Professional development & Recognition

Programme in Skills of Teaching to Inspire Learning (inSTIL)

Who is inSTIL for?

• Postgraduate tutors
• Visiting Lecturers (non-established teachers)
• Staff who teach at Royal Holloway (e.g. technicians, post-doctoral researchers, and others)

The programme is available to any individual with teaching duties (lead or as part of a team at Royal Holloway) and is required for any postgraduate in a lead teaching role (i.e. conducting teaching sessions entirely on their own). Please note that you must be teaching at the time you are participating in inSTIL, as teaching observations are an important part of the programme. You will need to be observed teaching on two separate occasions, for approximately an hour on each occasion.

What is inSTIL?

The Programme has been designed to be highly interactive and will give you the maximum opportunity to develop your skills as a university teacher, to share ideas with your peers, and to determine what approaches will work in your own teaching situations. The course is accredited by the Higher Education Academy. This means that you will automatically qualify for Associate Membership of the academy after successful completion of this programme. This is a direct benefit to those who wish to make careers in the university sector in the UK and abroad. Successful completion of this Programme carries 15 credits at Masters level. If you have any questions, please contact the EDC (edc@rhul.ac.uk).

When does inSTIL start?

inSTIL introductory days will run on

• Thursday October 20th 10am - 3pm
• Friday 21st October 10am - 3pm
• Thursday 27th October 10am - 3pm
• Friday 28th October 10am - 3pm

(you need attend only one).

The other sessions will run over the Autumn and Spring terms (typically ~8 hours of workshops). If you will be teaching in the 2011-12 academic year, please try to attend one of the introductory days in October, as this will greatly simplify completing inSTIL for you.

Further information, and enrolling on inSTIL

inSTIL Programme Co-ordinators: Mark Crompton (m.crompton@rhul.ac.uk)
& Lynne Francis (lynne.francis@rhul.ac.uk)

What if I am not teaching?

Those members of staff (e.g. post-doctoral researchers) not teaching at Royal Holloway, but with an interest in teaching in higher education, are encouraged to attend the ‘Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education’ workshops held each year. For more details, please contact Mark Crompton (m.crompton@rhul.ac.uk). PhD students who are not teaching can attend this through the Generic Skills Programme.

If you have any queries please contact us by telephoning +44 (0) 1784 276250.