Staff Development at the University of Strathclyde

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Staff Development at the University of Strathclyde

• Christine Sinclair
• Centre for Academic Practice
• University of Strathclyde
• 50 George Street
• Glasgow
• G1 1QE

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Staff Development Activities at Strathclyde

• Investors In People http//www.iipuk.co.uk/
• Leadership capacity
• Equal opportunities
• Innovative learning environment
• PDP and research planning
• Partnerships and vocational programmes
• Benchmarking/QA for support departments

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Departments Involved in Staff Development

• Centre for Academic Practice
• Personnel Office
• Learning Services
• Also
• Safety Services
• Student Affairs
• Residences and Catering
• Estates Management

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Financing Staff Development

• 3.5 million in aggregate
• (including conference attendance)
• 3.5 of staff costs
• Departmental and central
• Special funds

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Staff Development in Context

• All staff
• PDP (replacing staff appraisal)
• Probation requirement
• 3-day course in Teaching, Learning Assessment
• Advanced Academic Studies
• Desirable
• Membership of Higher Education Academy
• Specific issues - e.g. VLE

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Examples of Staff Development Schemes

• Learning, Teaching, Assessment (3 days)
• Joint with University of Paisley
• Intensive, highly interactive
• Content
• student learning various teaching methods
  assessment evaluation course design
  presentationfeedback

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Examples of Staff Development Schemes

• Advanced Academic Studies
• Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma
• Core modules
• Professional Development Planning Learning,
  Teaching Assessment in Higher Education, the
  Integrative Module
• Options
• Web based Teaching, Developing an Accessible
  Curriculum for Disabled Students, Supervising
  Postgraduate Research, Academic Writing

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Centre for Academic Practicehttp//www.strath.ac.
uk/Departments/CAP/

• Support for staff and students
• Refocusing on learning context
• (Centre for Academic Practice and Learning
  Enhancement)
• Director five other academic staff
• Working with management, faculties, departments,
  individuals
• Some other areas of work
• applied research, assessment, creativity,
  e-learning, information literacy, management
  development, PDP, postgraduate support, quality
  assurance, student learning, writing.

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The Scottish Context

• Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
• http//www.shefc.ac.uk/
• Quality Assurance Agency
• http//www.qaa.ac.uk/
• Enhancement led institutional review
• Enhancement themes assessment, supporting
  student needs, flexible delivery, employability
• http//www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/