Unit: Delivering UK Higher Education Transnationally – Academic Practice and Student Experience

Indicative content

• Research, design and evaluate inclusive, outcomes-aligned TNE curricula, applying constructive alignment principles and ensuring coherence between learning outcomes, teaching strategies, and assessment methods.
• Implement inclusive teaching, assessment, and student engagement strategies, incorporating active learning for multicultural audiences, fair marking practices, culturally responsive academic integrity approaches, and student-centred pedagogy based on UK sector benchmarks.
• Develop robust quality assurance and governance frameworks for TNE, including assessment rubrics, moderation systems, external examiner roles, parity of standards, and collaborative decision-making structures across delivery sites.
• Integrate effective student support and technology-enhanced learning models, designing academic and pastoral frameworks tailored to transnational learners, and creating accessible, equitable blended or hybrid delivery formats that address infrastructure and cultural contexts.
• Apply professional standards and sustainable practices in TNE, aligning teaching with the UKPSF, pursuing Advance HE recognition, and evaluating the long-term viability, innovation, and impact of international programme delivery.