RUSU Partnership in Teaching & Learning Showcase

Tuesday, 31 May 2018

The RUSU Partnership in Teaching & Learning Showcase was held on Tuesday 24 April, in the Meadow Suite on Whiteknights Campus, to celebrate the winners of the RUSU Excellence Awards.

Policy on Inclusive Practice in Teaching and Learning: an update

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

The Policy on Inclusive Practice in Teaching and Learning was launched in January 2018 to provide greater clarity and emphasis to our commitment to an inclusive approach to teaching and learning, as set out in the Curriculum Framework and Teaching & Learning Strategy.

Find out more.

New student welfare projects funded through strike monies

The University Executive Board has identified two further student welfare projects to fund following last term’s strike action:

1. Refurbishment of the study space areas in the Palmer and Edith Morley Buildings

2. Contribution ot the RUSU accessible minibus

Find out more.

The University of Reading has a long and rich heritage of delivering a distinctive learning environment for students. We are a global, research-intensive university with teaching, learning and the student experience at our heart.

Our Teaching and Learning Strategy 2018-21 sets out our two key strategic priorities:

1. Delivering academic excellence
2. Offering students an outstanding learning experience

These overarching priorities will provide our manifesto over the coming years and will drive our resourcing decisions and our direction.

 Visit the University's teaching and learning strategy webpage.

• Assessment and Feedback
• The Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) Programme
• Curriculum Framework
• FLAIR (Facilitating Learning Achievement and Individual Recognition)
• Learning Gain
• TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning)

Read more about our current teaching and learning projects.

The University of Reading is committed to pursuing academic excellence while offering an outstanding experience for all our students.

Reading has been awarded Silver in the UK Government's 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The award is for delivering high quality teaching and learning coupled with excellent outcomes for our students, and for consistently exceeding the rigorous national quality requirements for UK higher education. The TEF Panel was particularly complimentary of our work to support students to achieve excellent outcomes.

“Very high proportions continue with their studies and progress to employment or further study, and to highly skilled employment.”

TEF Panel comment in its statement of findings

Find out more about excellence in teaching and learning at Reading and the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework.

To find out more about teaching and learning at the University of Reading, please contact:

The Centre for Quality Support and Development (CQSD)

Email: cqsd-tandl@reading.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 8097