Review of Undergraduate Education (RUGE)

The University’s Strategic Plan 2010-13, ‘Transforming lives, meeting needs building careers’, identified the need for a review of all aspects of Undergraduate Education.  Accordingly, a Review of Undergraduate Education Project (RUGE) was established in September 2010 to determine the most effective, efficient, and sustainable ways of delivering taught provision at undergraduate level and in so doing, to consider how the University might position itself in the HE sector to meet the emerging needs and aspirations of students and partners.

The RUGE Project was tasked with looking at what students and partners considered to be of value in terms of higher education and based on that, to establish a sustainable range of undergraduate provision within the University. A key priority was to ensure that future provision delivered on retention, progression and academic achievement, the acquisition of skills and the achievement of employment outcomes.  All aspects of undergraduate delivery were explored including the structure of the academic year, modes of delivery, and assessment methods with a view to providing an attractive, effective and successful model, fit for the future of Higher Education in the UK.

The RUGE Project operated through five workstreams designed to examine and recommend upon the broadest range of issues affecting undergraduate education, including:

• Student and employer demand
• The shape, purpose and structure of the curriculum
• Modes of assessment
• Formats of learning
• Financial sustainability.

The final report from this event can be downloaded and read here.