Teaching

Overview

For doctoral students and early career researchers, there are two teaching development courses which may be of interest, depending on the extent of your teaching experience and ultimate purpose.

 

If you are a DPhil student, you will need to complete an initial teaching in Oxford programme (regardless of prior experience) to join a graduate teaching register; the divisional provision for this is the ILTO programme and you are automatically eligible to apply for it. Depending on the amount of teaching you are doing, you may be eligible for the intermediate Advancing Teaching and Learning programme delivered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning. Please see the link below for more details. 

If you are a member of staff, you are not usually required to complete ILTO. Depending on the amount of teaching you do, you may be eligible for the intermediate Advancing Teaching and Learning programme. 

To explore each, please see the sections below.

 

 

At a Glance...

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The Divisional Introduction to Learning and Teaching at Oxford (formerly called PLTO) is an interactive and discursive course consisting of 2 x 2-hour lively sessions in which attendees will explore, with current practitioners, common teaching formats (lectures, small groups, tutorials) and common experiences (for example, group management, preparation, presentation and delivery).

Participants attending all 2 sessions will be given an attendance certificate. This course runs termly. 

Click here for the ILTO  webpage

CTL (Centre for Teaching and Learning) has launched a new accredited programme to replace the Developing Learning and Teaching (DLT) programme. Advancing Teaching and Learning (ATL) is open to postgraduate students, postdocs, early career academics, academics new to teaching, and professional learning support staff. To qualify you will need to have sustained teaching experience (i.e. teaching more than just a few sessions) and want to develop your teaching or learning support practice. You will attend a series of sessions (currently being run remotely), complete a few formative tasks, and submit a portfolio. On passing the ATL you will become an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.  

Visit the CTL pages for more information on the ATL programme, including how to apply.