Leeds Curriculum

for Induction2015/16

updated 090715

updated 090715

Leeds Curriculum

What is the Leeds Curriculum?

• The distinctive Leeds Curriculum has research at the heart of your education in your chosen subject(s)

• Characteristic of a research-intensive Russell Group University

• Shaping your learning journey in both depth and breadth

Its distinctiveness lies in three key elements:

1. Research-based Learning (RBL) - research at the heart of your academic experience2. Core Programme Threads – Ethics & Responsibility, Global & Cultural Insights & Employability3. Broadening – opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills in the context of 10 Discovery Themes

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What makes the Leeds Curriculum particularly distinctive?

• Your journey begins with learning about the latest research - from academics, many of whom are engaged in cutting-edge research related to your subject(s)

• Then you develop the necessary research skills and academic knowledge - to engage in the research process within your chosen subject(s)

• Culminating in a final year project; experiencing research first-hand (RBL) - supervised and supported by academic staff who are often themselves experienced researchers

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What else is distinctive?

Core Programme Threads – to understand connections between your subject and the wider world

• Ethics and responsibility - engaging in ethical issues to demonstrate how, to act responsibly and professionally and to make informed decisions

• Global and cultural insight - opportunities to engage with and value multiple perspectives, eg social, geographic, political, economic, legal, environmental, and technological. Also acknowledging and appreciating the implications of diversity

• Employability - raising your awareness of key attributes and skills and developing these to become more employable

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Broadening – within and/or outside your programme including:

Hundreds of ‘discovery’ modules on offer across 10 different Discovery Themes that:

• provide a co-ordinated and structured series of related modules to explore a specific subject, issue or skill which lies beyond the core content of your programme

• broaden your intellectual horizons and explore key questions that will affect your future life

• develop intellectual flexibility that will enable you to compete and contribute in the workplace and in wider society

• provide opportunities within and outside of your studies to enrich and broaden your experience; for example - study abroad, work experience

Leeds Curriculum – Discovery Themes

Discovery Themes and modulesThe 10 Discovery Themes are:

1. Creating Sustainable Futures

2. Enterprise and Innovation

3. Ethics, Religion and Law

4. Exploring the Sciences

5. Languages and Intercultural Understanding

6. Media, Culture and Creativity

7. Mind and Body

8. Personal and Professional Development

9. Power and Conflict

10. Technology and its Impacts

Leeds Curriculum – Discovery Themes

What next?

• Discovery Themes website Detailed information on all the discovery modules is on a dedicated websiteSimply:1. log on to the Portal 2. go to LeedsforLife 3. go to Broadening tab on menu

http://leedsforlife.leeds.ac.uk/broadening

• Discovery Themes Fairs In September and May in the Great Hall - to enable you to seek advice and guidance in choosing your discovery modules