Thinking Teaching (Spring 2026)

Overview

Thinking Teaching is a two-day introduction to teaching and supporting learning within art and design Higher Education. The course has been designed for UAL staff who are either new to teaching, or whose roles include an aspect of teaching or supporting learning. It will be especially useful for new Associate Lecturers, PhD students, technicians, library services and academic support staff.

Schedule

This will take place online on the following days:

• Monday 9th February 2026- 10am - 4pm
• Tuesday 10th February 2026 10am - 4pm

Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023)

The workshop is relevant to these dimensions of the framework

V1, V3, K1 - K3, A1 -A5

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Hosts

Karen Matthewman, UAL Professional Recognition Lead will co-teach with another experienced Educational Developer. Karen is based in the Learning and Teaching Directorate.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is open exclusively to UAL staff and enrolled UAL PhD students. If you are not a member of these groups you wil not be able to attend.

Where

This event will take place online. Please sign up using your UAL email and you will be added to an outlook invitation with the link to the online event space before the event.

Extra information

Registration Instructions

Please only register for yourself, if you wish to share with others please refer them to the event listing. Please note that this is for UAL Staff (and UAL PhD student staff who teach)only. Only some of our events are open to students and/or people from outside UAL. Please check the 'Who Should Attend' section above to make sure you are eligible.

Event booking confirmation and reminders

When you book your place you will receive email booking confirmation and reminders to your email. Please check your spam/junk folder.

Cancellation

If you can no longer attend this event we’d appreciate it if you could cancel your place within the booking system. This gives others the opportunity to take your space.

We reserve the right to cancel this event if we do not get enough numbers, or due to other circumstances outside of our control. You will be notified via email if this happens.

Accessibility

The Exchange strives to make both our physical and online events accessible for all our participants. If you would like to discuss your needs prior to booking please contact us: recognition@arts.ac.uk

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