The University Group’s Staff Conference for 2021 will consist of three smaller inter-connected part-day events, running on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th June.   

The conference will be delivered online and will provide a forum for sharing practice, learning new skills/approaches and being updated on University Group developments. Having three inter-connected events will enhance the opportunities to interact with colleagues. 

The conference will focus will on three themes which will run across each day, these themes are inclusion; assessment; and digital.   

Look out for further details on how you can engage with the University Group’s Staff Conference and add the dates to your calendar.

For any queries please contact:  coventryconference.ad@coventry.ac.uk  

We are pleased to announce we are offering accreditation in the form of a Light Bites 'Digital Badge'.

Light Bites is a series of workshops where we explore the use of digital to support our teaching. We explore the technology available to us from the perspective of teaching and learning.

This badge will recognise those who have engaged with our workshops and employed Light Bite Learnings in their teaching practice.

To achieve accreditation, you will need to attend at least three Light Bite Workshops and have experimented with 'Light Bite learnings' in your teaching practice. We ask you to present your experiments and experience at a peer-assessed Light Bite show and tell. Successful participants will achieve a Light Bite Accreditation Digital Badge.

Light Bites: 'Saying it Out Loud' is a series of workshops where we explore online presence.

Facilitated by theatre professional and actor Sonia Ritter, we deconstruct and consider how we engage students through a video stream; how we can use; our voice, our posture, movement and space as we engage our students in learning. And how we can better care for ourselves in the process.

Light Bites: 'Say it Out Loud' runs weekly. Find out more here and search for SAYING.

Ian Upton (Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning)

There have been two Coventry University Framework for Professional Accreditation (CUFPA) panels in this period, 17th November 2020 and 9th March 2021.

Over these two panels 81 applications were received of which 56 were recognised. These applications include 9 from our international partner MEC. The breakdown of the award of Fellowship at this Panel was as follows:

• Associate Fellow: 5
• Fellow: 19
• Senior Fellow: 31
• Principal Fellow: 1

7010CRB Introduction to Teaching and Learning and the PGCert APHE

We are please to announce that 23 people have successfully passed the 7010CRB Introduction to Teaching and Learning module gaining Associate Fellowship. We have also seen 61 people successfully pass the PGCert APHE gaining Fellowship.

Congratulations to you all on your successful completion.

If you are interested in professional recognition, 7010CRB module or PGCert please contact acdevunit@coventry.ac.uk 

The New Academics Network Programme (NANP) is organising a new event.

On Thursday 20th May at 1pm a new session will take place on “Teaching Online – What have we learned” to share ideas and good practices.  

You are invited to visit the Padlet page and add some content about what you have learned and what has gone really well for you and students on your courses/CPD sessions. Anything useful, funny, insightful is welcome.

Peter Harrison  (Academic Developer - Internationalisation)

Will miss you!