Teaching Expertise Guide
Supporting our staff to develop their expertise in teaching and facilitating student learning
This guide provides support for staff to deliver effective teaching and learning to students at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿, and to develop their expertise in this area.
This guide is structured principally around Bath Spa's Education Design Principles (see below). Each of the seven points links to a subpage on this theme. Each thematic subpage contains a short overview of this topic, and signposts to several highlighted resources which may help to support your practice and develop your thinking in this area.
There is also a section specifically focusing on Educational Partner Institutions.
Education Design Principles
These principles provide a summary of our Education Strategy 2030 Objectives and outline the nature of our students’ educational experience and gains.
A transformative learning journey with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ enables:
Through:
Underpinning these principles is a commitment by the University to support staff in the development of their expertise for teaching in higher education.
For further information on the Education Design Principles, see this summary document:
Educational partnerships support and resources
This Educational Partner-facing webpage brings together information and links to support colleagues with collaborative working and partnership management.
Learning Innovation
Learning Innovation is a peer-reviewed, open access publication of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿. Contributions reflect the University’s mission to use creativity and innovation to successfully address the key issues of our age, and our values of respect, inclusion, collaboration and sustainability. The linked webpage provides published editions, submission instructions, and further information.
About this guide
This guide is designed for:
- Staff at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ (both academic and professional services) who have responsibility for teaching and/or facilitating student learning.
- Staff at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s educational partner organisations who deliver specilialist courses leading to a qualification accredited by ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿.
This guide may also be of use in sharing practice with colleagues more widely across the Higher Education sector.
This guide is structured principally around Bath Spa's Education Design Principles (see above). Each of the seven points links to a subpage on this theme. Each thematic page contains a short overview of this topic, and signposts to several highlighted resources which may help to support your practice and develop your thinking in this area.
There is also a section specifically focusing on Educational Partner Institutions.
You can contact the Teaching Expertise Development (TED) team at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ on any enquiries or for further support.
A large number of guidance documents from external webpages and other sections of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ website are signposted/linked throughout the Teaching Expertise Guide.
Those guidance documents which are housed in the Teaching Expertise Guide are collated here:
- Accessible Teaching and Learning: BSU Good Practice
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Learning for our future
- Assessment Brief Template
- Assessment Moderation Guidance
- Decolonisation Toolkit
- Designing Accessible Assessments
- Education Design Principles
- Grading Descriptors and Marking Criteria Toolkit
- Providing Effective Feedback
- Writing ILOs
The Teaching Expertise Development (TED) team
Contact the Digital Learning Developers (DLDs) by email
| Dr Elena Carruba | Academic Professional Development Manager, BSU London Canary Wharf |
|---|---|
| Neil Glen | Academic Developer |
| Michael Harris | Digital Learning Developer |
| Catherine Hartell | Digital Learning Developer |
| Prof. Helen King | Director of Learning Innovation and Skills |
| Steven Lewarne | Senior Digital Learning Developer |
| Lorna Lewis | Academic Enhancement Lead (Educational Partnerships) |
| Dr Shaun Mudd | Head of Teaching Expertise Development |
| Katie Rawlings | Enhancement Support Co-Ordinator (Educational Partnerships) |
| Susana Romans-Roca | Academic Developer |
| Dr Victoria Walters | Digital Learning Developer |
| Becky Williams | Digital Learning Developer |
| Jake Williamson | Graduate Digital Learning Officer |