• It's been some time since the OVPLT issued a Newsletter and we are delighted to announce its return. To find out who we are and what we do, take a look at the Summer 2019 Edition.

  04 Jul 2019
  

  Welcome to the new edition of the OVPLT eNewsletter. With an introduction from VP; Professor Paul McSweeney, the Summer edition contains news from all the Centres and Units in the OVPLT family. In addition to updates from the office, we welcome new units, say goodbye to retiring staff and congratulate recipients of awards and parchments.

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• President's Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2019 - Call for nominations for 2018/2019 now open.

  14 May 2019
  

  University College Cork is committed to excellence in education and the Teaching Excellence Awards scheme at UCC is the longest-established scheme of its kind in Ireland. These awards recognise staff who have made an outstanding contribution in the pursuit of teaching excellence through innovative and creative forms of teaching, learning and assessment.

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• Recommendations for Promoting a Performative Teaching, Learning and Research Culture in Higher Education

  08 May 2019
  

  The 6th Scenario Forum Symposium was hosted by the University of Hanover in September 2018. The Symposium brought together colleagues from different academic disciplines to discuss – and experience – how performative approaches to teaching and learning can be applied in a range of third-level contexts. In this article Professor Manfred Schewe, Department of German shares the recommendations for promoting a Performative Teaching, Learning and Research Culture in Higher Education. 

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• National Forum to give an information session for staff

  08 Apr 2019
  

  Alison Farrell, Senior Lead for Sectoral Engagement with the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (‘the National Forum’) will give an information session for staff on 17 April at 1pm-2pm in O’Rahilly Building, room 255:

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• Applications Now Open

  03 Apr 2019
  

  Applications for the Online Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2019/2020 are now open until 20th June, 2019.

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• Professor Laurence Malone, Fulbright Specialist in CIRTL, to present next Learning and Teaching Seminar

  22 Mar 2019
  

  The upcoming seminar will offer a review of Professor Laurence Malone's Peer Critical Learning, Teaching and Learning methods and povide insights into how PCL can improve online instruction.

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• New Digital Badge Applications

  14 Mar 2019
  

  The Centre for Digital Education (CDE) is now accepting ‘Digital Badge’ applications. Closing date for submissions is March 22nd.

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• Next Byte-sized TEL session

  19 Mar 2019
  

  On 20th March, Dr Helen Kelly from Speech and Hearing Sciences will talk about Clickers in the Classroom - enhancing student engagement.

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Previous Newsletters

Here you can find the inaugural issue of OVPTL News, the quarterly newsletter of the Office of the Vice-President for Learning & Teaching:

• OVPTL-eNews-January-2018
• OVPTL News Issue 10, October 2017
• OVPTL News Issue 9, Summer 2017 (1,803kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 8, Spring 2017 (1,736kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 7, Winter 2017 (1,835kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 6, Autumn 2016 (4,206kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 5, Summer 2016 (2,564kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 4, Spring 2016 (998kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 3, Winter 2016 (3,464kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 2, Autumn 2015 (1,353kB)
• OVPTL News Issue 1, Summer 2015 (1,326kB)

• Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrolment First Year Education

  23 Sep 2019
  

  As part of their work on the TAP (Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrolment First Year Education) Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project, CIRTL were delighted to welcome a delegation of senior management representatives from several Palestinian universities and the Accreditation & Quality Committee to UCC in May 2019.

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