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2 Oct 2020: Akil Hashmi Winner, Access & Outreach Akil Hashmi was nominated for his incredible work not only co-founding the non-profit InsideUni with Tommy Gale, but also broader contributions to access in all he does.

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

21 Jul 2020: Guidelines for supervising when working with disabled students, provided by the Disability Resource Centre

21 Jan 2020: It introduces some of the information, academic and research practices that Cambridge students commonly use during their degrees, reducing the learning load once they arrive in Cambridge. ... Certainly within the library community in Cambridge,

2 Oct 2020: Kayla Malone and Richa Sharma Winners, Academic / College Representative Kayla Malone and Richa Sharma received no fewer than five nominations from their peers for their efforts as student course representatives. Excerpts from just one are presented

24 Jan 2020: Registration is now open for the Cambridge Teaching Forum 2020, which will be held on Tuesday 14 April at the Student Services Centre.

2 Oct 2020: She invited Dr Anne Neville from Microbiotica Ltd to talk about recent advances in microbiome research. ... to talk about her research and her experiences as a PhD student.

16 Jul 2020: A brief guide for getting started with Google Meet

26 May 2020: Andy Rice, University Reader at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, shared with us the work he and PhD student Daniel Hugenroth have been undertaking to collate examples of supervisors' models and approaches to online supervisions.

29 Apr 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

2 Oct 2020: Lucy Bayliss and Lucien Davies-Jones Highly Commended, Academic / College Representative The new History and Modern Languages Tripos has been running for three years and has yet to complete a full cycle of the four-year degree, which has meant

16 Jul 2020: Figuring out what works for your large-group teaching and sharing questions and ideas with colleagues

16 Jul 2020: Guidance on how best to learn from your own experience of supervising online and that of others

29 Apr 2020: Wolfson College Library has responded to new ways of working by moving existing services online and developing tailored support for students wherever they are based.

20 Jul 2020: Selecting software or tools for different teaching activities

18 Nov 2020: Cambridge academics talk about their experiences teaching online, and a student representative discusses their learning experience

3 Aug 2020: Information about technologies, differences between online and face-to-face teaching, facilitating inclusive discussions, ​and choosing between live and asynchronous styles

2 Oct 2020: for a symposium to feature research talks by students, talks from prominent invited speakers, a student poster session and interactive sessions with representatives from companies and external organisations. ... was attended by around 150 students.

29 Jul 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.

4 Jun 2020: Applications are now open for the Teaching Associates' Programme running over the 2020-21 academic year.

21 Jul 2020: Some common teaching activities, online challenges, options and tools

26 May 2020: We joined a team of student and staff co-researchers to undertake participatory action research for the University Access and Participation Plan. ... A mind map produced by Emma and Emrys in planning the Content Notes research project.

2 Oct 2020: In outreach, he has made plant sciences (particularly pollination and the importance of bees) accessible by engaging with The Times, New York Times, the BBC, Sky News, Naked Scientists and the

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

17 Jul 2020: Considerations for planning your lecture, including choosing between synchronus or asynchronous teaching and how both options can be enhanced.

17 Jul 2020: Guidance on planning your online supervisions, including: inclusive discussions, feedback and supervision activities.

29 Jul 2020: The University's Access and Participation Plan: Participatory Action Research (APP PAR) Project was launched at the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year in response to the Office for Students' ... Over several editions of the newsletter we are hearing

2 Oct 2020: Eliza Jane Lockhart Highly Commended, Academic / College Representative This has been an extraordinarily difficult year for all faculties and departments, their administrative / leadership teams and their students: first, two significant spells of

22 Jul 2020: Search site. Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning. Guidance for supervisors of research students. ... Continue to hold group meetings to facilitate wider research discussions and maintain the group dynamic.

9 Oct 2020: Cambridge University Press are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Technology-Enabled Learning Prize.

2 Oct 2020: In October, Oliver and Nishant created the Indigenous Studies Discussion Group, receiving modest support from the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre.

6 Aug 2020: One of the most important teaching skills for undergraduate supervisions is the ability to guide students in discussion, or in shared problem solving – and to do so in a way that includes all students in contributing to and learning from

21 May 2020: We spoke to Dr Dee Scadden, a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, about her development of Getting to Grips with Online (Remote) Learning, a Moodle site which gathers advice, ideas and examples of preparing interactive online teaching and learning

3 Apr 2020: Cambridge University Press are pleased to announce that they will be awarding two prizes for excellence in Technology-enabled Learning at Cambridge, for the second year running.

2 Oct 2020: Wanipa Ndhlovu Highly Commended, Access & Outreach Wanipa Ndhlovu has made an exceptional contribution both to the College and to the University as the Trinity College Student Union BME Officer and President of the University's African Caribbean

7 Aug 2020: A preliminary report has been published in Physiology News; a more detailed analysis is being prepared. ... He, J. (2020). Research and practice of flipped classroom teaching mode based on guidance case.

6 Aug 2020: Basic information to guide you through online supervision, including: technologies, connectivity & accessibility, differences with in-person supervision, video conferencing options and recording supervisions.

2 Oct 2020: Mitchell Chiew Highly Commended, Academic / College Representative Mitchell volunteered to serve as student representative on the Part III Committee... within his first week of arrival.

1 Sep 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

7 Aug 2020: The team were keen to explore not only the affordances but also the influence of technology on research:. ... Together they analyse an encoded example and discuss the decisions they make as digital researchers, and how those decisions affect the future

2 Oct 2020: Zhenghao Li and Katie-Lou White Highly Commended, Academic / College Representative Katie-Lou and Zhenghao have been outstanding student representatives even before the Covid pandemic, but their work became both more intense and more central during

30 Apr 2020: Guidance on how to structure a conversation about realistic expectations and create a working agreement is now available in the Research and Resources Form. ... Finally, in response to the move to remote working, the Education Quality & Policy has put

20 Jul 2020: How to share your screen or touch-screen device and collaborate with students in the same space in realtime

2 Oct 2020: local schools to speak about their research and work.

2 Dec 2020: Moving clinical medical education into an online forum Jeremy Webb is a GP who works as Clinical Sub Dean at the School of Clinical Medicine, where he leads on Staff Development. He has completed a Master's in Medical Education and was awarded the

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

2 Oct 2020: Ben Laurense, Katie MacLeod and Ming Yin Winners, Academic / College Representative Ben Laurense, Katie MacLeod and Ming Yin were nominated jointly for their work as student representatives, Ben and Ming on the Faculty Board of Mathematics, and

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.

2 Oct 2020: their research. ... The event title "From Research to Practice: Experience from Education" had students from India, Macau and Pakistan provide insights into the specificities of their research contexts.

12 Nov 2020: The first is the Access & Participation Plan: Participatory Action Research Project, for which we are seeking paid student co-researchers.