Coming to a Campus Near You Soon: Curriculum Endgame

Curriculum transformation. It’s a phrase we hear often in Higher Education but how often do we stop to ask what it truly means? For many, the experience of transformation can feel more like Groundhog Day, repeating cycles of reform, reboot, and reinvention that rarely seem to stick. We talk about change, but do we actually transform?

Curriculum transformation cannot be a reboot of old narratives and approaches – it has to be a new script entirely. In a film-inspired keynote, I want to take the opportunity to explore what it really means to achieve long-term, sustainable change in Higher Education. 

In doing so, I will unpack a series of core principles, that for me, underpin successful curriculum transformation. To provide some context, I will share some of the early-stage, practical work taking place at the University of Portsmouth to highlight approaches that are laying the foundations for longer-term transformation by aligning culture, learning design frameworks, and academic support around what it means to teach well; consistently well.

This isn’t just another reboot and the future of Higher Education deserves more than a sequel. This is Curriculum: Endgame. The mission starts now – if you choose to accept it!

Task for attendees

It’s 2028 – your curriculum transformation worked. What made the difference?

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