The Centre for Learning and Teaching works in partnership with individuals, programme teams and colleagues across the University to secure a consistent, high quality student experience and to provide professional academic development for staff involved in teaching and supporting student learning, Our work reflects the University’s commitment to the development of all its staff and is shaped by the University’s Strategic Framework for Learning and Teaching and Assessment and by organisational and individual goals and objectives.

• Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice

  The Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice provides a Higher Education Academy (HEA) accredited qualification that will underpin the career, personal and professional development of staff engaged with the student experience at MMU. Applicants will normally be staff new to the University who are graduates, who have not previously undertaken such a qualification and have a minimum of three teaching hours per week. Learn more

• Master of Arts in Academic Practice

  The Academic Practice Development (APD) Framework also offers a Master of Arts in Academic Practice with an exit point at Post Graduate Diploma level (PG Dip). Participants may choose to take units with assessment to gain academic credits towards these awards, or they may simply attend, participate and record professional development to gain credit in their Record of Continuing Professional Development. Learn more

• Short courses

  CeLT’s short courses (units) are part of a series of programmes designed to be undertaken by staff as part of their professional development. They can be taken as “stand alone” APD programmes, or, subject to successful completion of the unit assessment, they enable staff to gain 10 M level credits towards the Master of Arts in Academic Practice programme. These courses also provide an opportunity to gain APD recognition subject to a short piece of reflective writing. The courses normally consist of four half days and participants are expected to commit to attend all of the sessions within their chosen programme. Further details and booking

• Workshops, Events and Seminars

  We offer a range of sessions on areas such as assessment, PDP, peer observation of teaching etc as well as one-off seminars and talks by Manchester Metropolitan University staff and visiting speakers. See our current programme

• Consultancy and bespoke development

  If you are interested in organising an in-house staff development event please contact us. We are available to work with group representatives (e.g. programme leaders, line managers, heads of department, chairs of Faculty Academic Development Committees, staff development co-ordinators etc) to construct staff development activity to suit particular aims and address specific teaching and learning requirements. We are also able to provide advice and support for those planning, delivering and evaluating in-house staff or programme development events. See examples of events we have run in the past and contact form.