Learning objectives are specified by teaching staff. They describe particular items of learning related to a component of a degree programme, such as a lecture, tutorial, module or attachment. Learning outcomes are also set and described by teaching staff, but refer to the whole degree programme and relate to the point of graduation. They are usually specified with a hierarchy of levels, with a top level consisting of large domains of learning. Within each of these domains, subsidiary outcomes are described, with increasing levels of granularity (Harden RM, 00 )
