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Curriculum and Academic Development Team

What the CAD team does

The Curriculum and Academic Development (CAD) team is a group brimming with diverse expertise in teaching and learning across the HE sector and beyond. We work collaboratively with colleagues campus-wide to research, prepare and disseminate a variety of resources, and offer specialist advice aligned with best practice in pedagogy and the guiding themes and principles of the institution.

How can we help you?

The CAD team are organised across the following broad areas, but work collaboratively on activity and in partnership with the other CLT teams. Click below to find out more about how we can support you in each area of activity.

These two areas of pedagogic expertise are closely intertwined. Both focus on supporting the planning of good practice in teaching to facilitate good outcomes and experiences for learners.

Curriculum design is a course-wide approach, taking a top-down view to shape the sequence of knowledge, skills and assessment to support teaching and learning.

Learning design takes a bottom-up approach, building from planning individual activities in a learning environment to shaping how units fit together and form part of the whole curriculum.

The CAD team would be delighted to support you in all areas of curriculum and learning design. For example, we can offer guidance with:

Writing course and unit intended learning outcomes
Sequencing learning
Planning for engagement in learning
Designing learning activities and resources
Planning for the diverse needs of learners
Assessment and feedback design
Marking criteria development
Group work implementation and assessment
Pedagogic problem-solving

Designing and developing formative and summative assessment approaches that engage students and support their learning, whilst remaining robust and fair measures of academic achievement.

We can offer guidance with:

Choosing effective assessment methods
Marking criteria development
Embedding effective formative assessment and helpful feedback
Group work implementation and assessment
Academic integrity
Supporting your students with the use of generative AI

The CLT provides a wide-ranging Professional Development Programme for all staff who teach or support learning.

The CAD team specifically support the following opportunities for staff:

Pathways to Fellowship – Probationer Pathway: a programme specifically for probationary staff with teaching responsibilities, providing an introduction to effective teaching in HE and supporting applications for AFHEA or FHEA status
Pathways to Fellowship – Experiential Pathway: support for any staff member who teaches or supports learning to work towards a relevant category of HEA Fellowship (AFHEA, FHEA, SFHEA)
Support for staff seeking to gain PFHEA
Support for staff seeking to gain a National Teaching Fellowship award
Support for departmental Fellowship Champions and Probation Mentors

Who to contact

We are happy to support individual colleagues, focus groups, courses, departments and Faculties/The School. Click on the names below to find out more about individual team members and how to contact them.

Look out for the designated Faculty/School links as a first point of contact for staff. If you are unsure who to contact, or have a more general query, please email clt@bath.ac.uk and your message will be forwarded to the team.