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13 Nov 2023: Registration is open for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education & Postgraduate Tutors, which was postponed from earlier in the academic year. Monday 15 January 2024 Register for the Annual Meeting 2023-24 Hosted by

21 Dec 2020: In September 2020, Cambridge teaching staff were offered a series of online workshops focused on online / blended learning design, provided by Skilled Education, an external learning design agency. Three of the most popular of these workshops will

6 May 2022: The Black Advisory Hub is seeking two postgraduate students to contribute to the pre-publication stage of their glossary on racially-inclusive language.

28 Apr 2016: The Centre offers warm congratulations to the winners of this year’s Student Led Teaching Awards, created to recognise the exceptional contribution from academic and non-academic staff to education at Cambridge. These individuals have been

15 Jun 2021: Students and staff are cordially invited to the 2021 online conference, Inclusive teaching and learning in higher education: theory and practice.

14 Nov 2016: Applications for the 2016-17 funding round of the Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund are now open. Grants of £10,000-£20,000 are available to projects assisting with implementing innovative practice in teaching and learning. Read the full

7 Nov 2023: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education running over the 2024-25 academic year.

2 Feb 2021: The new Technology-Enabled Learning Service will be offering a series of webinars to support staff in developing and delivering blended learning. Sessions will be recorded for those who can't attend and some may be repeated.

1 Oct 2019: In the spring of 2019 applications were received for the Teaching, Learning and Innovation Fund awards. We were delighted by the enthusiastic response, with 17 applications received across the University's six Schools.

18 Mar 2020: The Diversifying Assessment Forum was held on Friday 13 March 2020. The forum was opened by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo, and chaired by Professor Chris Young, Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee.

25 Jan 2023: We are pleased to open registration for the fourth Diversifying Assessment Forum in 2023.

12 Nov 2020: We are currently seeking students to contribute to two different strategic priority projects. The first is the Access & Participation Plan: Participatory Action Research Project, for which we are seeking paid student co-researchers.

11 May 2022: We are delighted to be once again offering the Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards. These awards are intended to recognise the significant contributions that our students make towards enhancing the Cambridge educational experience.

16 Nov 2022: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education running over the 2023-24 academic year.

4 Feb 2022: In an academic year that continued to be characterised by uncertainty, it was inspiring to read and learn about the incredible contributions made by our students to support and enhance the educational experiences of their peers.

29 May 2019: The CCTL is delighted to announce a new award for students! There are already two awards recognising excellence in teaching: the Pilkington Prize and the CUSU Student-Led Teaching Awards.

19 Feb 2021: We are delighted to be once again offering the Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards. These awards are intended to recognise the significant contributions that our students make towards enhancing the Cambridge educational experience.

5 Oct 2020: This year's Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching and Senior Tutors and the Annual Meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors were held online in September. You can now watch the recordings of each event's plenary

1 May 2020: We are delighted to be once again offering the Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards.

12 May 2016: The Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is a collaboration between the Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning and the Institute of Continuing Education.

7 Oct 2020: After the successful launch of the OSCEAs in 2019, the enthusiastic response from staff and students and the quality of the nominations confirmed our decision to make this an annual award.

12 Apr 2016: The winners of the 2015-16 awards from the Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund have been announced. The Fund offers grants of up to £20,000 for University staff to fund creative projects that will enhance teaching and learning at Cambridge.

8 Aug 2018: We hope that many of you will be able to join the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Prof. Graham Virgo, to reflect on priorities for the new Education Strategy and to inform its further development. The theme for the afternoon will be

8 Jul 2019: The new Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards, established by the Centre for Teaching and Learning only in May this year, are intended to recognise and celebrate the efforts made by our students in enhancing the excellence of

13 Dec 2023: Registration is now open for the Cambridge Teaching Forum and the Diversifying Assessment Forum. These events are for all staff across the collegiate University involved in teaching, supporting learning or assessment, whether at undergraduate or

1 Mar 2019: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which will be running over the 2019-20 academic year.

27 Jan 2022: Registration Registration is now open for the Cambridge Teaching Forum 2022 on Thursday 21 April.

25 Mar 2021: Following the success of the inaugural event last year, we were delighted to welcome nearly a hundred delegates to this year's Diversifying Assessment Forum, held on Tuesday 23 March.

9 Apr 2024: 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

14 Mar 2017: Two Cambridge academics, Dr Ruth Armstrong and Dr Amy Ludlow, have received a prestigious Butler Trust Award for their innovative ‘Learning Together’ project in which prisoners at HMP Grendon and students at the University of Cambridge study

14 Jul 2023: Registration is now open for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching & Senior Tutors, and for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education & Postgraduate Tutors.

20 Sep 2021: 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.

30 Jul 2019: Registration is now open for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching & Senior Tutors, which will be chaired by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo, and the Secretary of the Senior Tutors' Committee, Dr Mark

14 Dec 2021: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which will be running over the 2022-23 academic year.

13 Jul 2021: 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.

4 Mar 2021: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which will be running over the 2021-22 academic year.

28 Nov 2019: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which will be running over the 2020-21 academic year.

10 Nov 2016: news once again this week.

20 Oct 2021: 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

17 May 2021: 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

16 Apr 2020: The Centre for Teaching & Learning is delighted to announce the 2020 winners of the Pilkington Prize as follows: Dr Harriet Allen Department of Geography Dr David Bainbridge Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience Dr Feriel Bouhafa Fa

25 Nov 2019: Nominations are open for the 2020 Student-Led Teaching Awards (SLTAs), which exist to reward outstanding teaching and student support across the University.

19 Jun 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

7 Mar 2023: The Centre for Teaching & Learning is delighted to announce the 2023 winners of the Pilkington Prize as follows: Dr Mary Augusta Brazelton Department of History & Philosophy of Science Jesus College Prof. Nathan Crilly Department of Engineering Pr

5 Jun 2023: The Cambridge Teaching & Learning Recognition Scheme is designed for Cambridge educators who have already undertaken the activities, reflection and teaching practice that make them eligible for accreditation as a Fellow of the Higher Education

10 Oct 2023: We are pleased to congratulate the Blended Learning Service on their new dedicated website, which can be found at www.blendedlearning.cam.ac.uk. The Blended Learning Service is a centrally-provisioned resource dedicated to enabling and enhancing

7 Oct 2016: Thoughts on exams Whilst many people might think that the three-hour written paper is the traditional Cambridge way of examining, it is a relatively new innovation in this ancient University. The first written examination paper was created in 1800.

9 Jan 2019: Nominations are open for the Student-Led Teaching Awards (SLTAs), which exist to reward outstanding teaching and student support across the University.

7 Aug 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.

2 Apr 2020: CCTL have created a new section on our website: 'Teaching Remotely'. Our first new guide found there is ‘Moving Supervisions Online’.