Our Academic and Learning Enhancement (ALE) Team supports the learning and teaching delivered to our students, from offering professional development opportunities for staff, providing guidance and resources, through to facilitating pedagogic research throughout the institution.
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Developing your Practice and Career
Find out more about how we can support you from gaining formal qualifications to attending workshops on a diverse range of topics.
Continuing professional development
Enhance your practice and further your career with one of our CPD sessions. See our full calendar of available sessions to book onto.
Learning and teaching resource centre
Develop your practice at your own pace. Our materials are tailored to help you create engaging and effective learning experiences for your students
Taught programmes
Explore our selection of credit and non-credit bearing programmes to develop your teaching and learning practice in Higher Education.
GOLD scheme
Explore our Advance HE accredited Scheme that awards internationally recognised qualifications to those supporting, delivering, and leading in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
National Teaching Fellowship & Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence
Discover more about these esteemed awards and how we can support you in getting the recognition you deserve for your contributions to teaching and learning.
UKAT professional recognition for personal tutors
Learn more about this nationally recognised professional recognition for personal tutors, and how our scheme can support you in achieving it.
Sharing Knowledge & Best Practice
Share your learning and teaching research and practice. Learn from others to develop your own practice. Find out how you can do this through the various opportunities we offer.
SHIFT conference
Find out more about our annual Learning & Teaching Conference that showcases innovative approaches to learning and teaching in higher education.
Medway Learning & Teaching Conference
Our annual Medway Learning and Teaching conference is jointly organised by the Universities of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church and Greenwich, which aims to share, celebrate, and promote best practice in learning and Teaching.
Compass journal
Compass is a peer-reviewed cross-disciplinary research journal that welcomes articles, case studies and opinion pieces relating to innovative learning, teaching and assessment.
Learning and Teaching Guidance
Assessment and feedback
Discover our guidance, resources and enhancement initiatives available related to assessment and feedback.
Mentimeter
Learn more about how to use the interactive presentation software in any face to face or online teaching and training sessions and become an Empowered Presenter
AI for teaching
Find out how to support your students to use AI with academic integrity, and how you can use it to support your teaching practice here