Teaching Sustainability project updates

Project work, 2023/24

At the start of the project, the student system reported 436 active undergraduate programmes and 484 active taught postgraduate programmes in the Faculty, delivered through 5,446 active course units.

During the 2023/24 academic year, the Teaching Sustainability taskforce worked closely with Schools to review all undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes and course units which averaged an intake of four students or fewer over the 2018-23 period. This work also included closing ‘legacy’ programmes – those which had previously already closed but had not been removed from University systems.

More than 400 legacy programmes, over 200 programmes with an average of 0-4 students, and more than 900 course units have been or are in the process of being closed as a result of this work.

Project work, 2024/25

Phase 1

Schools are finalising the review and housekeeping for all undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes, pathways and course units that averaged an intake of four students or fewer in 2018-23.

Phase 2

Schools have been asked to review their programme portfolios in the context of proposed minimum intake numbers of 25 students for undergraduate programmes and 15 students for postgraduate taught programmes.

The impact has been modelled and shared with taskforce members.

The above minimum intake numbers do not apply to the Modern Languages and Cultures department in SALC.

Our Schools and the taskforce will also consider a model for the balance of core and optional units across a programme. This is currently being modelled for undergraduate programmes.