Mandatory courses for postgraduates who teach (last chance to register)

Heather McKiggan-Fee
Wednesday 7 December 2022

If you are a doctoral student hoping to teach in semester 2 this academic year, note that all new postgraduate or external part-time teachers are required to complete mandatory courses from CEED before they can start teaching. The workshops listed below are the only remaining opportunities to complete the training this academic year. If you haven’t completed all five components, you cannot teach.

Note that the courses run before every semester, each academic year; if you hope to start teaching next academic year (2023-24), wait till August or September to do the courses!

First, you must register on the Mandatory training for postgraduates who teach programme, which enables you and your School to keep track of your completion status. Next, book the individual live workshop dates via the programme tab in your training record on PDMS. You can select any version of the workshops (eg Arts, Science, cross-faculty); we cover the same core concepts in each, what differs are the specific examples.

The self-study courses can be accessed directly using the links below. Full details of the mandatory courses and optional support available from CEED is available at: Support for Postgraduate Researchers who Teach.

New postgraduate teachers must complete:

  1. Self-directed Teaching Online: Next Steps in Design and Development – asynchronous (2 to 3 hours) [self-enrol, click the “Enrol” button]
  2. Self-directed Diversity in the Workplace – asynchronous (1 hour) – report any login difficulties to [email protected]
  3. Live workshop on Teaching at St Andrews: an introduction – synchronous (1.5 hours) – 19th December 2022 or 12th January 2023
  4. Live workshop on Assessment and academic misconduct: an introduction – synchronous (1.5 hours) – 20th Decembe 2022 or 13th January 2023
  5. Live workshop on Student Services: supporting students and teachers – synchronous (1 hour) – 20th December 2022 or 13th January 2023

These workshop dates are the only remaining opportunities to complete the training this academic year. If you haven’t completed all of the courses, you cannot teach in semester 2.

Anyone who has completed the previous, in-person workshops does not need to do the online workshops again. The in-person workshops previously delivered by CAPOD (last offered Jan 2020) are equivalent to the current online workshops offered by CEED (beginning Aug 2020).

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

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