Past Cambridge Teaching Forum Resources

Resources including slides, handouts and recordings from previous instances of the Cambridge Teaching Forum can be found below.

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2025

The 2025 Teaching Forum took place on Tuesday 22 April at the Student Services Centre.

We welcomed Prof. Tansy Jessop, University of Bristol, as this year's keynote speaking on Fostering student agency and engagement in curriculum and assessment.

2024

The 2024 Teaching Forum took place on Thursday 18 April at the Student Services Centre. We were delighted to be able to increase our capacity almost two-fold this year.

We welcomed Dr Camille Kandiko Howson, Imperial College London, as this year's keynote speaking on Teaching excellence and educational gain: Lessons for staff and students. The event was opened by Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Prof. Bhaskar Vira.

2023

The 2023 Teaching Forum took place on Friday 21 April at the Student Services Centre. The theme for this year's event was Engaging with development, challenge and change in teaching, learning and assessment.

We welcomed Prof. Kathleen Quinlan, University of Kent, as this year's keynote speaking on Ensuring our teaching is relevant in challenging and changing times. The event was opened by Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Prof. Bhaskar Vira.

2022

The 2022 Teaching Forum took place on Thursday 21 April at the Student Services Centre for the first time. The theme for this year's event was supporting students' sense of belonging, both through their transition into Cambridge and through representation in the curriculum.

We welcomed Dr Karen Gravett, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at the University of Surrey, as this year's keynote speaking on Fostering belonging as situated practice. The event was opened by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Stephen Toope and chaired by Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Graham Virgo.

2021

The 2021 Teaching Forum took place on Monday 19 April, online. We were delighted to welcome nearly 200 delegates and speakers to the event as a result. The event was opened by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Stephen Toope, and the day was rounded off by reflections from the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Prof. Graham Virgo.

We welcomed Prof. Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University, as this year's keynote speaking on Transforming university education: Challenging myths about good teaching.

2021 recordings (links currently unavailable)

Each of the videos below contains timestamps in the description, which will let you skip to the specific talk you are interested in.

2019

The 2019 Teaching Forum took place on Friday 22 March at Newnham College. The event was opened by Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Prof. Graham Virgo, outlining his vision for education at Cambridge.

We welcomed Dr Naomi Winstone, University of Surrey, as this year's keynote speaking on From transmission to transformation: Maximising student engagement with feedback.

I find it refreshing that the panel discussions are not afraid to take on challenging issues.

I particularly enjoyed the parallel sessions, because they discussed the issues in real depth, with concrete material to illustrate the concepts they were exploring.

2018

The 2018 Teaching Forum took place on Tuesday 17 April at Murray Edwards College. The event was chaired by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Prof. Graham Virgo, with panels on inclusive teaching & learning at Cambridge and assessment, student learning and examinations.

2017

2016

The University's inaugural Teaching Forum was opened by then-Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Prof. Graham Virgo, and attended by 120 delegates. Themes addressed across the eight presentations included innovative uses of learning technologies, students' transition, learning gain and student wellbeing.