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Introduction to Academic Practice (IntroAP)

About the Introduction to Academic Practice course, a Higher Education Academy accredited course aimed at University of Edinburgh tutors and demonstrators.

Accreditation

This course is accredited by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) for Associate Fellowship.

Dates

This course is running twice in 2018/19, once in each Semester.

Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in the Introduction to Academic Practice you need to:

  1. Attend seminars on the three Wednesday afternoons during the course. Semester 1: seminar 1: Wed 19th Sept 2018 13:30 – 16:30, seminar 2: Wed 3rd Oct 2018 13:30 – 16:30, seminar 3: 31st Oct 2018 13:30 – 16:30 Semester 2:  seminar 1: Wed 16th Jan 2019, 13:30 – 16:30; seminar 2: Wed 6th Feb 2019, 13:30 – 16:30; seminar 3: Wed 6th Mar 2019, 13:30 – 16:30
  2. have at least two semesters of recent university teaching experiences before the course starts; AND
  3. you need to have CURRENT teaching responsibilities in Edinburgh University between the IntroAP seminars 2 and 3 i.e. during the semester you are taking the course, so that you can participate in a teaching observation exercise. Since this exercise is required for course completion, you cannot complete the course if you cannot guarantee teaching responsibilities during that period.
  4. You need to have a University staff ID during the time you are completing the course (you will have this as part of your teaching contract with the university), otherwise the HEA charges you an admin fee of £100 at the point of course completion.
  5. You will need to supply 2 references regarding your teaching practice, one with your application and one with your final assignment submission. Further details may be found in the 2018/19 Handbook.

What the course entails

Tasks: Between the seminar dates you will be asked to submit regular written homework tasks, to contribute to a discussion board, and to carry out a teaching observation exchange. There is also a final assignment of around 1,400 words to submit after seminar 3. These tasks and the seminars are fully supported with a dedicated set of course materials in LEARN to which course participants are enrolled at the start of the course.

Workload: Previous participants have reported that between 36-40 hours’ input is required to complete all aspects of the course over the semester.

Detailed course information

Detailed course information is found in the Introduction to Academic Practice handbook

Introduction to Academic Practice handbook 18-19 (PDF)

Information sessions - find out more about the course

The information sessions for academic year 18/19 are now finished.

Please check back in 2019 for dates of future information sessions.

Applying to the course

Please ensure you have read and meet the eligibility criteria (stated on this page) before applying.

Applications are now closed for academic year 18/9.

Once applications open for academic year 19/20, dates and an online application form will be added to this webpage. Please check back in future.

How places are allocated

Places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis as much as possible, but if we are oversubscribed, we may need to prioritise participants. We will take applicants who cannot be accommodated into account for our next intake.

Priority order if needed:

  1. PhD candidates in their final years
  2. Staff on short term contracts
  3. Other PhD candidates
  4. Other Staff
  5. Masters students
  6. Undergraduate students

Find out more about HEA accreditation

More information about Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy) accreditation is found on the HEA website:

Higher Education Academy accreditation

More information about the different ways by which you can work towards accreditation at Edinburgh is found here:

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