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Download file The UK is well placed to benefit from the new industrial revolution – and universities that focus on professional and technical skills are crucial to delivering the skills employers need (Industrial Strategy) Equally, if our students are to succeed in a world shaped by next generation technology, we need to equip them not only with the knowledge and skills they need but also with the right personal aptitudes and capabilities; resili…

Download file Alliance universities have developed areas of collective distinctiveness in learning and teaching which focuses on sustained student success in professional and technical education. The Teaching Excellence Alliance (TEA) seeks to enhance and promote this approach, at a time when scrutiny of teaching performance, value for money and skills gaps and productivity are high on the political agenda. The TEA recognises that sustained stude…

Download file The Teaching Excellence Alliance (TEA) has been set up by members of University Alliance, of which your university is a member, in order to enhance and promote excellence in professional and technical education (the distinctive model of Alliance universities) and to achieve sustained student success. Our areas of distinctiveness focus on progressive and innovative teaching strategies which integrate live, employer-relevant challenge…

Download file Teaching Excellence Alliance partners have been asked to nominate five colleagues from their institution to join the TEA Peer Review College as Members. This pack contains information to help with this selection and communication to colleagues, including: The background to and objectives of the Peer Review College, including Member profiles, to help you target invitations/ nominations; Terms of reference for Members, outlining the t…

Download file Welcome to the Peer Review College! You have been chosen by your institution because of your proven track record in teaching excellence. The idea behind the TEA Peer Review College is to draw on the cutting-edge pedagogic expertise from across the Alliance to benefit the whole network. The Peer Review College (PRC) is designed to be a shared resource that any member of the Teaching Excellence Alliance can access to provide support a…

Download file Teaching Excellence Alliance partners are asked to share existing, and create new, CPD for teaching staff and those that enable teaching, to provide support for staff members to enhance their practice and remain in ‘good standing’. This pack provides an overview of the types of activities within the scope of TEA-CPD to aid clarity and encourage members to get involved. It includes: The background to and objectives of the TEA-CPD str…

Download file TEA CPD is generally a bottom-up activity – led by the needs and interests of practitioners in universities. To compliment this we want to encourage more top-down activity and think this is a good approach for the Special Interest Groups. We suggest that we introduce a few broad themes and encourage a D/PVC to lead and champion each of the themes to support buy-in/ engagement of the TEA Management Group and to get more recognition f…

Universities and colleges have until tomorrow to decide whether to accept the emergency extra student places they have been allocated. Earlier this month, the government announced 10,000 extra student numbers after warnings that universities would be unable to cater for the record 10% increase in applications during the recession. The government will provide only grants and loans for the extra students, and not funding to universities to teach th…