Introduction
We launched two new programmes in 2022-23 - the Advancing Educational Practice Programme and Cambridge Teaching & Learning Recognition Scheme - both of which offer colleagues routes to accreditation with Advance HE. Our Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education will be introduced in accredited form this 2023-24 academic year.
“Working with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines has been of great value in broadening my world beyond the limits of my own field. The programme has both helped to fill gaps and has given me the confidence to continue to explore, improve and build on what I have learned, putting that into my everyday practice.”
Advancing Educational Practice Programme
The first cohort of 28 Cambridge educators to complete this flexible, nine-month programme are now accredited as Fellows of the Higher Education Academy. Working within small peer groups and with the support of a tutor, participants inquired into teaching and assessment strategies that encourage deeper, active learning; developed their own inclusive designs for learning; devised their own exercises in peer observation of teaching and evaluating learning.
For more information, contact Dr Mary Beth Benbenek (mbb37)
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
The seventh cohort of the PGCTLHE saw 24 Cambridge colleagues participate in this twelve-month, flexibly structured programme. The PGCTLHE offers a progression opportunity for those who wish to develop research-informed scholarship of teaching in a multidisciplinary course environment in which peers share expertise and learn from each other. Our 107 alumni across six previous cohorts include four recipients of the University’s Pilkington Prize for Teaching Excellence, Directors of Teaching, Senior Tutors, early-career academics and professional services colleagues.
For more information, contact Dr Meg Tait (mebt1)
Cambridge Teaching & Learning Recognition Scheme
The Cambridge Teaching & Learning Recognition Scheme supports colleagues in applying for national recognition of their teaching and learning support experience with Advance HE accreditation, with a programme of workshops and experienced tutors. Already 17 colleagues have secured recognition as Fellows and Senior Fellows of the Higher Education Academy, and in 2023-24 we will further be supporting applications for Associate Fellowship. The Recognition Scheme aims over time to develop and support a community of colleagues who continue to contribute as tutors and assessors.
For more information, contact Dr Kamilah Jooganah (kj388)