Curriculum development in a European context: an account of a collaborative project

Abstract

Abstract This paper critically evaluates the process and outcome of a recently completed joint TEMPUS-project between a Hungarian, a British and a Dutch institution for higher agricultural education. The project strongly focused on curriculum restructuring and staff development. The paper examines the outcomes of the project by applying a set of quality indicators. These indicators are formulated on the basis of a review of recent theoretical contributions on curriculum development in higher education. The paper also discusses the content of the project within the rapidly changing rural sector of Hungary. The project objectives have been achieved to a considerable extent. What started as a limited innovation spread to become a faculty-wide movement to innovate existing curricula and to enhance the wider skills of institutional management.