This document outlines strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a university's learning and teaching (L and T) activities. The strengths include fellowships, peer assessment, a strategic plan, and an established learning, teaching, and information center (LTIC). Opportunities include technological developments, discipline and subject research, collaborations, and the teaching excellence framework (TEF). Weaknesses include the LTIC being under-resourced and bureaucracy. Threats involve funding reductions, increased competition, unmanaged student expectations, and the TEF's metrics and timescales.

1. STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
CPAD, HEA
Fellowships and
Peer Assessment
L and T
supported by
Strategic Plan
Flexible student-
centred curricula
LTIC well
established
Technological
Development
e.g. New VLE
LTIC resource
poor
Operational
structure/bureauc
racy
Discipline and
Subject Research
focus
League table
position
Lack of team
collaboration
across UH
Fee reductions
Increased
competition
Unmanaged
student
expectations
Funding for L and
T research
National
Student SurveyGlobal initiatives
Developing
technologies and
pedagogies
Diverse Student
Group
Collaborations with
local national and
international
organisations
TEF

2. TEF- provides motivation and
recognition for teaching excellence
Dualism- subject specialism and
pedagogic expertise
Research-Led teaching and research for
educational practice
Technological development leading to
changing pedagogies and improved
learning spaces
Curricula change to flexible learning,
student involvement and choice, creative
assessment
Online technologies, expansion of time,
pace and development of communities of
learning and internationalisation
Globalisation leading to more market
opportunities

3. TEF- metrics and timescales Global competition Rising student expectations
Resources needed to drive L and T agenda
Subject focused culture
Developing skill in internationalising of
curriculum and promotion of cultural
competence
Need for funding for L and T research