EQAL to the task: stakeholder responses to a university-wide transformation project.

Authors

  • Peter Bird Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Rachel Forsyth Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Mark Stubbs Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Nicola Whitton Manchester Metropolitan University

Keywords:

Transformation, Innovation, Curriculum change

Abstract

This qualitative case study examines a university change initiative that was unprecedented in pace, scope and scale for the institution concerned: a post-92 UK university. Project documentation, interview and survey data are analysed to present an account of the context, content and process of change; an account that highlights different stakeholder perspectives and offers lessons learned.

Author Biographies

Peter Bird, Manchester Metropolitan University

Project Manager

Faculty of Law and Business

Rachel Forsyth, Manchester Metropolitan University

Rachel Forsyth is a developer at the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University. Rachel’s responsibilities include curriculum development and enhancement, assessment in HE, and staff development for link tutors and programme leaders. Her most recent projects include Transforming Assessment for Institutional Change (TRAFFIC), Students as Partners for the HEA, and Supporting Responsive Curricula. She was the recipient of MMU’s MMUnion Teaching Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2014.

Mark Stubbs, Manchester Metropolitan University

Mark   is   Professor   and   Head   of   Learning   and   Research   Technologies  at Manchester  Metropolitan  University  in  the  UK,  where  he  works  closely  with Library,   IT   Services   and   academic   colleagues   to   provide,   arrange   and recommend   learning   technologies   for   staff   and   students .   His   team is responsible  for  learning  systems,  student  systems,  systems  integration  and learning innovation.

Mark  joined  academia  from  management  consultancy  in  1992  and  has   taught,  designed  and  led  undergraduate and postgraduate courses as Principal Lecturer in Business IT.

Mark has supervised and examined PhDs in the areas of systems integration, mobile learning, systems evaluation  and  learning  analytics.  His  own  PhD,  from  Cranfield  in  1998,  was  an  action-research study,    bringing    together    stakeholders    from    across    organisational    boundaries    to    address environmental  issues.  He  has  been  Principal  Investigator  on  a  number  of  projects  and  has  been involved   in   international   standards   work   on   metadata   for   learning   opportunities   and   learner mobility.

Nicola Whitton, Manchester Metropolitan University

Professor Whitton is based at the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on digital innovation in learning and teaching and, in particular, games and learning in the context of Higher Education. Her research interests include interaction design, the impact of motivation and engagement, active learning design and the pedagogy of play.

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Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change

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06/24/2015

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Bird, P., Forsyth, R., Stubbs, M., & Whitton, N. (2015). EQAL to the task: stakeholder responses to a university-wide transformation project. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 1(2). Retrieved from https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/177

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2015)

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Research Articles

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