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Booking is now open for the Mind the Gap workshop series, an opportunity for staff to engage in discussion about awarding gaps. The series will explore what the current available data tell us about awarding gaps in course and College contexts and how we might effectively address these.Anybody from the University with an interest in investigating aw…

Applications are open for the role of Project Associate for the new Black Advisory Hub.The Project Associate will be responsible for coordinating the ongoing development of the Black Advisory Hub and the delivery of a range of programmes aiming to improve Black student experiences at Cambridge. They will have a substantive role in taking forward ne…

Would you like the opportunity to contribute to University-level strategic projects? We are currently seeking students for two initiatives with differing levels of input needed.First is the APP Participatory Action Research Project, for which we are seeking paid student co-researchers. Building on the first two cycles of the project, you will be ta…

This year's Annual Meetings for Directors of Teaching, Senior Tutors, Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors were held online once more.Recordings of the plenary discussions and panels are now available for anybody who missed the opportunity to attend or would like to look back over the events (Raven access required).In additio…

The new Awarding Gaps Consultation Team is currently calling for expressions of interest from Faculties and Departments seeking advice and support for their focused work on awarding gaps.We anticipate working with four undergraduate courses across 2021-22, with priority given to courses who have already self-identified awarding gaps, issues or inte…

A new interactive online course, designed to help staff develop an understanding of best practice in the design and delivery of inclusive teaching and learning, has been launched.The course has a focus on how the practical application of such an inclusive approach can remove the disadvantage many disabled students face in accessing their teaching a…

Registration is now 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 discussions, students contributions, and sma…

Yesterday saw the 27th Pilkington Prize awards ceremony take place, online for the first time ever.Thirteen members of staff were celebrated for their outstanding contributions to education, with the Prizes awarded by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo. The ceremony was opened with a message of congratulations and …

Students and staff are cordially invited to the 2021 online conference, Inclusive teaching and learning in higher education: theory and practice.This conference, organised by the International Network of Inclusive Practice in coordination this year with CCTL and the DRC, will take place across the week commencing 21st June.The event will focus on i…

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Black Advisory Hub website.This website, comprising the first phase of the Black Advisory Hub rollout, is intended to act as a student-facing hub of information and support for Black students at the University of Cambridge.It is a dynamic resource which will continue to be enhanced and expanded in collab…

Students and staff from across the collegiate University are warmly welcomed to the launch of Cambridge's new Black Advisory Hub.This online launch will be hosted by a team of student co-creators who were involved in the development of the Hub. The programme will include a Q&A session for students with Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope, as we…

Applications are now open for the Teaching Associates' Programme running over the 2021-22 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 your understanding of teac…

The deadline for applications to the Technology-Enabled Learning Prizes has been extended to Friday 14 May.Following a year in which the importance of digital technologies to the provision of Higher Education has been thrown into sharp relief, the Technology-Enabled Learning Prize aims to reward Cambridge staff supporting student learning who have …

A range of materials from the Cambridge Teaching Forum 2021 are now available for members of the University on the Materials page(Raven access required). These include recordings of most sessions and slides from all, as well as a transcript of the chat from the plenary meeting space.The annual Cambridge Teaching Forum provides a stimulating environ…

The Centre for Teaching & Learning is delighted to announce the 2021 winners of the Pilkington Prize as follows:Dr David CliffordFaculty of EnglishHomerton CollegeDr Elizabeth FisteinSchool of Clinical MedicineLucy Cavendish CollegeProf. Beverley GloverDepartment of Plant SciencesQueens' CollegeDr Hannah JoyceDepartment of EngineeringSt John's Coll…