HUM50010

This module is offered as part of the structured PhD and presents an important career development opportunity to help prepare you for an academic position or a range of other career paths. It is designed to support you in your role as a postgraduate tutor and to develop and enhance your skills and confidence as a university teacher. The module is available to all postgraduate tutors in the College of Arts and Humanities and was developed in partnership with experienced tutors from a range of Arts and Humanities disciplines with funding from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. The module focuses on your needs and priorities as a postgraduate tutor, with each learning unit addressing different parts of your role, from planning and delivering classes, to facilitating learning within the classroom, to assessment and feedback. Each unit offers hands-on support, guidance and advice to assist you in your ongoing work as a tutor, and throughout the module you will be encouraged to critically reflect upon, develop, and enhance your teaching practice in the context of the modules on which you are tutoring. Peer learning is a key aspect of the module so you will be invited to share your experiences with tutors from different disciplines and learn from each other. The module complements tutor support structures within your school and modules but focuses more broadly on developing your skills in teaching, learning and assessment. And through the critically reflective practice that the module fosters and encourages, you will further refine a range of transferable skills such as presentation and communication skills, active listening, constructive feedback, emotional sensitivity, complex problem-solving skills, and flexibility.

Please note that you must be teaching at least one hour per week when you take this module. Our module orientation meeting for autumn 2024 will take place on campus on Thursday 5 September from 11 to 1.