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The 2025 Pilkington Prize winners with Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Bhaskar Vira, and the donors, at the prize ceremony at Christ's College in June

Pilkington Prizes awarded in recognition of excellent teaching

16 June 2025

We enjoyed a beautiful evening last week at Christ's College celebrating the 2025 winners of the Pilkington Prize, on Wednesday 11 June. Fourteen members of staff were celebrated for their outstanding contributions to education, with the Prizes awarded by Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education Prof. Bhaskar Vira and Vice...

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Gain accreditation for your teaching & support of learning through the Recognition Scheme

12 June 2025

The Cambridge Teaching & Learning Recognition Scheme is designed for Cambridge educators seeking accreditation as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy . Drawing on your existing experience and reflections on teaching and supporting learning, participants on the Scheme are supported in drafting an application for...

Kirsty Wayland, a former outstanding member of the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre, for whom the annual disability lecture is named

Register for the upcoming Kirsty Wayland Disability Lecture

2 April 2025

Registration is open for the annual Kirsty Wayland Memorial Disability Lecture. Date: Tuesday 22 April Time: 5.30-6.30pm Venue: Old Divinity School, St John's College For this year's lecture, Harriet Cannon and Prof. Pam Birtill, University of Leeds, will discuss: Competence standards and disability: What next for...

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Register for the Diversifying Assessment Forum 2025

28 March 2025

Registration is now open for the Diversifying Assessment Forum 2025. Date: Thursday 26 June Time: 10.00-13.00 Venue: Student Services Centre This event provides a venue for staff engaged in activities related to assessment to explore opportunities and processes for changing, refining or adapting existing assessment...

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Pilkington Prize

19 March 2025

The Centre for Teaching & Learning is delighted to announce the 2025 winners of the Pilkington Prize as follows: Dr Tore Butlin Department of Engineering Queens' College Dr Alexander Carter Institute of Continuing Education Fitzwilliam College Dr Nicholas Evans Department of Clinical Neurosciences Wolfson College Dr...

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Apply now for the Advancing Educational Practice Programme

17 February 2025

Over the course of this nine-month cohort programme you will explore theories of learning, develop a philosophy of teaching and learning, enquire into approaches to curriculum design, feedback and assessment, and expand your knowledge and practice through introductions to higher education research. You will work on a...

Present your work at the Cambridge Teaching Forum 2025

3 December 2024

We warmly invite you to submit a proposal to share your practice, initiatives and research with the wider collegiate University at the Cambridge Teaching Forum on Tuesday 22 April 2025. Registration is now open to all.

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Register for our annual meetings for Directors of Teaching, Senior Tutors, Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors

21 November 2024

These events provide opportunities for colleagues to share ideas, expertise and good practice, and to hear about and inform some of the collegiate University's larger conversations about education. Both events events will be hosted by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Bhaskar Vira.

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Apply for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education 2025-26

13 November 2024

Open to any Cambridge teaching staff with at least three years' experience teaching in higher education - participants include senior lecturers, librarians and teaching officers. During this 12-month course you will develop enquiry-based approaches to engaging with educational challenges and improvements in the education of students.

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Apply now for the Researcher Development Fellows Programme

4 November 2024

Are you a Cambridge postdoc looking to gain valuable teaching experience and accreditation? Are you interested in delivering researcher development workshops for PhD students? This programme will support you in learning to design and facilitate interactive teaching sessions and provide paid teaching experience.