Workshops to develop new interdisciplinary Challenge and XP Courses

Reading time: < 1 minuteCurriculum Transformation are hosting three Challenge and Experiential Learning Course workshops in February and March to kickstart course ideas and support new cross-School connections. You’ll find out more about the new course formats and go through a structured idea generation and refinement process with like-minded colleagues. We want to help …

From commitment to sustainability action plans

Reading time: 3 minutesIt’s hard to ignore the pressing environmental challenges facing our world, from microplastics in our bloodstream, to biodiversity loss and our changing climate. Urgent action is required, but it’s often less clear what this means in practice at work.  Our University has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by …

Help protect our students from financial fraud

Reading time: < 1 minuteNew international students are often more at risk of scams, because they may be unfamiliar with local laws or not know where to go for help and advice. However, anyone can be targeted. These scams are not just petty thefts but can involve life-changing sums, with students sometimes losing large …

Student Recruitment and Marketing Insight (SAMI) Hub

Reading time: < 1 minuteThis is in response to the challenge of having so many different sources of crucial information and what seems like endless navigating of folders, pages and files.   But this isn’t just another SharePoint site! It is a living space under constant development with the latest student recruitment business intelligence. …

Chancellor’s Awards

Reading time: 3 minutesThe University has honoured four staff members with Chancellor’s Awards for their teaching and research excellence and outstanding contribution.  The Chancellor’s Awards are one of the most important ways in which the University recognises current members of our community who have made outstanding contributions to teaching or research and achieved …

Technician Commitment Action Plan

Reading time: < 1 minuteThe University was an early signatory to this commitment and in order to support it, an updated action plan was published earlier this year.   This new plan, approved by the Principal, builds on the success of previous plans, and takes an ambitious approach to addressing key challenges raised by the …