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MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK CURRICULUM RENEWAL PROJECT

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK CURRICULUM RENEWAL PROJECT. STUDENT-STAFF FORUMS. PURPOSE OF REVIEW. Foreshadowed at time of undergraduate curriculum review – completing agenda Diverse group with specific needs

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MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK CURRICULUM RENEWAL PROJECT

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  1. MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK CURRICULUM RENEWAL PROJECT STUDENT-STAFF FORUMS

  2. 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

  3. SCOPE Cover coursework • Graduate and post graduate certificates • Graduate diplomas • Masters degrees Not cover honours programs or research higher degrees

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. GUIDING PRINCIPLES • Intellectually robust • Transparent & accessible • Coherent • Distinctive • Flexible

  8. 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

  9. 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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