Background

The Department of ISE is an outstanding department, with talented and driven staff and students. Together, we form a community that innovates, that produces high quality research and education, and that makes an important contribution to the wellbeing of global humanity.

Aim

The Department of ISE at DSCE aims to:

• Set a world class academic achievements with high standards for student aspiration.
• Recognise globally as a leader in innovative higher education practice
• Combine active-learning based pedagogy, evidence-based pedagogy with a strong focus on community building, working with students as partners, focusing on global challenges and teaching students 21st century skills
• Implement change with the agility, we are aware of what needs to be done, and we want to prove a zeal for innovation

Foundations

We already have some stable foundations for building change:

• We have proven examples of implementing some of the best practices in the department
• Our dedicated and talented faculty are committed to their own professional teaching development
• Our network of teaching and support staff is experienced in supporting students in their professional and personal development
• We have the knowledge and innovative spirit to take our teaching to the next level in quality by developing best practices

World-Class Education

1. Student-centred

• Aim: Make our teaching more interactive, more supportive, more challenging and more rewarding for our students.
• Enhancement of our education: Our faculty will work together in partnership with our students to create a learning environment that is stimulating and caring.
• Independent thinkers: We provide space to students giving responsibility for their own learning.
• Lifelong learning skills: Our students will develop lifelong learning skills that will enable them to tackle 21st century problems and to compete in the global job market.
• Innovative teaching techniques: Developing deeper understanding, Turning ideas into reality, Working in teams, Taking a creative approach, Solving real world problems, and Technology for learning.

2. Research-centred

• Background: One of the most distinctive elements at ISE is that our students join a community of world-class researchers. They learn cutting-edge developments and actively engaging with research and discovery in their chosen field.
• Aim: Make undergraduate students to undertake research under the supervision of an active researcher.

3. Our Educational Culture

The culture is driven by success creating a supportive environment for staff and students recognising innovation and improvements. That is,

• A supportive and inclusive scholarly community,
• Support for staff to innovate and improve,
• Student engagement in positive change,
• World class learning spaces, and
• High quality evaluation and research.