Plans

Learning & Teaching Plan

The 2007-10 plan has recently been updated to align with the revised University plan.

Learning and teaching priorities also inform the Faculty's Strategic Statement and International Plan as well as the strategic and operational plans of the Office of Learning and Teaching.

To create, ensure and promote an unmatched learning environment, the Faculty of Economics and Business relies on a unique relationship between teaching and research. This unique relationship is a distinctive characteristic of a research-intensive Faculty, which differentiates Sydney from our competitors. Promoting both research-led teaching and the scholarship of teaching, we seek to stimulate the imagination, curiosity and excitement of our students. Our Learning and Teaching Plan is the strategic manifestation of how the Faculty achieves excellence in learning and teaching.

The Faculty prepares our graduates for professional and research careers and leadership roles at the national and international level. More importantly, we strive to prepare students for lifelong learning; to think critically about theories, concepts and assumption regarding their disciplines; to confidently communicate (orally and in writing) their knowledge; and to be prepared for global citizenship through a critical and open reflection on the cultural and ethical dimensions of the social, economic and political institutions in which they live and work.

Ongoing, comprehensive and well-resourced programs for the development of academic staff are critical to the achievement and maintenance of high quality teaching and learning. The Faculty supports and rewards its academic staff for excellence in teaching, ensuring that our teaching is research-led and that all academic staff have opportunities to engage in the scholarship of teaching. Research-led teaching assures both a cutting-edge curriculum and an enquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. Research-led teaching and the scholarship of teaching also contribute to the development of generic attributes of particular relevance to this Faculty, such as ethical reasoning, strategic thinking and problem-solving, leadership and communication skills.