The Nottingham Advantage Award

Dr Sarah Speight

Academic Director

Lucie Whitfield

Manager

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Characteristics

• Staff led in design

• Staff led in development

• Staff led in delivery

• Student voice growing – evaluation, steering group, module demand 2

Employability

International

campuses

Relationship to

Curriculum

Research-informed

Staff

Citizenship

Recognition for

students

QA and E

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A place for innovation

• Peer Mentoring• OERs• NOOC – tri-campus• UG Students as

researchers• Assessment• Employer

engagement – sponsored prizes

Learning for

Sustainability

MOOC

(alumni)

NAA for PGs

UG Elective

NAA

For UGs

Multiple Outcomes model

Core learning repurposed for different groups

Moving from the margins (but also looking outwards)

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Challenges and tensions

• Relationship to the academic curriculum

• Should there be an NAA curriculum?

• Scaleability • Reach – students tell us

they want to Award to remain niche. We want to widen access.

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Advantage or Achievement?

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The Nottingham Advantage Award

Thank you – any questions?Dr.Sarah Speight, Academic Director

Lucie Whitfield, Manager

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