Leeds Curriculum

for Induction2014/15

updated 210514

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 these 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 – running

through your programme• Ethics & responsibility – engaging in ethical

issues to demonstrate how, more generally, to act responsibly and professionally and to make informed decisions

• Global & cultural insights - 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:

1000+ ‘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 Futures2. Enterprise and Innovation

3. Ethics, Religion and Law4. Exploring the Sciences5. Languages and Intercultural Understanding6. Media, Culture and Creativity7. Mind and Body8. Personal and Professional Development 9. Power and Conflict10. 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

• Discovery Themes Fair 24 September in the Great Hall - to enable you to seek advice and guidance in choosing your discovery modules