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Education activity refers to any activities which support student learning.
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Education overview
Education activity refers to any activities which support student learning, including:
- establishing new modules, programmes and short courses
- developing subject materials
- curriculum development and learning design
- personal tutoring
- consultation and collaboration with professional bodies on course design and accreditation
- working with students on curriculum reform projects.
It may also include cross-disciplinary teaching opportunities, works of scholarship of teaching and work with external partners that support learning, teaching and assessment development. In the context of UCL’s aspirations for research-based education, it also includes activity to promote and design new opportunities for students to participate in research activity.
UCL’s promotion criteria for teaching prioritise evidence of leadership in education, whether locally, within a department, institutionally, or nationally/internationally, where you have made a substantial contribution to the direction of the discipline and its teaching or education scholarship.
Grade 7
Threshold: an individual on this grade will demonstrate successful contribution to the development of a subject’s teaching programme, with particular emphasis on the relationship between research and education. All teaching activity is of a consistently high standard.
Networks and reach: students, including those from diverse backgrounds; immediate colleagues in subject field.
Activity: Examples of activity that would be typically expected of an individual working at this grade. Equivalent core or specialist activities may attach to particular career paths and disciplines | |
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Core: Translating advances in the subject area into own teaching delivery Use of a range of appropriate technologies, and providing timely and effective feedback to students Demonstrate inclusive teaching practices | Specialist: Broader or more in-depth core education activities above; or some core education activity at next level Supporting students outside the classroom Supervision of staff and/or students; or management of other delegated education resources or duties |
Grade 8
Threshold: an individual on this grade will demonstrate evidence of successful participation in education activity with students at any level, and of engagement with the implications of current research for programme delivery and design. All teaching activity is of a consistently high standard.
Sphere of influence: colleagues in department; colleagues in cognate subject areas outside department; PGR students within UCL.
Activity: Examples of activity that would be typically expected of an individual working at this grade. Equivalent core or specialist activities may attach to particular career paths and disciplines. | |
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Core: Significant contribution to curriculum planning and course design to ensure excellence and student learning, including through collaborative working as required Significant contribution to education-related enabling activities, for instance teaching committees, exam boards, admissions Proactive and effective engagement with education development and student-centred issues through relevant committees Effective management of teaching staff and other delegated education resources. Successful course delivery at taught graduate level Engagement with the Liberating the Curriculum Supporting students as a personal tutor | Specialist: Participating in educational audits and teaching quality assurance Active participation in subject and/or cross-disciplinary networks in relation to education development Embedding education change and innovation, including through the use of new technologies Sustained engagement with the implications of research-based education leading to changes in practice Broader or more in-depth core education activities above; or some core education activity at next level |
Grade 9
Threshold: an individual on this grade will demonstrate active engagement with the interface between research and education and its implications for teaching within the discipline and participation in education activity with students at any level, with evidence of impact. All teaching activity is of a consistently high standard.
Networks and reach: colleagues in faculty; peers in subject field nationally
Activity Examples of activity that would be typically expected of an individual working at this grade. Equivalent core or specialist activities may attach to particular career paths and disciplines. | |
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Core: Leading a team or making a substantial facilitative contribution within a subject field, for example, as programme leader, to deliver education excellence and significant curriculum reform where appropriate Significant role in developing teaching technologies, course design and assessment techniques Proven success in education leadership and/or management of a team. Successful development and mentoring of teaching staff Working collaboratively with students to identify and address issues, and improve the quality of education in response to student feedback Leadership of inclusive teaching practices within the department or discipline Significant engagement with education policy and practice in other national contexts Leading role in an institutionally or nationally significant activity that has successfully delivered important education impact in subject area Successful collaboration with external peers on significant education projects Lead role in developing new or innovative approaches to the pedagogy and management of short courses for professional development | Specialist: Significant contribution to relevant education strategies Successful leadership of some significant education-related enabling activities Leadership of departmental/faculty engagement with the implications of research-based education leading to changes in practice Broader or more in-depth core education activities above; or some core education activity at next level Significant reputation nationally, including with other leading contributors to subject area, in education delivery and advancement |
Grade 10
Threshold: an individual on this grade will demonstrate active engagement with the intersection of research and education within the department, and successful involvement with teaching activity with any level of students. All teaching activity is of a consistently high standard.
Networks and reach: senior colleagues across UCL; senior colleagues in subject field nationally.
Activity: Examples of activity that would be typically expected of an individual working at this grade. Equivalent core or specialist activities may attach to particular career paths and disciplines | |
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Core: Leading innovative changes to the curriculum and making a significant contribution to the skills/knowledge base in relation to education within the institution and/or discipline both in the UK and internationally Extensive and sustained leadership, review and improvement of education standards in the discipline or across the faculty and institution, including within collaborative team contexts as appropriate Sustained and significant leadership of engagement activity with students and with student feedback as precursor to leading substantial curriculum or other educational change Championing of inclusive teaching practices as a senior member of staff and mentoring/encouraging colleagues to engage in same Sustained engagement with the development of new or innovative approaches to the pedagogy and management of short courses for professional development Leading collaborative education projects, either nationally or with international partners where appropriate | Specialist: Sustained leadership of cross-institutional education initiatives Acting as an institutional or national champion for education reform or innovation Repeated and sustained leading roles in nationally and internationally important activity that has successfully delivered significant education impact, including some novel or innovative approaches. Nationally respected provider of leading educational advice to government bodies and other large organisations of significant impact Participation in national committees relating to developments in the discipline Participation in curriculum review at other institutions |
Indicators of impact Examples of impact that would be typically expected of an individual working at this grade. |
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Leadership of ChangeMakers or other projects with substantial student voice component and significant and sustained impact resulting in major change within programme or department Accreditation by the HEA as UCL Arena Senior Fellow or Principal Fellow Leadership of major departmental and/or cross-institutional learning initiatives, both national and international, with evidence of personal impact Leadership of national curriculum reform or accreditation review Advisor to government on education policy and practice Curriculum reviewer for other universities (national and international), with evidence of impact in this role Editor of learning and teaching focused journal of international standing Initiation and/or sustained leadership of education networks with other partners, both nationally and internationally Widespread recognition within field for innovative life learning pedagogy |
