New location for the Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning |
| The Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning has moved! You can now find us on the ground floor in the Administration Building in room 0.44, opposite the conference centre. Are you curious about our new place? You are welcome to come and take a look. For questions, feel free to contact us. See you at our new address! |
Keep developing yourself as a teacher |
As a teacher, you can take advantage of all kinds of development offers in the field of teaching, organised by the Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT). From courses to curricula and workshops to webinars. In September, all teaching will move to Brightspace so we are still organising sessions in July on how to activate your teaching with the new Learning Management System Brightspace and how to approach your teaching in an academic way. A number of workshops are also already planned in the new academic year, on student welfare and working with the new Brightspace LMS. Be sure to check out the complete offer and sign up!
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Start or join a Special Interest Group |
The Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT) facilitates teachers to exchange knowledge and experiences. One way of doing this is by participating in, or starting a new Special Interest Group (SIG). In a SIG, lecturers meet regularly around a shared interest in a defined topic that is close to their heart and relevant to academic teaching. Participation in a SIG is open to all lecturers at UU. In addition, you can also start a SIG yourself. Are you interested in a specific teaching topic? See if there is already a SIG for it or start one!
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Registration basic and in-depth Community Engaged Learning course open to teachers |
| Do you want to learn how to develop meaningful education together with community partners? The course Community Engaged Learning (CEL) and the in-depth course CEL offer you the knowledge and skills to get started with CEL in your educational practice. You will learn how to set up sustainable collaborations, actively involve students in social issues and stimulate reflection. The in-depth course is aimed at teachers with experience in CEL who want to further develop their teaching. Registration for both learning courses is now open. Interested? Register via the website! |
| Save the Date: Symposium on alternative forms of testing in the age of AI |
On 18 September, the Higher Education Research focus area is organising a symposium on alternative forms of testing in the age of AI. This afternoon will focus on research into such forms of testing. Get inspired by stimulating keynotes, delve into innovative testing practices, and engage with colleagues from various disciplines on how to research opportunities and challenges in the AI context. Anyone with an interest in higher education research is welcome to attend. Keep an eye on the newsletter - registration to follow soon! Translated with DeepL.com (free version) |
From the teacher community T@UU |
| Reminder: help us understand the impact of the (upcoming) budget cuts at UU |
| Together with the Utrecht Young Academy (UYA), T@UU is conducting a survey to learn more about how recent budget cuts are affecting staff across Utrecht University. Your input gives us valuable insight into the effects these changes may have on our academic community. Thanks for contributing! If you have any questions, you can reach out to tauu@uu.nl. |
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Call for Proposals for Joint Educational Activities (CHARM-ED) |
| Do you have an idea for educational innovation or a new programme that could benefit from CHARM-EU collaboration? Are you looking to strengthen your European networks and embed CHARM-EU’s educational principles (e.g. challenge based, transdisciplinary, technology enhanced) into your teaching? The CHARM-ED Call offers funding to support the development, enhancement, or redesign of higher education and lifelong learning activities across the CHARM-EU Alliance. |
| New application process for Continuing Education |
| There is a new application process for Continuing Education. The faculties, Graduate Schools, and Onderwijsadvies & Training have worked together with the Office OvP on this for the past three years. As with bachelor's and master's education, OSIRIS is the core system. |
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| However, the application, admission, and enrolment process works differently for professionals than it does for students. For this, the OSIRIS Case module is used. Additionally, there is an extra step involved: invoicing. Would you like to know what the application process looks like? Watch the animation video (for university staff) and view the infographic (for professionals). |
Eight interdisciplinary education projects supported by IDO Incentive Fund
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| Eight new education projects receive funding from the IDO Incentive Fund. These interdisciplinary initiatives contribute to innovative and groundbreaking education at UU. Although not all submissions could be honoured, we are proud of the selected projects. Curious which projects have been awarded? Read on in the full post and meet the inspiring ideas that will be further developed in the coming period. |
From the Teaching and Learning Collection |
Open Mind game challenges to look further |
| From now on, the Open Mind game, a creative educational game in the style of “whodunit”, is available in the Apple App and Google Play store. Students play it on their own phones and receive mysterious messages from an unknown sender. By talking to different characters about their traits, values and beliefs, they have to unravel who the sender is. Gradually, players are confronted with their own assumptions and prejudices. The short game is easy to implement in education, for instance as an introductory activity to give students a more open mindset. |
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