Learning and Teaching
Our learning and teaching
programmes have continued to be highly regarded in external
reviews, mostly recently within the School of
Social and International Studies. Considerable progress has been made
in embedding 'Excellence Plus', a unique
approach to teaching and learning, across the University and, in doing
so, providing our students with the opportunity to develop subject-specific
and transferable skills throughout their studies.
 An
Excellence Plus
mini-conference helped colleagues share good practice and provided
an overview of the latest developments, which focus on identifying and
developing key skills on entry, embedding them in the curriculum and developing
key skills for the future. Allied to this, the Chancellor's
Award for Distinguished Teaching sought to recognise the achievements
of academic staff who have made a significant contribution to teaching.
These were awarded to Rob Janaway, of the Department
of Archaeological Sciences, Dr Chris Knusel, also from Archaeological
Sciences and Dr David Wright, from the School
of Pharmacy. Each awardee demonstrated the highest professional standards
within their field coupled with an energy and enthusiasm for teaching
and learning recognised by students and colleagues alike.
Externally, too, the University's
high standards have been recognised. Bradford
School of Management excelled with a top 100 worldwide and top 10
UK rating for its MBA programme in the Financial Times October 2001 survey.
The School also holds the prestigious EQUIS accreditation from the European
Foundation for Management Development, which indicates the high quality
of the teaching and research it conducts.
The School
of Health Studies, alongside its enviable 100% graduate employment
rate across nursing, physiotherapy, and radiography, has broken new ground
both with the launch of the UK's first
dementia studies course and with its pioneering approach to patient-centred
teaching and course development for current clinical practitioners. The
School has also worked closely with the School
of Life Sciences to develop the innovative BSc
(Hons) in Clinical Sciences, a new and exciting route into medicine
and clinical occupations which will widen participation and help meet
local skills shortages.
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