2016 | - Nov-Dec: The genesis of the 21C Project (formerly the 21C Curriculum Project) began in late 2016 with a paper to Executive written by Professor Simon Barrie.
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2017 | - The Board of Trustees agrees to fund a year-long project which is progressed 5 key in initiatives:
- The Course Load and Planning Group (CLPG) act as the steering for the 21C Curriculum Project for this first year.
- Conversations are ongoing with Schools (via School Curriculum Pilots) about the need for a new degree architecture that enables more flexibility, distinctiveness, cross-disciplinarity, and the capacity for micro-credentialling to address the challenges emerging from the future of work and society.
- Partnership Pedagogy (opens in a new window) emerges as the educational heart of the 21C Project.
- Through 21C, the University becomes an Access Partner of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE) enabling it to offer the Western Educational Fellowship Scheme (WEFS) (opens in a new window).
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2019 | - The Flagship Curriculum Projects (opens in a new window) result in a 60+ new prototyped curriculum elements (PDF, 198.32 KB) (opens in a new window) (21C Curiosity Pods, 21C Units, and 21C Sub-Majors) that have been designed with Partnership Pedagogy (opens in a new window) at their heart. A selection of these prototyped elements is captured in the 21C Storyboard (opens in a new window).
- The prototyped curriculum elements lead to a renewed set of design features for 21C Curiosity Pods (PDF, 63.2 KB) (opens in a new window) and 21C Sub-Majors (PDF, 49.32 KB) (opens in a new window). The first 21C Sub-major on Global Sustainability partners with United Nations University.
- Round 2 of the Western Educational Fellowship (opens in a new window) results in 27 new Fellows.
- The 21C Student Curriculum Partners (opens in a new window) are successful in their bid to host the 2021 National Students as Partners Roundtable at Western.
- July: The Board of Trustees supports an additional 3 years of 21C project funding which broadens out to include three dimensions: 21C Curriculum (opens in a new window), 21C Academic Capability (opens in a new window) and 21C Culture (opens in a new window).
- Oct: The 21C Project launches the Curriculum Challenges strategy focused on four transdisciplinary areas: Future Thinkers (opens in a new window), Global Citizens (opens in a new window), Innovative Entrepreneurs (opens in a new window), and Sustainability Advocates (opens in a new window). Over three years, this strategy will deliver up to 100 new 21C Curiosity Pods, 24 distinctive transdisciplinary Sub-Majors, and revitalise the University’s three existing combined double degrees. These Challenges will be led by eight Curriculum Challenges.
- The first 21C digital badge is awarded for students that have completed the Sustainability Bootcamp 21C Curiosity Pod.(opens in a new window)
- The first 21C Culture (opens in a new window) initiative encourages staff to complete the Teaching Cultures Survey which will obtain foundational benchmarking data on staff perceptions of how valued learning and teaching is at Western.
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2020 | NOTE: Owing to COVID-19, in April 2020, the DVCA announces that the 21C project is paused, and for the remainder of the year, will pivot to supporting the University build its capacity to undertake quality online learning and teaching. During that time: |
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