USW 2030 Curriculum

Curriculum Design Principles

As part of the USW Learning and Teaching Strategy, eight curriculum design principles have been developed to provide a consistent framework for the review and enhancement of all USW curricula. They are our chosen approach for course development and delivery. Collectively embedding these eight principles into our curricula will guide and empower us to “change lives and our world for the better”.

A circle that has been split into different coloured sections that shows different areas of CPD including digital, collaboration and sustainability.

The USW 2030 Curriculum fosters the development of our distinctive USW Graduates — who are employable, resilient, ethical, culturally aware and ready to contribute, in their broader lives, as global citizens.

Through critical, reflective review and implementation of the USW Curriculum Design Principles, the USW 2030 Curriculum will provide learners with the opportunity to engage in curricula which present unsolved, real-world challenges.

These will require them to draw on and enhance their disciplinary understandings, to work with others to create new knowledge and develop employability skills that surpass the demands of the 21st century workplace.

Focusing on local, regional and global contexts, the curriculum enables learners to work in partnership with key stakeholders including industry, employers, community and alumni.

Our students will become ethical and resilient world citizens with the aspiration to make a tangible societal impact, within and beyond the workplace. Students will have an inclusive voice in the development of curricula and our curricula will create a deep sense of belonging, engagement, networking and pride.

To achieve our strategic goals, the USW 2030 Curriculum is one that:

These eight design principles are not mutually exclusive; they interconnect to form distinctive, dynamic, responsive and sophisticated curricula to support transformative learning, teaching, assessment, and student experience. As such, there is no hierarchy or priority to the principles, each have equal importance.

Listen to Ruth Matheson and Karen Fitzgibbon bring the 2030 Curriculum Principles to life. (9m 16sec)

Curriculum Design Principle Toolkits

CELT are in the process of developing a series of educational toolkits to support each of the Curriculum Design Principles. We would like to collaborate with USW colleagues on the development of these resources. If you would like to contribute to their development, please email [email protected].