Curriculum for Life with Dr Ashley Lewis Cole

About this episode

Dr Ashley Lewis Cole discusses the Curriculum for Life approach and its potential impact on students at the University of Glasgow.

In this episode we catch up once again with curriculum support manager Dr Ashley Lewis Cole who is part of The Curriculum Transformation Workstream; a concept which is predicated upon the idea that a student's core discipline should enable them to develop and demonstrate skills for the future workplace through an inclusive, accessible curriculum for Life (C4L) approach. So...what if every student at the University of Glasgow had the opportunity to engage in a curriculum that contains opportunities for work-related and experiential learning that explores and addresses societal challenges, such as climate action, sustainability and social justice? We discuss the phisophy underpinning the project and much more...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Ashley Lewis Cole

Topics covered

• curriculum
• work-related learning
• experiential learning
• societal challenges
• climate action
• sustainability
• social justice

Keywords

• Curriculum Transformation Workstream
• inclusive curriculum
• accessible curriculum

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