A warm welcome to you if you are new to the University. As a new member of staff involved in teaching you will receive a range of support including:
You will receive a local induction into the teaching of your subject through your department and your mentor. During the recruitment process you will be allocated a mentor. If you have not been allocated one, mention this to your line manager.
The next Exhibition takes place on the 9th May 2012 at the Putteridge Bury campus and provides all new staff (all staff categories) with an opportunity to lunch and network with other new members of staff, you will find out about the resources available to staff and talk to key departments in the University. ODTU will contact you with relevant details.
This essential event (9.30am for registration – 4.30pm) is for all academic staff whether new to teaching, or more experienced but new to the institution and follows the ODTU run 'New staff Exhibition'. Academic staff who did not attend the previous sessions in September or January or who have joined since then should attend.
The Centre for Learning Excellence's role in the University is to help and support staff across the University to teach and promote learning effectively. This CLE day-long induction day complements local induction activity and puts your role in context. It also gives you an opportunity to develop cross-institutional support networks. As well as helping you to become more aware of the University’s teaching and learning philosophy and key processes We will try to address your teaching needs over the course of the day and flag up longer term assistance available to you and how the CLE can support you. The CLE Administrator will be in touch with details but if you have any queries, please email CLE@beds.ac.uk
The teaching@beds online resource has been designed to introduce the University and its approach to teaching and learning to tutors. The resource introduces you to the University and has sections on: curriculum structures; using technology (including BREO) to support teaching practices; support services; and assessment.
Completion of the first 30 credit unit of the HEA-accredited Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice supports our new members of staff. It is mandatory for those with less than three years experience of HE teaching, unless you have:
If you are a research student just starting at the University, as part of the Research Graduate School's Development Programme we run 'Introduction to teaching' and 'Introduction to Assessment' workshops. For further details, contact the Research Graduate School.
There are a number of useful external sources of information for new academic staff. The Higher Education Academy site is a good place to start. You can access your Subject Network from here which should provide helpful guidance on the teaching of your subject and student learning. There is also an on-line database of resources to support new academic staff.
If you have any queries about any of the above, please contact Lesley Lawrence.
