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• APEX Open Online writing retreat

  Aimed at: APEX Open candidates who are preparing their portfolios. Candidates must have a clear goal of the writing they wish to work on during the retreat. It is not suitable for those who are not yet in a position to write.

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• Anti-racism in the HE classroom (session 1)

  Aimed at: Staff should contact their Associate Dean of Equality and Diversity or, if you aren't affiliated with a college, Robyn Fitzharris before registering for this session.

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• Anti-racism in the HE curriculum (session 2)

  Aimed at: Staff should contact their Associate Dean of Equality and Diversity or, if you aren't affiliated with a college, Robyn Fitzharris before registering for this session.

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• Assessment and Teaching

  Aimed at: New academics taking the Academic Professional Programme. APEX Open candidates, hybrid route candidates and anyone else interested.

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• APEX Open Mentor and Reviewer training

  Aimed at: Those who are a mentor for a candidate on the APEX Open route. Those who are a reviewer for the APEX Open Recognition Panel. Those who have previously shown interest in reviewing for the APEX Open Recognition Panel.

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• Advance HE reviewer: Are you interested in becoming a reviewer for our APEX Open pathway to Advance HE recognition?

  Aimed at: All staff with Fellowship or Senior Fellowship who have never attended any training related to Advance HE reviewer training.

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• APEX Open Q&A

  Aimed at: Those who have already made substantial progress towards their Advance HE accreditations and looking to submit by the next deadline.

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• Blackboard Learn Student-Tailored Templates

  Aimed at: All staff involved in teaching and learning

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• Brightspace: Getting Started for Teaching staff

  Aimed at: All teaching staff

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• Brightspace VLE: Communication Tools

  Aimed at: All Staff

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• Brightspace VLE: Setting Up and Managing Quizzes

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Brightspace VLE: Analytic Tools

  Aimed at: All Staff

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• Brightspace VLE: Creating and Managing Groups

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Brightspace: Creating an Engaging Module

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Belongingness and first career destination – the impact of placements on students and graduate employment

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Brunel's Celebration of Scholarship

  Aimed at: All staff. The APDU especially invite early career-stage academics and research students to participate and share their insights into being part of a scholarly community and how it contributes to their professional development.

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• Curriculum Design: getting started

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting learning

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• Creating learning environments

  Aimed at: New academics taking the Academic Professional Programme. APEX Open candidates, hybrid route candidates and anyone else interested.

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• Creating a coherent learning journey and encouraging students to become independent learners.

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Constructive alignment- a critical approach

  Aimed at: All staff

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• CBASS Community of Practice Project

  Aimed at: CBASS staff

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• Creating Agentic Assessment Environments: the PhD perspective

  Aimed at: All staff

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• CHMLS Education Hub Seminar: Creating, supporting and sustaining educators - is there a secret recipe?

  Aimed at: All Academics

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• CHMLS Education Hub Journal Club - Making Judgements: Investigating the process of composing and receiving peer feedback

  Aimed at: All Academics

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• CHMLS Education Hub: A new tool to quantify authenticity of your assessments

  Aimed at: All teaching staff

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• CHMLS Education Hub: Writing content-valid MCQs

  Aimed at: All teaching staff

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• Creating and Using Content Valid Quizzes to Aid Student Learning

  Aimed at: Academic staff, course leads and educators

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• CHMLS Education Talk, Come watch with me: Blending the synchronous with the asynchronous to enhance students’ learning and sense of community

  Aimed at: All Teaching Staff

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• CHMLS Education Hub Mini Symposium: Generative AI

  Aimed at: All teaching staff

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• Creating a Bond from Digital Culture(s) for an Enhanced Education in Digital Fields of Study

  Aimed at: All teaching staff

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• Developing Preparatory Materials for TBL

  Aimed at: All staff involved in teaching and/or supporting learning.

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• Designing and Implementing Subject-specific Academic Skills – The Psychology Graduate Stream

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Designing and Implementing Subject-specific Employability Skills – The Psychology Graduate Stream

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Designing effective Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Do you want to know about Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)?

  Aimed at: All academic and teaching staff

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• Digital experiences using generative AI (ChatGPT) to enhance learning

  Aimed at: All Teaching Staff

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• Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in the curriculum

  Aimed at: All staff involved in teaching and learning

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• Earning the right to cite: Preventing students citing sources without first demonstrating they have read them

  Aimed at: All staff involved in teaching and learning

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• Embedding Wellbeing

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in the curriculum

  Aimed at: All staff involved in teaching and learning

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• Embedding the EDI toolkit in your teaching practice

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Evidence-based practice

  Aimed at: New academics taking the Academic Professional Programme. APEX Open candidates, hybrid route candidates and anyone else interested.

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• Embedding Wellbeing in the Curriculum

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Engaging in pedagogic research

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting learning

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• Enhancing the Student Experience via a Coherent Learning Journey and via Community Building

  Aimed at: Staff wishing to develop their practice in enhancing student experience and skills

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• Feeding back to students

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting learning

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• Generative AI: A Fast Track to Engineering

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Higher Education: the bigger picture and your place within it

  Aimed at: New academics taking the Academic Professional Programme, APEX Open candidates, hybrid route candidates, and anyone else interested.

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• How to use Pebblepad

  Aimed at: Those wishing to submit their Advance HE portfolios

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• How can we decolonize the university?

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Introduction to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in the curriculum

  Aimed at: All staff, particularly teaching and tutoring staff

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• Introduction to Team-based Learning (TBL) at Brunel Medical School

  Aimed at: All Staff involved in teaching and/or supporting learning.

