2. Staff: Enhancing Teaching Rowena Pelik, Edinburgh Napier University Together with: Dr Pete Cannell, OU Scotland and topic lead.

3. Staff: Enhancing Teaching Underlying question: what approaches, both formal and informal do higher education institutions and individuals use to improve teaching?

4. Staff: Enhancing Teaching Commissioned team set out five questions: 1.How are staff in teaching roles supported, formally and informally, to develop their teaching? 2.How are staff supported at different stages in their career? 3.What recognition and reward is there for teaching staff? 4.How is it known that staff are developing their teaching, and how is practice shared? 5.What are the challenges and opportunities in all of these?

5. Staff: enhancing teaching Why so pertinent now?

6. What we’ve done Review of literature Interviews with key contacts in HEIs Workshop/focus group Short survey aimed at staff teaching in HE

7. How staff are supported Focus on systematic support for new staff Primarily PGCertHELT but in transition with some interesting new developments in the context of the revised UKPSF Approach to CPD much less consistent Diversity of contexts and needs – how to reach staff?

8. Recognition and reward Growth in student led award schemes Sense from staff that teaching enhancement is squeezed out by administration and discipline research

9. Evidence for enhancement Inconclusive responses – lots of evaluation, use of NSS but not clear that there is good evidence of teaching enhancement Growth in learning and teaching conferences which are valued by staff but still a strong demand for opportunities to share in the context of discipline, within and between institutions.

10. Survey

11. Staff views

12. Issues and challenges (1) Space for reflection and developing communities of practice New technology and techniques - going beyond the technical to the pedagogic Addressing student diversity – link to CFE Career long development / new staff / all staff

13. Issues and challenges (2) How do we share good practice? Within and between institutions. Can we build on cross-institutional collaboration through the enhancement theme process? And much more – over to you …