Adopting outcome-based approaches to student learning involves four important areas of work for the purpose of enhancing quality of student learning in our programmes:

• as the starting point define clearly what students should be able to do on completing their course of study (intended learning outcomes)
  
  
• design the curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment to enable students to achieve the intended learning outcomes (alignment)
  
  
• collect data on students’ achievement of learning outcomes (outcomes assessment)
  
  
• use outcome assessment data to inform further development and enhancement of the programme/subject (continuous improvement)