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Academic Development for Staff and Postgraduate Researchers

Postgraduate Teaching

DCAD’s Academic Excellence Team are here to support all staff and discuss any aspect of your teaching and student learning. We offer a wide range of support - everything from informal chats to full courses and cover a broad range of topics including:

Researcher Development

We support our world-leading research community through the provision of training and development at each stage of a research career from PhD to Professor. For more information and to book on our courses see the Researcher Development Sharepoint Site (Current Staff and Students Only)

Academic Development

We support the enhancement of teaching and learning through our Durham Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards (DELTA) leading to HEA fellowship from Advance HE and an open workshop program.

Teaching Evaluation

Through our Evaluation for Teaching Excellence Toolkit we provide research informed approaches to allow you to evolve and enhance your teaching. Access the toolkit via our resourcebank.

Postgraduate Teaching Induction

All postgraduate researchers undertaking teaching at the university are required to complete this teaching induction programme.

Mentoring

Information on Durham University’s mentoring programme can be found here.

Research Supervision Handbook

The Handbook describes the roles and expectations of supervisors and the processes and actions that are required to successfully supervise postgraduate researchers.

 

 

Get in Touch

Enquiries about Durham Centre for Academic Development should be sent via the email below.

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