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2020 Staff Conference
The 2020 Staff conference has been rescheduled for Wednesday 15 July. Focused on Excellence in Teaching & Learning, the conference will be delivered online.
There will be activities around sharing practice and skills development, debating key issues, and learning about strategic developments from across the Coventry University Group.
It will also provide a forum for sharing lessons learned from the move to remote teaching and for updates on strategic initiatives such as the Digital Teaching and Learning Project (Aula implementation), the Student Engagement Programme, and curriculum developments (New Academic Year, Curriculum 2025, Accessibility & Inclusion).
New programme of training for academics now available
30+ workshops to support remote teaching and assessment
We are delighted to launch a range of online professional development events aimed at supporting transition and developing remote teaching, learning and assessment practices.
This series of events is open to all academic staff, course teams and to those who are supporting learning experiences. The Academic Development team will continue to build on shared practices and use these events to bring the community together.
The new Programme of APD Events is available from now through to the end of September 2020. We look forward to seeing you online at one or more of these sessions.
Louise Wilson
NANP Programme - June & July
Are you new to Coventry University? Would you like to join the community of new starters across your faculty and across the university?Have a look at the programme and come along to any of the sessions you feel would be useful. There will be invited speakers and an opportunity to network with new colleagues. If you would like to discuss further, please contact your faculty academic developer:
Wed 17th June | 2-3pm: Creating great learning experiences Wed 24th June | 2.30-3.30pm: Practical Tips on how to increase student engagement in teaching online |
Wed 1st July | 2-3pm: Digital tools for online learning Wed 8th July | 2-3pm: Library Wed 15th July | 2-3pm: Registry |
Prevent - Training
Prevent is part of a Government initiative to help protect and safeguard vulnerable people who may be susceptible to radicalisation by extremist terrorist groups and ideology.
Anyone within the University who works with students are advised to engage with this training package.
We have now launched a new online package which contains video clips and interactive material, provided by the Home Office. The online course gives you an opportunity to interact with the on-line materials and helps you to identify and therefore safeguard those who might be vulnerable to radicalisation.
Susan Bray
Online Teaching Observations
There are now new online forms available to use when carrying out teaching observations, namely online.
Management Led Teaching Observation FormsIf you are carrying out a Coventry University Management Led Teaching Observation, you will have the choice of three forms to use. These are:
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Peer Led Teaching Observation FormsThe forms used for management led teaching observations will also be available to use for Peer Led Teaching Observations. The following two additional forms are also available specifically for Peer Led Teaching Observations. These are:
Susan Bray |
Coventry University Framework for Professional Accreditation
CUFPA – Case Study
"Being member of the Higher Education Academy is a recognition of my continuous effort to develop as an academic teacher."
My name is Panos Sitarenios and I am a Lecturer in Civil Engineering Geotechnics in Coventry University. Before joining Coventry University, I studied for my PhD in Greece and I did Post-Doctoral Research in Italy. During my PhD studies, I was systematically teaching as a TA acquiring some teaching experience in an academic environment.
When and how did you get your AFHEA? I got my AFHEA in Spring 2020 after successfully completing Module “7000CRB - Developing and Enhancing Teaching Practice in HE” as part of the PGCert APHE, offered by Coventry University Academic Development Team.
Why was/is this important for you? Being member of the Higher Education Academy is a recognition of my continuous effort to develop as an academic teacher. HEA is a vibrant community of academic educators and thus presents increased opportunities for academic development through synergies.
