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26 Aug 2016: Book onto "Teaching STEM Students with Specific Learning Difficulties" (focus on reading & research, laboratories & fieldwork, maths strategies & essay strategies). ... Book onto "Teaching Arts & Humanities Students with Specific Learning Difficulties"

14 Sep 2020: This year's deadline was extended to allow late applications to be submitted by staff seeking to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on residential teaching in the Easter Term through the use of technology-enabled learning.

1 Feb 2022: Naa Annoa Abekah-Mensah, Megan Coe & Raquel Scarpa-Gebara Highly Commended, Access & Outreach Raquel, Annoa and Megan have created a podcast series, “Shade in Cambridge”, which provides a platform for stories, experiences and perspectives of s

30 Sep 2021: As Cambridge embraces widening participation, the emerging attention to awarding gaps incudes the recognition that the ‘hidden curriculum’ around examination practices can privilege particular cohorts of students over others.

22 Oct 2019: The Cambridge Higher Educational Studies Research Ethics Committee has established a three-stage process by which projects are assessed for ethics review, detailed below. ... group of research ethics committee members only (normally within two weeks of

12 Oct 2022: CCTL's Educational Research. The Cambridge Centre for Teaching & Learning aims to provide a sustained focus on complex educational priorities, help develop an evidence base for both designing and evaluating enhancement ... Developing research-informed

16 Jul 2020: A quick guide to using Microsoft Teams for teaching online

15 Sep 2021: This project explored how disabled students with mental health conditions who also have co-occuring neurodiverse conditions might be identified and supported through enhanced diagnosis and screening.

24 Sep 2021: Traditional modes of assessment such as essays and timed invigilated examinations still have their place in the modern university and students benefit from them.

19 Oct 2021: Accommodations benefit one person at a time, but accessible and inclusive practice can benefit everyone who interacts with your material. Beginning with Moodle, the guidance below is designed to support you in creating a supportive and accessible

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

12 Aug 2021: This guidance is the product of a research project undertaken by current University students, and has undergone extensive consultation with disabled students and their representative bodies.

13 Sep 2022: This project explored how students and supervisors understand formative feedback, identifying helpful and unhelpful practices in supporting students' mental health and academic performance.

20 Sep 2022: There is evidence, both in sector-wide research and in research and enquiry in Cambridge, as to what major underlying issues are and how they can be addressed.

9 Aug 2016: Admissions Selection Workshop The Senior Tutors' Committee expects those involved in the undergraduate admissions selection process to receive appropriate training. Led by Admissions Tutors, these workshops help you to make your contribution to the

2 Mar 2016: Colleagues from the Department of Engineering spoke about undertaking research with students to develop contextualised understanding of factors giving rise to awarding gaps, and about how this understanding will inform improvements

18 Jan 2024: The Researcher Development Team coordinate the University's core programme of workshops and activities designed to equip PhD students with the skills needed to successfully complete their research degree and prepare

1 Feb 2022: David has also taken a leading role in the College’s recently established Interdisciplinary Research Hub on Gender, most significantly in the organisation of an international panel of speakers to discuss

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

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

12 Aug 2021: Librarians who are interested in participating in future discussions and research should contact CCTL.

23 Sep 2021: The awarding gaps for both of Cambridge's target student groups decreased between 2018-19 and 2019-20; in the case of Black students it nearly halved within just one year of the pandemic.

15 Sep 2021: Most students who might consider accessing EPS were unaware of it as an option before interacting with this research.

16 May 2023: Networks RAISE Network TSEP - The Student Engagement Partnership Sparqs - Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland Jisc CAN - Change Agents' Network A network of staff and students working in partnerships to support curriculum enhancement and

15 Sep 2021: This project explored disabled students' perceptions of the value of more diverse assessments methods for their academic performance and wellbeing.

15 Sep 2021: Hybrid is a delivery method that aims to engage with an audience that is separated geographically with some students attending in person and others participating online via a live stream.

13 Sep 2022: This project explored the impact of expectations surrounding 'Black excellence' upon the educational experiences and mental wellbeing of Black students at Cambridge.

24 Sep 2021: Black and BAME awarding gaps As the Office for Students notes, there are stark differences between ethnic groups in terms of the degree class they achieve.

23 Sep 2021: The following tables summarise the data sources that are available to help course coordinators, Departments and/or relevant committees or working group identify the awarding gaps in their particular contexts.

4 Feb 2022: Between March and July 2021, CCTL led a short, focused project to explore students' and staff experiences during the pandemic, in order to inform enhancement activities over the next three to five years.

9 Apr 2024: and learning, enquire into approaches to curriculum design, feedback and assessment, and expand your knowledge and practice through introductions to higher education research.

15 Sep 2021: We drew on and extended previous student-led research on assessment, including the diversifying assessment project from Cycle 1, and a more recent survey on diversifying assessment (March 2021) disseminated by

10 Nov 2016: news once again this week. ... Cambridge is a place that welcomes and nurtures talent where ever it is found and that pushes boundaries in research and practice.

4 Mar 2021: The terms of reference for the Cambridge Higher Education Research Ethics Committee are:. ... approved by UREC in June 2019, to review this research by applying that Standard Protocol.

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

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.

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

15 Sep 2021: Report: Curricular Representation Project (PDF). Our research objective was to open up more discussions about Black scholarship within different Cambridge undergraduate degrees, and highlight the level of choice given to students ... We conducted

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

28 Nov 2019: If you wish to access the Examination Results Analytics dashboard for the first time (or many other dashboards of wide-ranging data sources such as student survey results or research activity),

27 Sep 2021: The Cambridge initiatives listed above align with recommended good practices highlighted in the sector guidance for addressing awarding gaps.

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

13 Sep 2022: This project explored staff perceptions of diversifying assessments within their own disciplines at Cambridge, looking at lessons learnt from the pandemic and scope for the future.

14 Sep 2023: The PGCTLHE offers a progression opportunity for those who wish to develop research-informed scholarship of teaching in a multidisciplinary course environment in which peers share expertise and learn from each

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.

12 Aug 2021: Inbuilt provision Where a Faculty or Department has their own established alternative methods of presenting information to students, for example using Moodle, it may be appropriate to build content note provision into the system.

31 Jan 2022: Cambridge Equine Veterinary Society Winner, Peer Support The Cambridge Equine Veterinary Society were nominated for their inspiring work with the clinical skills team in support of their peers during the disruption of this year.

15 Sep 2021: Two qualitative research methods were used: focus group questions with the student co-researchers and an online survey distributed to Black British students across Cambridge. ... This project was awarded funding by the Cambridge University Diversity

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

27 Nov 2019: The topics covered range from wayfinding on campus and wellbeing through to academic practice and research skills. ... Finding one’s way around the institution can be challenging, and contemporary academic practice and research skills may be unfamiliar,