The CLCC has a strong reputation for innovative teaching. Our lecturers’ student feedback is consistently above the university average and some of our Field Leaders, present (Elizabeth Hauke) and past (Giskin Day), have been awarded President’s Medals for Excellence in Teaching. Our flagship Horizons programme for undergraduates now enrols over half of our undergraduate students, delivering over 40 courses in humanities subjects and global issues, and ten languages over six levels.
The CLCC is thus well positioned to help and support Departments in delivering positive outcomes for Imperial's Learning and Teaching Strategy and to integrate the innovative teaching of Horizons (including expertise found within the Science Communication Unit) within the new curricula of Departments. Over the past few years, several such collaborations have arisen and we aim to formalise, streamline and expand the process going forward.
Case Studies
Adventures in Education
Business Ethics for Chemical Engineers
Greg Artus, Scott Biagi and Michael Weatherburn teach business ethics to 1st Year Chemical Engineers
Science Communication & Public Engagement
Case Studies
Curriculum Consultancy for Public Health
Dr Elizabeth Hauke's curriculum consultancy for the BSc Global Health
Educational Escapades
German for Chemistry doctoral students
Julia Dorfler's course preparing PhD students for work in Germany
Case Studies
Mandarin and Japanese for the Royal College of Arts
Revolutions in Biomedicine Summer School
Horizons staff work with the Faculty of Medicine Summer School
Science Communication for Earth Sciences and Engineering
Horizons Bespoke Projects
Futures forecasting for Environmental Technology
Dr Michael Weatherburn explores futures, forecasting and scenario planning with MSc students
Ethics for MSc Security Science and Resilience
Exploring the ethical consequences of the development and application of science and technology
Creatively Addressing Medical Education
A project examining experience and art with CLCC's Giskin Day.
Horizons Bespoke offers a framework for CLCC to support Departments in designing and delivering innovative, cross-disciplinary modules addressing the graduate skills shortages identified in the strategy (communication skills; cross-disciplinary work; global challenges perspectives; leadership and team work capabilities, etc.). Horizons Bespoke will enable the co-creation of modules that are discipline-flavoured (thanks to the field-specific expertise found in Departments) but are characterised by the approaches used in and experience garnered from Horizons and the Science Communication Unit. Such modules would run within the normal departmental timetable (and not in the protected Horizons slots) and avoid duplications with Horizons so as not to compete with the Horizons offer.
Please contact us for an exploratory discussion on how the CLCC can best support your teaching and your students' learning. Horizons Bespoke is by nature a flexible framework, and we are always happy to discuss suggestions and help with identifying the best way of working together.
Horizons Bespoke Contacts
- Lead: Dr Ana Costa-Pereira
- Sustainability, transferable skills, inclusivity: Dr Elizabeth Hauke
- Humanities, ethics: Dr Michael Weatherburn
- Languages: Dr Iria González-Becerra
- Science communication: Dr Felicity Mellor