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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.

21 Jan 2020: Why make your teaching and learning resources open for others to use with only a few restrictions? A short outline of what it means for CamGuides to be an open educational resource.

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

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

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

2 Dec 2020: A discussion with Abi Smith Abigail Smith is a third-year undergraduate reading Geography at Queens' College.

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.

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

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

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.

2 Oct 2020: Hamish Symington and Laura Taylor Highly Commended, Peer Support The Cambridge BBSRC DTP is a PhD programme [spanning departments and institutes across the biological sciences]. As a student representative on the DRP Training Committee, Hamish

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

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

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

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

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

2 Oct 2020: Anthie Moysidou Highly Commended, Access & Outreach Chrysanthi-Maria (Anthie) has been a tremendous asset to the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology and to Newnham College, primarily for outreach but also for peer support during the

26 May 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' focus on attainment gaps.

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.

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

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

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

1 May 2020: decision to undertake a curriculum review, or even set up a new practice entirely on their own.

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.

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

22 Jul 2020: Guidance for supervisors of research students, including tips on maintaining contact, monitoring student progress and support, first-year assessments and final thesis.

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

2 Oct 2020: Oliver Antczak and Nishant Gokhale Highly Commended, Inclusive Practice 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

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

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

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

20 Apr 2020: His revised teaching programme introduces elements of psychiatry early in the curriculum and includes a focus on theoverlap of psychiatry with physical conditions in a much moreintegrated manner.

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.

30 Apr 2020: Supervisors and tutors of postgraduate students can now find contact information for Directors of Postgraduate Education directly on CamSIS.

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.

7 Aug 2020: The 'Flipped Classroom' approach in Cambridge science teaching The 'flipped classroom' approach is a pedagogical method whereby students are introduced to core material and concepts during independent study time before a lecture, practical or class,

2 Oct 2020: Hamish Symington Highly Commended, Access & Outreach Hamish is a passionate, committed, prolific and effective contributor to outreach and access.

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.

7 Aug 2020: This article is part of a series describing the outcomes of the Technology-Enabled Learning Programme projects (2019-20). The opportunity to learn more about (what at first seems) a different field of Manuscript studies was enlightening and

2 Oct 2020: Hope Bretscher and Akhila Kadgathur Jayaram Winners, Inclusive Practice Hope Bretscher and Akhila Jayaram were both nominated for their outstanding work for Cavendish Inspiring Womxn.

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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.