Watch: Learning and teaching at UCL 2010 2015

Professor Michael Worton, Vice-Provost (Academic & International) discusses the ambitions and focuses of UCL's new international learning and teaching strategy. What are the chief differences between the new learning and teaching strategy and the 2005 strategy?. The new strategy builds on principles in the 2005 document - most notably our concept of 'education for global citizenship'. However, we are clear that we need to develop this over the next five years - both to respond to increasing global competition, and to offer our students the very best learning experience possible. The 2010-15 Institutional Learning and Teaching Strategy is therefore extremely ambitious. We want to ensure that, by 2015, we have: Ultimately, we are seeking to establish UCL as the hub of an international network of research-led institutions that fosters excellence in teaching and learning. The new strategy builds on a number of examples of excellent practice currently within UCL; our task over the coming years is embed these new ways of thinking about teaching across the institution, and to draw on our strengths in teaching to enhance our international profile.