Workshops and online courses
We offer a range of workshops and online courses designed to support you in your role. Book your place using the CPD Training platform or get in touch if you would like us to deliver a session for a group in your School or Institute.
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Reflective Practice to Enhance Teaching
Description: If you are interested in exploring these questions and others, join this workshop which introduces evidence-based concepts of reflective practice. Using a range of reflective models, we will discuss the importance of 'critical dialogue' and examine different approaches to the evaluation of effectiveness of professional practice.
Book this courseDeveloping Inclusive Education for Neurodivergent Learners
Description: In this interactive workshop, staff will share examples of best practice that have enhanced education and the student experience for neurodivergent learners. Participants will then work collaboratively in groups to explore ideas and identify ways to develop and improve their own practice.
Book this courseMaking Feedback Work
Description: The aim of Making Feedback Work is to reflect on current feedback practices in light of sector best practice and principles, and to discuss additional sustainable activities that can be designed into programmes to positively impact student experience.
Book this courseLarge group interactive teaching in practice
Description: After completion of this workshop you will be better able to: Deliver an interactive learning experience tailored to large groups, incorporating evidence-based strategies to enhance engagement. Demonstrate effective communication skills in a large-group interactive teaching context. Provide and respond to constructive peer feedback on large group teaching, with the aim of improving your own teaching practice.
Book this courseIntegrating Sustainability to Your Education Practice
Description: The workshop will enable you to explore the relevance of sustainability to your own disciplinary area, and share examples of a range of effective approaches for embedding sustainability into education. You will also generate, share and discuss ideas for integrating sustainability within your own education practice.
Book this courseTeach Your First Session: A Whole-Day Introduction to University Teaching
Description: Teach Your First Session is a dynamic, full-day programme designed to equip PGRs beginning teaching this academic year with the essential skills and reflective tools needed for effective teaching at Queen Mary. By the end of the day, you’ll leave not only with practical teaching techniques but with new insights, new connections, and a strengthened sense of yourself as an educator.
Book this courseEffective Feedback for Summative Assessment (PREP)
Description: The workshop will explore ways of developing feedback practices and strategies that support students to engage with feedback, increase students’ feedback literacy, and help students realise their full academic potential.
Book this courseEffective Feedback for Summative Assessment Workshop - (PREP)
Description: The workshop will explore ways of developing feedback practices and strategies that support students to engage with feedback, increase students’ feedback literacy, and help students realise their full academic potential.
Book this courseSupervising Students’ Academic Work (Taught Programmes only) (PREP)
Description: This practical workshop will help you build your skills, expand your strategies, and reflect on your approach to supervising students. You'll explore a clear framework for supporting academic development in supervision, with plenty of hands-on activities, real examples, and useful resources to take away.
Book this courseTeach Your First Session: A Whole-Day Introduction to University Teaching
Description: Teach Your First Session is a dynamic, full-day programme designed to equip PGRs beginning teaching this academic year with the essential skills and reflective tools needed for effective teaching at Queen Mary. By the end of the day, you’ll leave not only with practical teaching techniques but with new insights, new connections, and a strengthened sense of yourself as an educator.
Book this courseMEd Academic Practice Information session
Description: The MEd Academic Practice is open to colleagues who have completed a PGCAP (or equivalent) at Queen Mary or elsewhere in the last five years, or who have Fellowship of Advance HE and evidence of recent scholarship. This short information session will provide information and guidance for potential applicants.
Book this courseAssessment Design for Academic Integrity
Description: This interactive workshop explores assessment through the lens of academic integrity and helps you identify ways in which you can use assessment design to minimise the risk of academic misconduct while maximising student engagement.
Book this courseDesigning, Delivering and Assessing Group Work
Description: Group work is a key component of Queen Mary’s Education Approach, supports learner engagement, and for many sectors is an essential employability skill. Working in diverse groups fosters creativity and innovation and can help learners develop intercultural competence. Despite these benefits, for many learners, working in groups can be a stressful experience. In this practical workshop, you will learn strategies and techniques to help you plan and run group work effectively.
Book this courseImplementing Flipped Learning Effectively
Description: This interactive workshop will introduce you to the key principles of flipped learning and how they can be used in practice. A flipped learning approach can be used to enhance student-paced learning, interactive large group teaching and small active learning groups.
Book this courseMEd Academic Practice Information Session
Description: The MEd Academic Practice is open to colleagues who have completed a PGCAP (or equivalent) at Queen Mary or elsewhere in the last five years, or who have Fellowship of Advance HE and evidence of recent scholarship. This short information session will provide information and guidance for potential applicants.
Book this courseIntercultural Teaching and Learning Strategies: Improving Communication and Incl
Description: This interactive workshop identifies the barriers to communication among internationally diverse groups and explores ways in which you can adapt your communication style and your course content to ensure that both are as inclusive and effective as possible.
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