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• Implementing employability and transferable skills around the UG curriculum

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Interprofessional Clinical Training: Learners and students are to be even better prepared for future cooperation.

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Introduction to AI in Teaching and Assessment

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Introduction to Rubrics

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Introduction to Embedding Inclusivity within your Teaching

  Aimed at: All Staff

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• Introduction to Digital Assessment

  Aimed at: All Teaching staff

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• Introduction to the 2023 Advance HE Professional Standards Framework

  Aimed at: Staff interested in or looking to submit an AFHEA, FHEA or SFHEA application. APEX Open mentors

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• Journal Club

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Journal Club- Authentic Assessment

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Journal Club discussion forum - Implications of a Twitter thread

  Aimed at: Everyone

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• Leveraging ChatGPT in Higher Education: Enhancing Learning Experiences through Advanced AI

  Aimed at: Those involved in teaching and assessing.

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• Mentoring for Advance HE accreditation Q&A Drop-in

  Aimed at: All mentors of academic and professional staff working on their Advance HE Fellowship applications

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• Mentoring: Thinking about becoming an Advance HE Mentor?

  Aimed at: Aimed at those who are curious about becoming a mentor and would like to find out more before committing themselves. If you have already decided to become a mentor, contact APDU for access to full training.

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• Making Judgements: Investigating the process of composing and receiving peer feedback

  Aimed at: All Academics

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• Managing Classroom Behaviours

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Managing Classroom Behaviours Part 2

  Aimed at:

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• Online teaching and assessment tools at Brunel: An overview

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting learning

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• Open Book Exams: Opportunities and Challenges

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting learning

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• Open Educational Resources: Exploring access, inclusion and academic success with open textbooks

  Aimed at: All Teaching Staff

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• Open Science in Teaching

  Aimed at:

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• Programme Design

  Aimed at: New academics taking the Academic Professional Programme. APEX Open candidates, hybrid route candidates and anyone else interested.

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• Professional practice and CPD

  Aimed at: New academics taking the Academic Professional Programme. APEX Open candidates, hybrid route candidates and anyone else interested.

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• Peer Observations

  Aimed at: All teaching staff who are interested in getting the most out of the peer observation process

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• Panel and Board of Examiners Training 2023/4

  Aimed at: Staff members in new roles involving Panels and Boards of Examiners, especially Panel and Board of Examiners Chairs, or staff in support of Board and Panel administration that have not previously attended the training.

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• Reflective Practice

  Aimed at: New academics taking the Academic Professional Programme. APEX Open candidates, hybrid route candidates and anyone else interested.

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• Reflective thinking and writing to enhance your teaching practice

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Reflective Journaling

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Recognising and Celebrating Your Professional Academic Identity Using Coaching Techniques

  Aimed at: Academic staff

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• Student Centred Learning Approaches

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting learning

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• SFHEA Q & A drop-in

  Aimed at: Senior Fellow Advance HE candidates who have officially registered and are working on their portfolios

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• Subject-specific academic and employability skills: A tool to succeed in HE and beyond

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Senior Fellowship: Are you thinking of applying?

  Aimed at: All those interested in finding out more about Advance HE Senior Fellowship

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• Supporting the Needs of Students: What we can learn from the Bristol University Case?

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting students as part of their role

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• Show & TEL

  Aimed at: All staff at Brunel

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• Show & TEL

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Supportive Feedback in Quizzes to Aid Student Learning

  Aimed at: Academic staff, course leads and educators

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• Supporting student learning through assessment and feedback

  Aimed at: All teaching staff

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• Supporting Students Through Data Analytics

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Transforming our pedagogical practice and students' educational experience by developing the discipline (or art?) of noticing

  Aimed at: Staff involved in teaching, assessing and/or supporting learning

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• Testing a two-dimensional model for ‘authenticated’ assessment in Higher Education

  Aimed at: All staff involved in teaching and learning

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• The Challenge of Inclusivity and Digital Approaches to Assessments: Rubrics and Feedback

  Aimed at: All staff involved in teaching and learning

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• Testing the limits of your Academic Life, or, Why you should stop talking to yourself

  Aimed at: All staff

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• The impact of ‘humanised’ teaching materials on student perspectives of disciplinary diversity and belonging

  Aimed at: All Staff

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• The ChemEng café – a pilot to enhance student experience through student-staff partnerships

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Teaching - a Journey Not a Destination

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• Understanding the ethnicity degree awarding gap

  Aimed at: All staff

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• Using generative AI to streamline your work (working title)

  Aimed at: Staff

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• Using Generative AI for Beginners

  Aimed at:

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• Using Brightspace to Monitor and Improve Student Engagement

  Aimed at:

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• Video tutorials and their use in the classroom

  Aimed at: All teaching staff

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• What is Anti-racism (Workshop 1)- CBASS

  Aimed at: Academic and Professional staff in CBASS

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• What is Anti-racism (Workshop 1)- CBASS

  Aimed at: Staff in CBASS

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• What is Anti-racism (Workshop 1)- CHMLS

  Aimed at: Academic and Professional staff in CHMLS

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• What is Anti-racism (Workshop 1)- Professional Services & CBASS Staff

  Aimed at: All Professional Services and CBASS staff

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• What is Anti-racism (Workshop 1)- Professional Services & CHMLS Staff

  Aimed at: All CHMLS and Professional Services staff

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