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EDU Annual Report 2013-14

Roles of the EDU

The EDU remit is to sustain and encourage high-quality educational
activity across Imperial College by training and supporting those
who teach Imperial students. Based on the fifth floor of the
Sherfield Building on Imperial’s South Kensington Campus, the
EDU offers expertise in teaching, assessment, feedback and course
design to those teaching on all Imperial campuses and associated
teaching hospitals.

Imperial College London is an internationally “I just wanted to say
renowned research-centred higher education thank you again for
institution; those teaching our students are the brilliant workshop
almost always research active and have different yesterday afternoon. As
requirements for teaching and learning support at usual it was excellent
different times in their career. While a highly focused and highly relevant, all
researcher only doing minimal teaching allied to the trainees very much
their research topic may need only minimal support, appreciated it.”
those with more teaching duties or interests may
seek more. This can range from pragmatic advice on
specific aspects of teaching to a more academic and
integrated approach that can lead to a qualification
in University Learning and Teaching (ULT) at PG
Certificate, Diploma or Master’s level. The unit also
runs, administers and supports Imperial’s STAR
Framework which offers both taught and flexible
pathways to recognition for teaching experience with
Associate Fellowship, Fellowship or Senior Fellowship
of the HEA.

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