1. Programme
Leaders
Conference
February 2014
Welcome!

2. Primacy of the Programme

3. 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

4. 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

5. Retention, Progression and Student Attainment
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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

6. Expanding on HEA Work
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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.
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Learning and teaching – (Module level mostly)
– supporting effective learning, assessment and teaching
– enabling the development of sound generic study skills.
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Friendship and peer support (Focus on Programmes)
– peer mentoring has become a valuable approach in aiding student transition,
benefitting both mentees and mentors.
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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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. LLA
• In 2007, 67% of students in LLA were
enrolled on modules, 33% on
programmes
• In 2013 this situation has reversed
totally

13. IT’S THE PROGRAMME
STUPID!