Developing and monitoring curriculum changes

Status:

Planned

Completion Date:

Wednesday, 13th Jan 2010 (Expected)

LLN:

Sussex Learning Network

Description:

Keywords: travel, tourism & Retail; Foundation Degree; service management; top-up; recruitment; curriculum development

Organisation: Sussex Learning Network

Purpose: The School of Service Management (SSM) is designing a number of top-up routes into their degree programme. This development has meant changes in the way students are recruited. In the past students required a merit profile which included Research Methods. After discussion SSM has agreed that students with 240 Foundation degree points (without Research Methods) may directly enter at Level 3. However, the skills of research methods are still required and therefore it is necessary to examine alternative ways to address
this. Additionally, now that SSM will be taking students into Level 3 with lower grades (pass instead of merit) than previously experienced there is concern over the student experience.

This research is designed to develop the necessary curriculum changes to
enable the new proposed admissions criteria to work, and to gain an
understanding from students coming directly into Level 3 regarding their
learning experiences.

Method: See report

Outcomes:

See report

Contact:

Name:

Angela Benson

Email:

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