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EDU Annual Report 2013-14

EDU Programmes

EDU programmes, which are free of charge to College employees
and those who teach Imperial students, offer Imperial and
associated NHS staff an opportunity to take a structured approach
to their teaching practice which both complements and expands on
the stand-alone workshop provision.

The Supporting Learning and Teaching Pathway (SLTP) aim to encourage criticality and engagement with
is intended primarily for staff who provide crucial educational and disciplinary literature through written
support to the student experience of learning and assignments and a library-based project. The final
teaching at Imperial. For those whose role involves a stage of our Master’s in Education (MEd) in University
larger proportion of teaching and who wish to explore Learning and Teaching (MEd ULT) provides students
the subject in greater depth we offer a three-stage with the opportunity to participate in educational
Master’s programme in University Learning and research from the qualitative, social science paradigm
Teaching, which aims to support staff as they develop with the aim of producing research suitable for
their educational understanding. publication and conference presentations. Thus far,
MEd ULT alumni have presented their work at the
Practice is at the core of all of these programmes, Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE),
and while all are informed by current educational Association for the Study of Medical Education
ideas, theory is not the primary focus for SLTP or the (ASME) and subject-related teaching conferences.
Postgraduate Certificate. At both of these stages, the
emphasis is on how teaching is experienced by staff It is possible to exit the programme at each of the
and students. In particular much attention is given to three stages, or for students to take a break between
essential aspects of teaching such as giving feedback, stages and return to the programme when time and
planning and leading sessions, and encouraging their main responsibilities allow.
reflection on practice as a route to becoming a more
confident and accomplished practitioner.

At the Diploma stage, students are introduced to
educational theory in a structured way, with the

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