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

22 Jan 2020: For early-career and more experienced colleagues, there are opportunities available to challenge and improve your teaching practice even further.

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

1 Oct 2020: Abigail Smith Winner, Inclusive Practice Abigail Smith received a nomination with supporting statements written by three different members of staff, and endorsed separately by yet another. We have captured only a fraction of their recommendations

14 Sep 2020: Across Cambridge, dedicated educators are striving to improve the learning outcomes of students through the use of enabling technologies. By way of shining a light on these pockets of activity and innovation, Cambridge University Press has created

16 Jul 2020: Information about large-group teaching - lectures, classes and seminars - and the differences between online and face-to-face teaching

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

10 Aug 2020: Pace and Inclusivity: some things we learned from the pivot to remote education It's been several months since Cambridge made the shift to remote education and working. By now, after numerous Microsoft Teams meetings and Zoom sessions, we are

2 Oct 2020: Elly Walters Highly Commended, Inclusive Practice Elly is the most impressive student I have met in my 25 years at Cambridge, at College AND Faculty level, in terms of her activities towards inclusiveness.

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

15 Dec 2020: Esme Cavendish is the current Undergraduate Access, Education and Participation Officer for the Cambridge Students' Union. She studied her BA in English at Christ's College, graduating in July 2020. In this article, Esme discusses what we can learn

30 Apr 2020: Guidance for those supervising and supporting research students

2 Oct 2020: Ellie Payne and Emily Winson-Bushby Winners, Peer Support Ellie Payne and Emily Winson-Busby were nominated for their initiative and dedication in setting up systems of support for students engaging with the intermission process.

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.

29 Jul 2020: and to integrate inclusive practices into the curriculum and across the University.

16 Jul 2020: A brief guide to help you conduct your first session using Zoom

2 Oct 2020: Edwin Bahrami Balani and Matias Silva Winners, Innovative Practice Edwin Bahrami Balani and Matias Silva were nominated for their efforts to rapidly deploy an entirely new platform in response to some of the educational needs suddenly created by the

20 Apr 2020: CCTL have published three new guides on our website as part of our 'Teaching Remotely' suite, to complement the existing Moving Supervisions Online guide.

29 Apr 2020: Conducting interactive STEM teaching online Dr Matt Castle Like many other lecturers during the emergency transition to online teaching and learning, Dr Matt Castle has been busy adapting his course material.

6 Aug 2020: Guidance on setting up your technology in advance and preparing an appropriate environment for supervisions

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.