This document provides an overview and agenda for an academic induction session at Coventry University. The aims are to welcome new academics, signpost key resources to support teaching, learning and assessment, and help identify further actions. The session includes introductions, an overview of the university's approach, information on faculty and library support, student expectations, assessment, module information descriptors, evaluating teaching, and continuing professional development opportunities. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions and update an action log with next steps.

1. Academic Induction: Let's Get started
1) Do your pre-evaluation questions:
tinyurl.com/y75rad76 - leave page open until end of
session
And if you have time…
2) Open the pre-workshop activities page:
tinyurl.com/y9dnwfvg
3) Tell us- what do you want from the session?
tinyurl.com/ycyyrg7j (Padlet)

2. Academic Induction

3. Welcome…to your journey
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4. Aims of session
• Welcome you to the community of academics
at Coventry
• Signpost key resources to support you
on your journey as a Coventry academic
- focus on teaching, learning and
assessment
• Help you to identify further actions relevant
to your role
 Update your action log Image: Pixabay

5. Introduce yourselves
• Are you:
- new to Higher Education?
- new to the UK?
- new to teaching?
• Share your passion for teaching- what inspires you?
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6. Our approach
• Based on empirical research (“don’t overload us”)
• Recognises…
- the diversity within the group
- the University is a big place!
- “you don’t know what you don’t know”
• Scope: snapshot- passport - tookit
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8. + Faculty Academic Developers…

9. Faculty level support (0.5 FTE)
Health and Life
Sciences (HLS):
Gail
Forrester-Gale
Faculty of Arts and
Humanities (FAH):
Claire Simmons
Engineering,
Environment and
Computing (EEC):
Graham Price
Faculty of Business
and Law (FBL):
Xue Zhou (Jenny)

10. Lanchester Library
Supporting teaching and learning

11. Supporting researchers…
recap@coventry.ac.uk
http://recap.coventry.domains/

12. Students’ expectations
Discuss in small groups:
• Who are our students?
• What do they expect from their courses?

13. Coventry students (Source: The Good University Guide

14. Support for students/courses
Talk to people..! e.g.
• Student services
• Coventry University Students’
Union (CUSU)
• International Office
• Subject librarian
• Learning technologist
• Update your action log!

15. Assessment
Discuss in small groups:
• What is assessment?
• Why do we use assessment in HE?
Supporting documentation…

16. MIDs* and Programme Specs
* MIDs: Module Information Descriptor
• Find these for your course
• What do they tell you?
• What queries do you have?

17. Support from Registry
 Update your action log

18. Evaluating student learning
In small groups:
• Discuss: How do you currently evaluate
your teaching practice?
• Complete the quiz- match the metric to
the description (on next slide…)

19. Module Evaluation
Questionnaire
(MEQ)
National Student
Survey (NSS)
Graduate
Outcomes survey
Course Quality
Enhancement and
Monitoring (CQEM)
Unistats
CU process for course teams
to review performance and
plan ahead
UK wide annual survey with
27 questions
Website comparing UK unis'
course data
UK survey of what students
do after graduating
CU survey completed at end
of module

20. Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)
Academic Development
• Higher Education Academy (HEA) accreditation: Fellowships
• PGCAPHE: Postgrad. Cert. in Academic Practice in Higher Education
- online course; includes route to HEA Fellowship
• Workshops/online resources on teaching, learning and assessment
 “New to CU" collection of workshops- recommended for new
academic staff
Organisation Development
• Management/leadership focus (e.g. coaching/mentoring)
What’s next for you?  Update action log

21. acdevunit@coventry.ac.uk
https://acdev.orgdev.coventry.domains/
@CU_academics
Staff portal:

22. Wrap up
• Any final questions? (inc. Padlet)
• Final actions into logs
• Return to evaluation survey:
tinyurl.com/y75rad76