Some of you may remember a previous project undertaken by the EIC with Edinburgh Napier University, Birmingham City University and Leeds Metropolitan University (funded by ESCalate, the HEA’s education subject centre) which looked at using the “Student Voice” in staff development.
A second stage of this project has just been completed; this looked at gathering and using students’ voices in informing curriculum design. This consisted of a number of case studies from across the 4 institutions, using different ways of collecting students’ input and applying their views to the development of both the subject content and learning and teaching elements of the curriculum. Westminster participated in this with case studies looking at direct interaction with students within modules in Life Sciences (Mark Kerrigan and Mark Clements) and in Media, Art and Design (Katie Hayes, this was linked to the InCurriculum project) and through online comments in SSHL and ECS (Tim Taylor with Maggie Sumner and Sue Black). These cases studies, with 7 from other Universities, are included in the final project report; with an overview of the issues involved and the ideas which emerged about gaining student input to curriculum design.
This can be found on the website and presents a useful source of ideas about gaining input generally, not only at the point of course development: please visit the website at:
or ask Ann Rumpus for more information.
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