Course Design Blueprint

Rationalise approaches and design features to ensure the learning experience champions teaching excellence, through personalised, active, research informed, employer engaged, inclusive, and digitally enabled learning experiences.

Which standards, benchmarks and frameworks do we align with?

All University of Suffolk courses provide a coherent and effective programme of study that enables students to achieve defined learning outcomes aligned with the relevant level of achievement as set out within the The UK Quality Code for Higher Education (qaa.ac.uk). 

Foundation Degrees and Master’s Degrees will also exhibit the characteristics as set out in the relevant Characteristics Statements (qaa.ac.uk). 

Curriculum content should conform to the Subject Benchmark Statements (qaa.ac.uk) and, where relevant, Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) standards and benchmarking statements and/or Apprenticeship Standards. 

What content should be included? 

In addition to course specific content, all University of Suffolk course curricula are expected to explicitly include opportunities for students to:

• Learn and practice academic skills appropriate to the subject area and level of study (such as the University's level four outcomes). 
• Develop an understanding of, and the ability to plan, complete and interpret as appropriate to the level of study, research methodologies associated with the subject area.
• Engage in personalised, active, research informed, employer engaged, inclusive, and digitally enabled learning experiences.
• Achieve personal and professional development learning outcomes as appropriate to the level of study.  For example, all Honours graduates should achieve the University's level six Personal and professional development learning outcomes.