Download macquarie university postgraduate coursework curriculum renewal

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK
CURRICULUM RENEWAL PROJECT
STUDENT-STAFF FORUMS
Provost
PURPOSE OF REVIEW
• Foreshadowed at time of undergraduate
curriculum review – completing agenda
• Diverse group with specific needs
• Opportunities to strengthen offerings, strengthen
support services, increase numbers
• Now over 400 programs, some with few students
• Need strategy for standards and consistency re
entry requirements, credit points, work load
• Need to ensure research-teaching nexus
systematically addressed
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SCOPE
Cover coursework
• Graduate and post graduate
certificates
• Graduate diplomas
• Masters degrees
Not cover honours programs or research
higher degrees
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
Examine current models for
• Clarity, coherence, consistency
• Compatibility of structure, shape & flexibility
with AQF and Bologna
• Competitiveness with other Aus &
International offerings
• Articulation into & from coursework offerings
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
Examine current models for
• Development of values & capabilities
• Consistency & effectiveness of our planning,
management, marketing, QA mechanisms
• Support structures needed to ensure high
quality student experience
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES
• More student-focussed, meet needs of
students, employers & stakeholders
• Better support MQ@50
• Align with MQ ethical framework
• Provide learning experience to meet students
personal & professional aspirations
• Develop life-long learners
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES
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Intellectually robust
Transparent & accessible
Coherent
Distinctive
Flexible
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PROCESS
TWO STAGES
Stage 1
• Green Paper, university wide discussion, out
week beginning 28.9.09
• Staff - Student forums to discuss
• White Paper - workshop week beginning
19.10.09
• White Paper to Academic Senate November
or December 2009
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PROCESS
Stage 2
• Faculties identify required changes. Work
commences January 2010,
• New curriculum to commence from January
2012 at latest
Now:
• See Provost’s website for Framework, Staff
Survey, Student Survey, Working Party
members
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