Dr Roisin Curran

Overview

Roisín started her teaching career in Further Education in 1997 having previously worked in the financial services industry in London for nine years. Since 2004 she has worked as a staff and educational developer at Ulster University, was Interim Head of CHERP (2020-23), and in June 2023 took up a new position as Head of the Centre for Curriculum Enhancement and Approval. Roisín led a cross-disciplinary project team at Ulster as part of a national 'What works? Student Retention and Success Change Programme (2013-16)' involving 13 institutions across the UK. This collaborative action research has further extended our knowledge of what works in relation to improving student retention and success. She has a particular interest in student engagement and has published papers on the impact of a 'students as partners' approach on staff-student engagement. In 2018, Roisín co-developed Ulster’s Integrated Curriculum Design Framework (ICDF) that scaffolds the student journey and encompasses the three dimensions of curriculum design of Knowing, Doing and Being (Barnett and Coate, 2005). Roisin is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.