TILT ALTC 2016

Transforming Learning Through Scholarship

Professor Eunice Simmons

Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor

Nottingham Trent University

ACTI201 TILT

5 July 2016

The Trent Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) will act as a catalyst for the development, adoption, investigation and dissemination of innovation in pedagogy by academic and professional colleagues across our campuses.

TILT

The story so far…

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Activities, Awards and Funding

• 14 practice and scholarship groups

• Funding - Sabbatical scheme - New Seedcorn fund

• Awards - Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award- New Vice-Chancellor’s Outstanding Teacher

Awards

• Support for national teaching awards (HEA NTF and CATE)

• Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP)

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Practice exchange events

• Forthcoming events:

- The Body in Learning and Teaching workshop (co-sponsored by the HEA)8 July 2016

- Internationalising the Curriculum conference (collaboration with NTU Global)14 July 2016

- Personalisation workshop 14 September 2016

- BTEC symposium15 September 2016

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ALTC 2016• The highlight of the first year of TILT

• Colleagues from TILT / NTU and the wider learning community

celebrate and showcase their work to enhance practice exchange

• Fantastic opportunity to extend the community of practice around

teaching and learning

• Ensure that evidence-based understandings from pedagogic

research influence practice at NTU

• Inspire colleagues to invest in their professional development

Programme

• 35 sessions, the most ever at the ALTC

• Facilitated by colleagues across NTU inc.- TILT group members- Sabbatical holders

• Collaborative sessions with students

• Sessions led by colleagues from the wider learning community

• Keynote by Professor Dilly Fung: A vision of ‘good’ education: towards a Connected Curriculum

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Ways to nurture the innovative and inspirational teaching that is at the heart of what we do.

• Join a practice and scholarship group

• Nominate a colleague for an award

• Submit an application for a sabbatical or seedcorn fund

• Be a PGCAP mentor or tutor

• Attend a TILT supported event or better yet propose one

Find out more at: www.ntu.ac.uk/tilt