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Workshop series on online/blended learning design open for booking now

1 September 2020

An online series of workshops focused on online / blended learning design will be running over the course of September, provided by Skilled Education, an external learning design agency. These workshops are free for Cambridge teaching staff to attend, though places are limited to fifty participants. You can find out more...

Updated guidance on teaching in 2020-21 released

7 August 2020

As the next academic year approaches, we have extended our introductory guides to teaching online. Easter Term 2020 required a rapid adaptation under very challenging circumstances. Our revised guides address affordances and challenges of Teaching in 2020-21, including larger-group teaching (lectures, seminars and classes...

Registration is open for two events for directors of teaching and education, senior tutors and postgraduate tutors

29 July 2020

Registration is currently open for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching & Senior Tutors , and for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors . Both events will be chaired by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo, and will feature panel...

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Extraordinary teaching in extraordinary times

19 June 2020

We were delighted in April to announce the 2020 winners of the Pilkington Prize . For obvious reasons, the planned Pilkington Prize celebration can't go ahead this summer. We are very much hoping that we'll be able to welcome this year's Prize Winners and next year's to a double celebration in 2021. In the meantime, the...

Applications are open for the Teaching Associates' Programme

4 June 2020

Applications are now open for the Teaching Associates' Programme running over the 2020-21 academic year. This programme is designed for early-career academics and researchers (inluding postdoctoral researchers, early-career college lecturers, and PhD students) who teach Cambridge students, and will support you in extending...

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Join the Remote Teaching, Learning & Assessment Discussion

26 May 2020

The Remote Teaching, Learning & Assessment Working Group has set up a new group on Yammer to act as a discussion board for all Cambridge staff involved in remote teaching, learning and assessment. We very much encourage you to join the group to engage with colleagues sharing questions, ideas and tools. It's easy to...

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Deadline extended for the Technology-Enabled Learning Prize 2020

21 May 2020

The deadline for applications to the Technology-Enabled Learning Prizes has been extended to Tuesday 30 June . The Technology-Enabled Learning Prizes – one for Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences, and the other for STEM and Medicine - are awarded by Cambridge University Press. It aims to reward Cambridge academics and...

Nominations are open for the Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards 2020!

1 May 2020

We are delighted to be once again offering the Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards. Intended to recognise the incredible contributions that our students make towards enhancing the Cambridge educational experience for all, last year's inaugural awards demonstrated a clear desire by members of the University...

New resources available for postgraduate supervisors and tutors

30 April 2020

Supervisors and tutors of postgraduate students can now find contact information for Directors of Postgraduate Education directly on CamSIS. When CCTL convened the first meeting of Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors last September, one of the main themes to emerge was the need for more fluid lines...

New webinar series on teaching remotely starting this week

29 April 2020

Online Learning Services at Cambridge University Press are running a short series of webinars designed to support teaching staff in their move to remote teaching. The first session is this Thursday 30 April , and will explore "maintaining student engagement remotely" . The series will comprise five sessions in total, and...