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Courses & Conferences & Certificates, Oh My: Making the Most of Your Pro Devo Funds

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Whether you’re looking to advance your higher ed career, transition to a role outside of higher education entirely, or just looking to gain some new skills for your current role, it’s important to utilize the professional development resources at your disposal. Continue Reading →

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Professional Development and Professional Recognition for University Teachers: a mentor’s eye view

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

We’re all Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) , so we know what it’s like to take a good hard look at our own teaching and our students’ learning, to challenge ourselves to improve and to go public on our successes and disappointments and what we’ve learned from them.

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From PgCAP to PTAS: Co-creating a new Development Needs Analysis for PGRs

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Soon after I had taken on a new role as Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development in autumn 2022, I enrolled on the PgCAP programme. So, what all started as part of my own professional development, resulted in a project all about professional development, and created a professional development opportunity.

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From PgCAP to PTAS: Co-creating a new Development Needs Analysis for PGRs

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Soon after I had taken on a new role as Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development in autumn 2022, I enrolled on the PgCAP programme. So, what all started as part of my own professional development, resulted in a project all about professional development, and created a professional development opportunity.

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Developing professional MOOCs

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Dr Louise Connelly is a Lecturer in Academic Development, and Laura Wardrop is the CPD Manager for the Easter Bush Campus. The University offers a wide range of continuing professional development (CPD) resources and courses, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), on different platforms (EdX, Coursera, and Future Learn).

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Using open access resources in teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Benefits of using open access resources in teaching There are many reasons engaging with OA content is beneficial across all aspects of higher education. Open access publishing is a key way for professionals to engage with valuable research and theory.

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Mini-series: Blogging – What is it good for?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Blogging is also at the heart of the Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA), one of the professional development pathways to Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Blogging to enhance your professional practice is also the topic of Episode 5 of the Teaching Matters podcast (released later today).

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