Programme design support

Academic Quality and Development

The Academic Quality and Development team can advise and guide on managing programme quality and standards, including interpreting national frameworks and student surveys.

Find information on Quality Assurance and the Programme Design policy.

Inclusive Education Team

The team works collaboratively with academics, academic departments, and professional services teams, to support and develop inclusive learning, teaching and assessment pedagogies and practices.

The team facilitates knowledge exchange and sharing of practice through:

• the inclusive learning toolkit
• reflective questions, guidance and case studies
• workshops and events on different aspects of inclusive learning, teaching and assessment.

Contact inclusive-learning@york.ac.uk for further support or questions.

Digital Education Team

(Formally Programme Design and Learning Technology, PDLT)

The Digital Education Team (DET) supports the appropriate and effective use of digital technology within learning, teaching and assessment for campus-based and fully online programmes. 

It also promotes an effective, engaging and inclusive online learning experience for all University staff and students.

DET can offer individuals and departments support in the design, delivery and evaluation of learning technology interventions at the activity, module and programme level.

Working from a pedagogy-first approach, drawing upon their own research and evidence from the sector, they can help you find the right tool and approach to meet your learning objectives.

The team provides learning technology advice and support to staff using the University’s centrally managed lecture recording service Replay and Learn Ultra and Canvas virtual learning environments.

The team also provides support for other related technologies for learning and teaching such as mobile learning, technology-supported assessment, in-class technologies and collaboration out of class.  

Discover the work of the Digital Education team

Careers and employability

The team supports programme leaders to develop programmes that produce graduates with the skills required to understand and obtain their personal career goals.

The team helps to ensure Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) reflect the skills that are in demand in the sectors that students aspire to work in.

They can also advise on activities and assessments that embed:

• Self-awareness - to enable students to understand their values, strengths and to start to consider what this might mean for them in the future. This could be achieved by integrating our York Strengths development sessions into your programmes.
• Real-world scenarios and professional viewpoints - to help students see how they will be able to apply the knowledge and skills from their degree in a variety of contexts. Also to give students experience of conducting 'authentic' work-related tasks, potentially co-designed with employer and industry connections from Careers and Placements.
• Regular and impactful reflection - to enable students to reflect upon their experiences and to articulate what they have learnt. This helps students to consolidate learning outcomes, and articulate skills and experiences that will be valuable in their future careers.

Find out more about how Careers and Placements works with departments

Library and Learning Services

The Academic Liaison team consists of information professionals who provide information literacy training and collection advice.

They ensure the Library collections reflect teaching and research needs. They can support module leaders by providing embedded teaching relevant to the course and student assessments. They are available to discuss collection needs, especially for the planning of a new module or programme.

The Academic Liaison team ensures that academic and student voices are heard and that key messages from the Library and Archives are communicated.

For further information contact the Academic Liaison Librarian Team.

Digital Inclusive, Skills and Creativity team

The Digital Inclusion, Skills and Creativity team (DISC) are your partners in developing the digital skills and creativity of yourselves and your students.

Based in the Library, DISC enables staff and students to effectively use a multitude of IT software, to extend their digital skills through online Skills Guides and inclusive training programmes, and to engage personally with the latest in emerging technologies in two digital labs: YorCreate and the Creativity Lab.

They are experts in current digital trends and technologies and can help incorporate these in programmes in a way that builds students' employability, wellbeing and learning skills.

They offer advice on innovative assessment tools or formats and provide training for staff and students.

Want to include an embedded digital creativity session in your module? Need a new perspective on any aspect of digital? The team can help.

For further information contact the Digital Inclusive, Skills and Creativity Team.