Events

Join our Professional Recognition Writing Retreat 15th November 2023 1pm – 3pm (online) Book a free place.  Booking closes: 14th November at 5pm Make this the month you start on your CeP / CeLP application Applications for CeP and CeLP are open all year round.  Read more about professional accreditation on our website.  Reflect on your day.  Contribute to ALDinHE’s collective diary on the 15th of the month (or your nearest working day) Transition Skills for University  29th November 2023 10am – 12.30pm (online) Regional event hosted by Queen’s University Belfast Book a ticket: Free to members and £25 for non-members Booking closes: 22nd November at 5pm […]

The Learning Development Service at Queen’s invites you to join an online event on Wednesday 29 November from 10am – 1pm. The theme is Transition Skills for University and the event will be hosted via Microsoft Teams. Location: Online event and practice share hosted by Queen’s University Belfast – Transition Skills for University. You will receive a Teams invitation from the Learning Development Service at Queen’s University Belfast, prior to the event. Participants need to accept the invitation, as you will be pre-assigned to participate in online breakout rooms. For more information and to book a ticket, visit the Events Calendar. Booking closes: Wednesday […]

The writing retreat can offer you the opportunity to ask questions regarding your application and offer you time to write and reflect on your application. The writing retreat can also offer the opportunity to peer mark colleagues’ applications gaining useful feedback. The recognition scheme is open for applications all year round. Join us on a writing retreat to progress your Certified Practitioner (CeP) and Certified Leading Practitioner (CeLP) award. The CeP and CeLP awards promote Learning Development as a profession in its own right. Successful applicants receive formal recognition of their specialist knowledge and practice. This demonstrates expertise to both […]

The paper being discussed at November’s reading club is discuss Debbie Holley and David Biggin’s paper on Designing for student wellbeing: challenging assumptions about where our students learn. JLDHE Reading Club – Book to attend via the Events Calendar. The Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) Reading Club meets on the second Wednesday of each other month between 17.30 and 18.30pm GMT for a stimulating and thought-provoking hour together discussing the latest research in Learning Development. The group’s goal is to create a space for collaborative discussion of shared reading that is open to everyone no matter their role […]

Presented by Kate Swinton, Lorraine-Marie James and Gillian Siddall (University of Northampton) at 3pm (UK time) today – Tues 24th October 2023.   Kate, Lorraine-Marie and Gillian will reflect on how the Academic Librarian and Learning Development teams working together enhances the student experience and quality of delivery, as well as the collaboration between and across teams.  Tues 24th October 2023 15:00 – 16:00 Title: Enhancing the Academic Journey: Attainment and retention  Presenters: Kate Swinton, Lorraine-Marie James, Gillian Siddall – Library & Learning Services, University of Northampton  Book your place via the ALDinHE Events Calendar. Meeting the academic needs of the ever-changing study body is key to a student’s attainment and […]

Bookings now live for: Raising the profile of Learning Development within our institutions: Strategies and Challenges The Study Advice team at the University of Reading will be hosting an in-person ALDinHE South-East Regional Networking Event on November 1st 2023. The theme will be Raising the profile of Learning Development within our institutions: Strategies and challenges. In light of recent conversations regarding the value of Learning Development (see Richards & Pilcher, 2023), this event will provide an opportunity for colleagues to share strategies that you have used in your own institutions to raise the profile and improve understanding of Learning Development. We welcome submissions for presentations […]

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, to be held online  at 16.20 on Friday 9 June 2023. Further details about the AGM are available here. Location details to follow. A key matter for the AGM is the election of new members to the Steering Group of the Association. Self-nominations are now invited from members of ALDinHE who have the enthusiasm and experience to enable the Association to flourish, working with friendly and supportive colleagues on the Steering Group. Further details about the Steering Group and a self-nomination form are attached. Please […]

The recognition scheme is open for applications all year round. Join us on an online writing retreat to progress your Certified Practitioner (CeP) and Certified Leading Practitioner (CeLP) award. The CeP and CeLP awards promote Learning Development as a profession in its own right. Successful applicants receive formal recognition of their specialist knowledge and practice. This demonstrates expertise to both current and prospective employers, and might also be useful when applying for HEA fellowship. Successful applicants are: There is currently no requirement to revalidate an award. However, ALDinHE reserves the right to introduce a revalidation scheme / tiered recognition categories […]

Have you been awarded as a Certified Practitioner (CeP) in Learning Development or a Certified Leading Practitioner (CeLP)? Would you like to be a reviewer for professional recognition CeP – Certified Practitioners applications? Reviewers will be expected to offer standardised feedback to applicants and adhere to a strict time frame when reviewing applications. You will be able to dip in and out of the reviewing windows so there will be no expectation to review applications each month. (You would only be asked to mentor applicants to match the level of certification you have received). The training will be online. Monday […]

This #Take 5 blog is brought to you by Ed Bickle, Steph Allen and Marian Mayer, the Learning Development (LD) team, Bournemouth University Faculty of Media and Communication, who, with the help of LD colleagues, reflect upon the workshop they delivered at the 2022 ALDinHE conference. Focusing on the concept of change, they examine how LD might look at the turn of the next decade. They begin their blog with a reflection on the excitement of being face to face with LD colleagues again. On the road It was with great excitement that the team travelled up to Northampton in June for the 2022 ALDinHE […]