The Advance HE Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence (CATE) celebrate collaborative work that has had a demonstrable impact on teaching and learning.
LTDS support applications to CATE, and work with the National Teaching Fellows/CATE winners in the University to promote their work and teaching excellence. Each institution can nominate one team to each round of the scheme.
LTDS will be promoting further details of the application process to become an institutional nominee soon. Advance HE are running webinars for those thinking of applying. Details below:
Prof Mark O’Hara, CATE-Net Co-ordinator, Advance HE, will be facilitating four webinars – three (repeated on different dates) focusing on helping those applying for CATE in the 2020/21 academic year, and one focussing on helping those thinking of applying further in the future. Details of these CATE webinars are as follows:
Applying for CATE in 2020/21
If you are planning to submit a claim for CATE in the 2020-21 cycle these briefings will introduce you to the nature of the Award and its associated professional and institutional benefits. It will help you to understand the process and timelines and will offer practical suggestions and advice from previous CATE winners.
Date: 7th October, 1-2.30pm
Booking link: https://my.advance-he.ac.uk/Portal/events/details/?id=7cc56114-55f3-ea11-a815-0022481a79ad
Date: 11th November, 1-2.30pm
Booking link: https://my.advance-he.ac.uk/Portal/events/details/?id=476617f3-53f3-ea11-a815-0022481a79ad
Date: 1st December, 12-1.30pm
Booking link: https://my.advance-he.ac.uk/Portal/events/details/?id=a5f28aa8-54f3-ea11-a815-0022481a79ad
Planning for CATE in 2022 and beyond
The collaborative nature of CATE means that many successful bids are centred on projects that have been years in the making. This workshop is aimed at those who are thinking long-term about how to advance a collaborative endeavour in their institution over time to the point at which a bid for CATE would be within reach. The themes covered will include, spotting potential, nurturing and investing and building a collaborative culture.
Date: 27th January 2021, 10am-12pm
Booking link: https://my.advance-he.ac.uk/Portal/events/details/?id=7cc56114-55f3-ea11-a815-0022481a79ad