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New Academic Staff

Programme update August 2013

Please note that the TLHE programme is currently under going a University wide review. We are not taking new applications for the Postgraduate Certificate in TLHE. All new and current staff will be contacted shortly by Staff Development with further information regarding this review and its implications for training provision.

• Introduction to the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education programme
• Information about exemption from the programme
• List of staff members who are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy

Welcome to Bristol University and its new lecturer induction programme

We want to support you and help you quickly establish yourself as a confident, effective and enthusiastic teacher.

During your early years there will be competing demands on your time and expectations that will pull you in different directions. We want to help you manage that, and help you produce the evidence that will enable you to quickly progress on the University's main career grade.

Following widespread consultation and feedback from staff who have attended the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (TLHE) Programme and feedback from Deans and Faculty staff, from 2008/09 we revised delivery of the TLHE programme.

These changes were designed to keep the programme aligned with institutional requirements, individual circumstances and national developments, whilst providing more faculty and discipline specific elements to complement the core generic programme.

We now run the programme in a new format beginning with a half day Induction, followed by staff booking on to half day sessions to complete other mandatory programme elements.

The induction involves a generic introduction to the University by the Vice-Chancellor outlining what it means to teach at Bristol and the ethos of the University (world-class teaching in a research-led environment).  There is then an introduction to the programme; details of the career pathways, and an outline of progression/promotion procedures and criteria and the importance of programme completion with respect to these.  There are also faculty-specific elements delivered by faculty academic staff.  Whilst the focus is on teaching we also emphasise the University’s expectation that in a research intensive University research must inform teaching. 

The programme is mapped onto the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education (UKPSF).

Summary of the programme

Summary of progression through the programme

The programme is designed:

• evidence your development and competence in line with the revised UKPSF which the units are mapped against.
• to be modular, so that we can provide timetabled support throughout the year.
• to be flexible, taking account of individual experience, interests, subject area and study preference.
• to be evidence, rather than attendance driven.
• to take account of the University's Teaching and Learning, Research and Career Development strategies.

Our objectives are for you to be able to:

• use reflection as a tool for critical thought on the teaching and learning process.
• manage, support and enhance student learning through a variety of approaches and strategies.
• use a range of strategies to evaluate your teaching and to assess student learning.
• show evidence of your awareness and understanding of important issues that influence your teaching, your assessment and your students' learning.

Exemption

Whilst the programme is mandatory, we recognise that you may come with experience of teaching elsewhere, and we will acknowledge this. If you feel you have a case for exemption, then make a case for us to consider. For further information please read our Guidance Notes and Exemption Application Form. A brief overview of the exemption criteria is detailed below.

Exemption Criteria

Staff will be deemed new to teaching in HE and will be required to complete the programme at core progression level unless they have evidence of one of the following:

1. Successful completion of a similar programme in another HEI that satisfies the UK Professional Standards Framework (UK PSF) for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Standard 2.

2. Registered Practitioner/Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) by completion of a similar programme in another HE Institution.

3. Registered Practitioner/Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) via a personal submission to the HE Academy.

4. Successful completion of a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) or BEd within the last five years.

5. Three or more years’ experience as a Lecturer in a previous HE institution/s over the last five years AND demonstration of competence in relation to all the UK Professional Standards; followed by TLHE Steering Committee recommendation.

Current members of the HEA

See a list of University of Bristol staff who are Fellows of the HEA.