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Future Facing Assessment and Feedback Labs

Assessment of student learning is a fundamental function of higher education. It is the means by which we assure and express academic standards and has a vital impact on student behaviour, staff time, university reputations, league tables and, most of all, students’ future success. Aligned to the University’s Future Facing Learning Strategy, the Future Facing Assessment and Feedback Learning Lab is designed to support course leaders and teams to develop sustainable, manageable and effective assessment and feedback for their course…

Recent Fellowship Successes through the University’s Professional Development Framework

Teesside University’s Professional Development Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning: Recognising Excellence in Learning and Teaching (RELT) encompasses our taught and CPD (Continuing Professional Development) programmes. Congratulations to the colleagues below who were successful in their recent applications (submitted through our CPD Programme) and achieved their respective Fellowship Awards…

Making the Case for Mindful Assessment in Higher Education

Earlier this month Dr. Sam Elkington (Principal Lecturer, Learning and Teaching Enhancement) delivered a webinar as part of Monash University’s global Transforming Assessment series entitled: ‘Making the Case for Mindful Assessment’. An overview of the work and a link to the webinar itself are outlined here…

FFL – Curriculum Enhancement Workshops

Curriculum enhancement is a central feature of the Academic Registry CPD offer. Aligned to the University’s Future Facing Learning Strategy, Teesside 2020 and to the UK Professional Standards Framework, the curriculum enhancement workshops are designed to provide academic staff with the opportunity to actively engage in meaningful dialogue…

Printing from your iPad

As the University pushes forward with the Future Facing Learning agenda, a question we frequently get asked in training is whether it is possible to print from the iPad to the MyPrint system. The quick answer is Yes! But it’s

Supporting and Recognising Teaching Excellence

The University’s ‘Recognising Excellence in Learning’ and Teaching Professional Development Framework is accredited by the Higher Education Academy providing external and independent confirmation that our taught and continuing professional development programmes are aligned with the UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education (UKPSF)…

Supporting staff to gain UKPSF accreditation

A strategic aim of Teesside 2020 is to develop professional high-quality staff that deliver to student expectations. The University’s Learning and Teaching Strategic Plan (2016-2020), elaborates further as to how this will be achieved…