Academic professional development opportunities
The Centre for Learning & Teaching's professional development opportunities can be accessed through the CLT Professional Development Programme.
Depending on your teaching experience and professional development goals, you can access this flexible and inclusive programme of activities and resources to gain access to:
- Pathways to Fellowship to support experienced and early career staff who seek to gain professional accreditation.
- Development opportunities for all staff interested in enhancing their teaching practice, or research skills.
Find out more about our full programme
Early Career Pathway to Fellowship
The Early Career Pathway to Fellowship is a work-based curriculum of active learning for early career lecturers. It is aimed at developing your understanding of academic practice within your individual, departmental and disciplinary context. Successful completion will lead to HEA Fellowship.
Find out more about the Pathway for early career staff
Experiential Pathway to Fellowship
The Experiential Pathway to Fellowship enables experienced staff to gain Associate Fellowship, Fellowship or Senior Fellowship accredited by Advance HE in recognition of their teaching, supervision and/or learning support.
Find out more about the Pathway for experienced staff
PedR - Network
The Pedagogical Research Network aims to enhance learning and teaching in higher education through the critical enquiry of pedagogies, policy and practice.
For more information and to book your place
Information on how to join the PedR Network and events
Development opportunities for research staff
Find out about development opportunities for research staff, codes of practice, induction and other support provided by the Research & Innovation Services at the University.
Find out more about researcher development opportunities
Academic Career Academy
An intensive and practical programme to help research staff to explore both the big picture and the detail of academic jobs.
Find out more about the Academic Career Academy
First Steps into Teaching
Undertaking teaching during your doctoral studies is a great way to develop a variety of transferable skills that are highly valued by employers inside and beyond academia. The University has re-organised the training of doctoral students who are expected to teach.