The curriculum at UL is a programme-focused, holistic, coherent and intentional living framework to guide learning. It maps context, learning goals, content, assessment and pedagogy, and is based on national and international standards. It is dynamic, co-constructed, enacted, responsive and responsible.

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The purpose of UL’s Integrated Curriculum Development Framework is to:

  1. Establish a shared understanding of the curriculum, which reflects the institutional strategy, including the learning, teaching and assessment strategy
     

  2. Provide guidance for programme developers on planning, designing, assessing and evaluating programmes

  3. Align and connect with processes for programme design, approval and review to support the creation of a coherent curriculum and to ensure consistent programme development across the institution

  4. Provide a foundation for a positive and coherent student experience and involvement in the curriculum

  5. Articulate the distinctiveness of the University’s graduates and the distinctiveness of a UL education

ICDF Principles

UL’s Integrated Curriculum Development Framework embeds the synergy between teaching and research through research-led, challenge-driven, experiential, collaborative learning modes and fosters cross-disciplinary sharing and exchange.
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ICDF Process

To ensure that the proposed principles of the ICDF are implemented in a coherent manner that supports consistent programme development, the implementation plan for the ICDF focuses on integrating the Framework with processes for programme design, approval and review.
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UL's Integrated Curriculum Development Framework

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