Moving beyond modules? Developing a programme level approach to curriculum design

Professor Tracy Scurry
Professor of Work and Employment at Newcastle University Business School

Tracy Scurry is the Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Lead for the Leadership, Work and Organisation Group at Newcastle University Business School. Prior to this she was Associate Dean Learning and Teaching for the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty. She is a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools CMBE Professional Standards Board, and has been a QAA Institutional and Subject specialist reviewer (Business Management) since 2019. She was also a Member of the QAA Advisory group for the 202/23 review of the Business and Management Subject Benchmark Statement. She is an Academic Fellow of the CIPD. Her research explores graduate careers (notably graduates in ‘non-traditional’ graduate employment), identity narratives of global workers and career development programmes. She is a Network Convenor for SRHE’s Higher Education Employability, Enterprise and Work-based Learning Network and a member of the AGCAS Research and Knowledge Committee.

Michelle Black, M.Ed, SFHEA
Learning Design & Curriculum Development Advisor

Michelle has more than 20 years of experience in professionally supporting and developing research, teaching and learning practices in higher education. Michelle is a Senior Fellow HEA and a Master of Education, with a particular interest in learning design and curriculum development. Michelle’s current role at Newcastle University is in the central Learning Teaching & Development Service (LTDS). She leads on a variety of curriculum development projects. Her role focuses on working in collaboration with colleagues to facilitate the design and development of quality educational practices, accessible and inclusive education for campus-based, online and blended learning modules and programmes. Along with focusing more recently on embedding SDGs in the curriculum and supporting students and colleagues to enhance SDG knowledge and skills development across the student journey.

Dr Angela Mazzetti
Senior Lecturer in Management Practice & Degree Programme Director for the N200 Programme

I have been working in the education sector since 1996. Throughout my career I have worked with a wide range of students and I am passionate about motivating students to achieve their full potential both during their time at university and in their future careers. During my time in the education sector, I have led a number of projects and initiatives related to curriculum design, development and enhancement.  I joined Newcastle University Business School in June 2019 as a Senior Lecturer in Management Practice. I am the Degree Programme Director for the BA (Hons) Business Management programme which is one of the largest undergraduate programmes in the Business School.

My curriculum leadership and teaching practice is informed by my scholarly research. In designing a curriculum I focus on the concept of a 'scholarly ecology' which I define as the personal, temporal, and environmental factors that impact how individuals engage with scholarship and the process through which they develop a scholarly identity. Through my research I have explored themes such as how undergraduate students engage with scholarship; how educators conceptualise student engagement with scholarship; and the transition from further education to higher education.