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11 May 2023: Role: staff partner The staff partner's responsibility for certain aspects of the project should be negotiated and agreed with the student partner(s). Partnership working means shared expectations and understandings, rather than dictation.

23 Sep 2021: Course / Tripos data Given the current focus on the awarding gaps by ethnicity and disability groups, it is understandable that individual courses might want to examine their performance in those areas and assess their contribution to the overall

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.

15 Sep 2021: This project explored whether Black British students and staff at Cambridge would benefit from a centralised source of advice and educational support, such as an Advisory Hub.

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 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

24 May 2023: Inclusive collegiate education and environments Registration is now open for the second Intercollegiate Forum on Tuesday 20 June. Cambridge undergraduate education is distinctive, and Colleges as academic communities are key to students' educational

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

1 Feb 2022: Tamara Achampong Highly Commended, Peer Support Tamara is a hugely inspiring young scholar.

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.

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

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

31 Jan 2022: Cambridge University Surgical Society Winner, Innovative Practice The Cambridge University Surgical Society received a number of nominations for their incredible efforts to support their peers during the incredible disruption of the 2020-21 academic

19 Jan 2023: Registration is now open for a one-day forum co-designed by the student researchers participating in Cycle 4 of the APP Participatory Action Research Project: "The Black awarding gap and decolonisation at Cambridge: An open forum about the data,

30 Sep 2021: Next: The hidden curriculum.

27 Sep 2021: Review curriculum, teaching and learning practices. Assess the extent to which the curriculum and teaching practices impact on racially minoritised and disabled students’ achievement and whether there is sufficient acknowledgement and

15 Sep 2021: This project explored examples of existing peer learning and support to be found across Cambridge, and looked at which are most effective in supporting students' mental health and academic performance.

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

13 Sep 2022: This project explored personal and structural barriers to self-advocacy, how these impact students with mental health conditions, and how they could be addressed.

20 Nov 2018: Nominations Process Heads of School are asked to invite nominations from each of their constituent Faculties / Departments and to select two nominations from this pool. Please see the page on the scope of the Pilkington Prize for more information on

11 Oct 2016: The University has launched its new Digital Strategy for Education, which aims to provide a framework for the introduction of technology that supports teaching and learning.

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

15 Sep 2021: This project explored staff and student understandings of the role and value of content notes in helping students to engage with their study materials without risk to their mental health.

15 Sep 2021: This project explored the perceived value of 'Double Time' (Extension to Period of Study) to disabled students with mental health conditions.

23 Sep 2021: Whilst the awarding gaps were identified through analysis of the available relevant statistical data, it was unclear why these gaps occurred.

13 Dec 2021: Learning Design Toolkit | Moodle. Informed by the ABC Curriculum Design methods of UCL, the Learning Design Toolkit has been developed with Cambridge practices in mind to help facilitate iterative developments to

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.

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

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

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.

15 Sep 2021: There are a wide variety of ways to implement content notes, and some may be more or less appropriate depending on course structure and content, teaching style, material format, etc. Below are descriptions of some practices which may be appropriate,

17 Feb 2021: The Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) Service is a new team situated within Education Services, created to support University staff in the transition to greater blended teaching and learning in the wake of the pandemic and in support of longer-term

24 Oct 2019: Spotlight Articles focus on recent projects, people or case studies to explore the range of teaching activities and innovations underway across the University of Cambridge.

15 Sep 2021: This project explored the assumption that STEMM subjects are less likely to have an awarding gap for Black British students than Arts or Humanities subjects.

4 Aug 2016: Supervising Postgraduate Research Students: Workshop Combining short case studies with time for questions and discussion, these practical workshops enable participants to consider the supervisor's role, best practice in guiding students' progress, a

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

24 Oct 2019: Committee Members Chair: Dr Ruth Walker (CCTL) Dr Alexa Horner (Student Admissions & Access) Holly Rowe (Student Admissions & Access) Rachel Bailey (School of Biological Sciences) Dr Sonia Ilie (Faculty of Education) Dr Alex Pryce (Foundation Year

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.

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

11 Nov 2022: Senior Teaching Associate cvl29@cam.ac.uk Publications In Press Lowe, C. (2024) 'An Inclusive Future for Higher Education Through Teaching Outside of the Box'. Outside the Box: Rethinking Higher Education Pedagogy in Arts and Humanities. Ed. Glenn

1 Feb 2022: Topics so far have included colourism, decolonising the curriculum, the intersection of race and class, COVID-19 and inequality and – in a particularly lively episode – the broader implications of the backlash

16 May 2023: Partnership Focus. Overview. Reference. Co-constructing decolonised curriculum; Curriculum development; Co-creation of reading lists. ... Crilly, J., Panesar, L., and Suka-Bill, Z. (2020) Co-constructing a Liberated / Decolonised Arts Curriculum.

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

23 Jun 2016: Last night we raised our glasses in toast to the Class of 2016: the biochemist, clinicians, computer scientist, engineer, geographer, historian, linguist, material scientist, philosopher, neuroscientist and social anthropologist – all of whom were

29 Jun 2023: A cross-institutional forum bringing together those critically engaging with the range of theories and practices of evaluation in higher education, held Friday 13 October 2023.

6 Jan 2021: CHESREC will meet once a term, when they will consider applications for Stage 3: Full Review. Please ensure that your applications are submitted at least one week before the committee meeting date, or they may not be added to the agenda papers.

14 Sep 2023: Introduction The Cambridge Centre for Teaching & Learning (CCTL) comprises teams specialising in educational development and in postgraduate researcher development.

18 Jan 2024: Are you a Cambridge postdoc looking to gain valuable teaching experience? 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

23 Jun 2017: Last night saw the 24th Pilkington Prize ceremony at Gonville and Caius College. 13 Prize winners were invited to enjoy drinks on the lawn before attending the ceremony itself in the Bateman Auditorium. Celebrations were concluded with a delicious

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.