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Schedule for Today

• From 13:45 Coffee etc• 14:00-14:15 Welcome, Prof. Tom Ward, PVC Education• 14:15-14:20 The Purpose of Today, Sam Nolan• 14:15-14:30 Introducing Scholarship, Prof. Douglas Newton, School

of Ed.• 14:30-15:00 Developing a National Profile, Simon Forrest, Senior

Teaching Fellow, School of Medicine and Health• 15:00-15:30 Discussion Session: Why a Teaching Fellow Network

and What Should It Do for You, Sam Nolan• 15:30-15:45 What CARD can Do for You, Lowry McComb• 15:45-15:50 Looking Forward, Sam Nolan

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The Purpose of Today

• The aims of the network:• To provide support and mentoring to teaching fellows across the

university to develop scholarly activity and to provide a mechanism to allow additional interdepartmental scholarship activity.

• It will also provide a forum for advice and support on probation and promotion activity for teaching fellows.

• It could act as a voice to represent the views of Teachings Fellows at University level.

A Teaching Fellow NetworkWhat’s it for ?What should it do ?What shouldn’t it do ?

Sam Nolan

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• The response• The idea• What Next

– Discussion 1:• Scholarship

– Discussion 2:• Mentoring

– Discussion 3:• A Political Voice

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The Response

• List of emails from HR of all with majority teaching contracts (630 people)– Many were PGR Markers etc

• 1st Email Sent Out 15th Jan 2014• Within 24 Hrs 65 Registrations• To Date 110 Registrations• 55% picked 26/3 as date of first meeting• 45% confirmed attendance

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The Purpose of Today

• The aim of the network will be:• To provide support and mentoring to teaching fellows across the

university to develop scholarly activity and to provide a mechanism to allow additional interdepartmental scholarship activity.

• It will also provide a forum for advice and support on probation and promotion activity for teaching fellows.

• It could act as a voice to represent the views of Teachings Fellows at University level.

Scholarship

Strand 1

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Scholarship: Strand 1

• What would be/have been the challenges to you in engaging with scholarship ?

• What do you feel are the opportunities that being engaged with scholarship would provide ?

• How could a network of Teaching Fellows support you in developing your Scholarship ?

Some scholarly activities

Updating subject knowledge Attending a research seminarDeveloping teaching skills Attending a teaching conferenceGiving a seminar to colleagues Preparing a poster for a conference Speaking at a teaching conference Writing for a professional journal Active membership of a professional bodyStudy for a further qualification/for additional skills Devising anew approach to teaching Applying for a HEA teachingdevelopment grant Writing a textbook review Reviewing aresearch article Writing a textbook Being an editor of a professional journal Submitting a paper to a research journal Applying for research funds Promoting subject via the mediaPresenting a TV programme/series Raising the public profile of

asubject through writing Organising a conference

Progression & Promotion

Strand 2

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Progression: Strand 2

• What are the challenges for Teaching Fellows in seeking progression/promotion ?

• What do you feel are the opportunities for progression/promotion for Teaching Fellows ?

• How could a network of Teaching Fellows support you in seeking progression/promotion?

A Political Voice

Strand 3

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A Political Voice: Strand 3

• Do you feel as though Teaching Fellows need a voice within the University ?

• Why?• How could a Teaching Fellow Network provide this ?

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Next Meeting

• We’ll circulate a poll to find a suitable date for our next F2F meeting

• Venue (Derman Christopher Room – Thanks to CARD)• Idea for each will be to have some talks on Scholarship

from members of the network• A discussion session to allow the formation of a:

– Mentoring Group– ?