Teaching@UQ

The Teaching@UQ program is designed to foster the next generation of great teachers.

As one of the streams leading to the Teaching Foundation Certificate, Teaching@UQ provides participants with the knowledge and practical skills to build a successful teaching career in higher education.

What will I learn?

You will learn how to:

plan a lesson, a module or lecture series
develop a teaching philosophy
motivate and engage students
manage group dynamics
assess, mark and provide feedback.

You will learn about:

active teaching strategies for in-person and online teaching
e-learning and technological aids
inclusive teaching practices
strategies to critically evaluate practices
UQ teaching and learning appraisal and policies.

Target audience

UQ staff with some teaching responsibilities, including:

tutoring
casual academic staff
casual teaching staff
research focused staff
PhD candidates.

If you are a course coordinator, please look to enrol in the Coordinating@UQ program.

Program overview

The program includes workshops. Each workshop involves pre-workshop reading, online activities, and peer-to-peer feedback.

The program has been designed to enable participants to:

deepen their understanding of learning, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment and feedback in a Higher Education context
develop a critical understanding of their students’ learning and support needs, and to be able to draw on this to find, select and justify approaches for enabling active, effective and inclusive learning
plan, deliver and critically evaluate teaching, learning, assessment and feedback practices appropriate to both to the discipline and student cohort
critically appraise their roles and professional values in promoting effective student learning
develop and reflect on a set of educational goals aligned to UQ’s APD process; and
align their practice with the PSF dimensions of practice.

In participating, you will:

engage with relevant scholarship and research in higher education
observe experienced teachers and reflect on their teaching activities with a view to implementing strategies in your own teaching
be supported in articulating a teaching philosophy
develop strong peer networks
network with UQ teaching champions who will act as your mentors; and
develop knowledge and skills to advance in your future teaching career.

Program offerings

The Teaching@UQ program is free to UQ staff and is generally offered 3 times a year. Enrolments are capped at 40 participants. Confirmation of each offering is dependent on sufficient enrolment numbers.

Summer Intensive 2025

Schedule
Day	Date	Time	Mode
Monday	3 February 2025	8:00 – 4:00pm	in person
Wednesday	5 February 2025	8:00 – 4:00pm	in person
Friday	7 February 2025	8:00 – 4:00pm	in person

Time commitment

In addition to all workshops and completing all the learning activities outlined in the program timetable, you can expect to need to commit additional time to complete preparatory work, independent study and assignments.

The Summer Intensive schedule condenses the workshop series across 1 week, requiring a 3-day commitment.

If you have planned long overseas absences or are in the final stages of thesis write-up, it's not recommended that you complete the program.

To successfully complete the program, you must participate in all learning activities, and submit these learning activities by their set deadlines.

Outcome

Completion of the Teaching@UQ Program including all required assessment pieces results in the award of a Teaching Foundations Certificate and Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Participants who meet the eligibility criteria and have successfully completed Teaching@UQ will be invited to enrol in the Graduate Certificate of University Teaching Practice.

How to register

Eligibility criteria

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

Hold a minimum of an Undergraduate degree from any Institution.
Be a UQ staff member with a teaching/learning support role. This could take the form of research higher degree supervision, clinical supervision, tutoring, lab demonstration, peer assisted study session leading, learning designing, or student learning advising.
Can attend all workshops and participate in all the learning activities outlined in the program timetable.
Have approximately 10 hours per week to complete preparatory work, independent study and assignments (e.g., no long overseas absences; not in the final stages of thesis write-up, in case of PhD students); and
Have support from your line manager and a course coordinator.

If you do not meet all eligibility criteria, your application may not be approved.

Enquiries

If you have any questions regarding your suitability or any other aspects of your application, please email professional.learning@uq.edu.au or register for a 1:1 consultation.