All levels and functions have input into policy development

How:

Criterion referenced agreement by participants to encourage a diversity of contributions from academics, professional and administrative staff

Heads of student support services, Infrastructure, IT and multimedia departments were added to the Project Team established to assist the changes to learning and teaching planned by academics

the importance of both providing advice and taking responsibility for leading decision making was identified as crucial for all. Participants each took time for this realisation to occur

the importance of support of the central Learning and Teaching Unit for the facilitation of the Communities of Practice was emphasised

Participants worked with IT specialists to ensure training in IT systems to be used for teaching included pedagogical considerations