Breadth and depth of programmes - Chapter 3 Section 3

Breadth and depth of programmes
Chapter 3 Section 3

Recommendation(s): 16

Recommendation 16:
We recommend that all institutions of higher education should, over the medium term, review the programmes they offer:

with a view to securing a better balance between breadth and depth across programmes than currently exists;

so that all undergraduate programmes include sufficient breadth to enable specialists to understand their specialism within its context.

3.5 The Government endorses the Committee’s request to institutions to review their programmes of study to take account of the changing needs of students and employers, and to consider whether those programmes have the right balance of breadth and depth. The Committee’s recommendations on work experience (Recommendations 18 and 19) will assist in helping students to acquire the key skills needed for employability. These recommendations are addressed in Chapter 6, para 6.6.

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