Transcript Link to Faculty Panel presentation on Project 2012

Structure of session
• Overview of Proposition
• Focus on 3 aspects
• Fostering a sense of belonging
• Ensuring student responsibility
• Achieving excellence
• Open discussion
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Belonging
You will become part of a large and welcoming community
characterised by:
• A strong sense of identity and feeling of belonging.
• Good down-to-earth working relationships with staff in your
department, student residences and beyond.
• A University-wide commitment to openness and inclusivity.
• A rich and diverse mixture of people drawing on all types of student
and all parts of the UK and the world.
• A close connection to the way of life of one of the friendliest,
greenest, safest and most affordable cities in the country.
Question: How do we foster a ‘sense of identity and feeling
of belonging’ at Programme/Departmental/Faculty level?
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Student responsibility
• All our courses require you to play your part as a
responsible partner with the University to make the most of
research-led learning, working hard, showing the necessary
motivation and so developing ultimately into a critical thinker
and independent learner.
Question: How do we ensure that our
students are responsible for their learning?
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Achieving excellence
‘Your future’
As a Sheffield graduate you will:
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Achieve excellence in your work;
Cultivate your ambitions for your life;
Make a difference to the world around you;
Work together with other people;
Protect your own and society’s future;
Lead the way in everything that you do.
Questions:
• What do we want to be excellent in?
• How do we achieve this?
• How do we measure this?
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Open discussion
• Does the Proposition reflect your
understanding of
• What we do?
• What we should do?
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