We celebrate our students — their diverse backgrounds, life stages and chosen pathways. We know our program structures needs to support their different ways of learning and different lifestyles.
Some students may need longer to balance study with work, family, or other commitments. Others may wish to accelerate their studies.
Our revitalised teaching and learning model makes space for all possibilities.
Students get to experience a rich mix of learning and teaching — there is flexibility in modes including online learning materials and classes to practical seminars and workshops, and some flexibility in study availabilities, supported by educators and educational technologies.
By moving beyond traditional lecture‑style delivery, we’ve created interactive learning environments where students collaborate, explore, and apply concepts in meaningful and relevant ways.
Assessments are designed at the program level to develop real-world capabilities and confidence, and assure learning and achievement.
Transformative learning – our philosophy
Transformative learning happens when students explore ideas, build skills and put learning into action – applying them to real‑world challenges.
As they put their learning into practice, students reshape how they see themselves, their disciplines, and the careers and communities they contribute to — now and into the future.
Our revitalised Curriculum Design Framework (CDF) puts our students first, and values the vital role of our educators.
It creates dynamic teaching experiences. It strengthens learning assurance in our programs and courses. It deepens connections between students, educators, technologies and industry.
At its heart, the framework celebrates the idea that it takes all of us – working together across the university – to support every graduate and spark lifelong learning.
Five key principles
First Nations capabilities
Focused on co-creation and participation with First Nations peoples, embedded histories and perspectives, responsiveness and dispositions, and cultural safety skills.
Learner-centred
Focused on cohort diversity, co-creation and participation, inclusive enablers and progress to timely completion.
Standards based
Focused on meeting legislative and professional standards; contemporary learning and teaching standards including AI-enabled learning, and research skill development.
Constructively aligned
Focused on program architecture with flexibility, program assessment to evidence student learning, interactive learning and teaching practices with students-technologies-industry, and people and place-based learning in communities and environments.
Careers and future focused
Focused on work integrated learning, career development, digital literacies and digital safety.
Together, these principles transform the UniSC educational experience – and prepares graduates to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Our commitment to quality, enhancement and integrity
Our Curriculum Design Framework builds on UniSC’s reputation for high quality learning and teaching and student experience and upholds award integrity and exellence It places the quality cycle at the core of the process to build capabilities in students and educators, and attends to the changing demands on universities.
It’s a whole-of-institution, multi-year strategic program of works, led by Professor Maree Dinan-Thompson, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education), and sponsored by Professor Mike Wilmore, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic).
Keen to know more?
Connect with us at PVCEducation@usc.edu.au
