New starters

We have worked with the Schools and Colleges to implement a new Learning and Teaching Professional Development Framework, designed to provide appropriate learning and teaching professional development for all staff who teach and/or support learning at all stages of their career at NTU.

What this means for new academic staff:

• HE Teaching Qualifications and Professional Recognition
  You will be required to gain professional recognition of your practice equivalent to a minimum of HEA Fellow within three years of starting at NTU unless you already have HEA Fellowship, or are contracted as an HPL (Hourly Paid Lecturer). A number of different options (including course-based routes, and a direct application route for more experienced staff) are under development. New colleagues will no longer be required to complete a PGCHE, although this route will remain one of the course options.
  
  
• New induction programme – Introduction to Academic Policy and Practice at NTU (IAPP)
  All new academic staff (whether permanent, full-time, part-time or hourly-paid, experienced or new to teaching and learning in HE) will be asked to complete a short CPLD programme as part of their probation period, to orientate them to learning and teaching policy and practice at NTU.

Your Academic Team Leader (ATL) will discuss your learning and teaching professional development with you during your probation period, and agree a plan with you for addressing those.

Further information will be available by October 2012.

Should you have any queries in the meantime, please speak with your ATL, or email Alison Stewart (Learning and Development Manager, Academic Practice) or call her on 0115 848 4899.

Further support for New Academic Staff is also provided within the Schools. Please speak to your ATL and School’s Learning and Teaching Coordinator or Quality Manager for further details.

Visit the managing tab for Guidance for managers of new academic staff on teaching qualifications and professional recognition.