustainability page menu

  1. Sustainability main page
  2. Sustainable pedagogies
  3. Sustainable assessment
  4. Sustainability case studies
  5. Sustainability, Employability and Enterprise: Partnerships in Education for Sustainable Development

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