Centre for Academic Development

The Centre for Academic Development provides learning, teaching and professional development for staff and students across the University of Aberdeen.

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With a bit of delay, we can finally announce that Sarah Dobbie is the deserving winner of the Digital Accessibility Poster Award at the #CADSymp25 for her poster 'Integrating EAP: Supporting Students’ Learning Journey'. Congratulations, Sarah!

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Congratulations to the @aberdeenuni Careers & Employability Team @TraceyHInnes Regina Jaschke, Ellen Minshull & Kate Robertson, whose poster won the 'Popular Vote Award' at #CADSymp25. Pictured with @Jo_AnneMurray & @milesrothoerl who presented them with their certificate.

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Get ready to dive into 31 engaging posters in our digital poster session at #CADSymp25 and don't miss our announcement of the winners of our Popular Vote and Digital Accessibility Poster Awards!

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Sun is shining on Old Aberdeen campus and our #CADSymp25. It's set to be a lovely day, come and join us at the King's Conference Centre.

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The last session of #CADSymp25 will be our second external keynote delivered by Nicolaas Matthijs, Chief Product Officer @AnthologyInc addressing the hot topic of AI use in Education. Don't miss this one! Last minute registrations from UoA staff accepted https://t.co/08UkyWUDNA

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Traditionally, we offer a variety of parallel workshops at the #CADSymp25. Registrations are still open! UoA staff can learn more about the Symposium and register their attendance here https://t.co/y8bICgqNEk

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Karen and Chloe from @AbdnCAD Student Learning Service team had a very busy day at the @aberdeenuni Offer Holder Day on Wednesday. They received a steady flow of visitors throughout the day and really enjoyed talking to all prospective students.

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Our congratulations also go to Dr Jari Korhonen, Dr Linzi Lumsden and Dr Laura Muirhead & the UoA GP Teaching Team & NHS Out of Hours Primary Care for their @aberdeenuni 2025 Principal's Teaching Excellence Award commendations. Well done to all!

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Congratulations to Dr JB Gramain & Dr Morgiane Richard for being awarded the 2025 @aberdeenuni
Principal's Teaching Excellence Award for their innovative project called 'Student-Staff Partnership in Mathematics: What can we learn from an example of curriculum co-creation?'.

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New additions to the #Symposium this year are these two sessions. They both sound fun to us, come and decide for yourself!
UoA colleagues can still sign up to attend here https://t.co/xSSsAYxUax
#CADSymp25

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Today we hosted the popular Pedagogic Inquiry Network. Dr Monika Gostic spoke about a method she developed to enhance student engagement, comprehension, and transferable skills, and which was met with great enthusiasm by both, students and academics.

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Come and listen to one, or a couple, of #CADSymp25 Parallel sessions. Wide range of topics means there will be something for everyone with built in time to switch rooms half way through, if desired.
UoA colleagues please sign up to attend here https://t.co/4jnAG7aoMB

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Explore student-staff collaborations in Compassionate Assessment: The Value of Programme-Level Student-Staff Collaborations, co-authored by CAD staff & student interns, past & present @MaryRPryor @JoyPerk60627657 @Joanna_k_Wilson, Mailie Besson & Samu Turi https://t.co/vrzX8evkio

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Watch Professor Steve Tucker's invitation to the 16th Annual Academic Development Symposium 2025 which is taking place on 30 April on our Old Aberdeen campus. https://t.co/UyItnw4WrY
UoA staff are welcome to sign up to attend here https://t.co/cs2gSgoBbw
#CADSymp25

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We are excited to announce that our first keynote speaker at this year's Annual Academic Development Symposium will be Dr Charlie Ball, Head of Labour Market Intelligence at @Jisc. UoA staff are welcome to sign up to attend here https://t.co/lRzYSkc8Wr #CADSymp25

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We welcome UoA staff to join us @ the 16th Annual Academic Development Symposium held on 30 April. This year's theme is "Future-Ready Education: Enhancing Student Employability and Institutional Reputation" and you can sign up to attend now ➡️https://t.co/4VMB7Qn1Z7 #CADSymp25

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The popular L&T Network met today with speakers from the Work-Based Learning Group, who presented refreshed perspectives about using rubrics for grading. Colleagues found the session really useful and enjoyed hearing about this approach. Thank you!

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Team @AbdnCAD out for their Christmas meal last night.

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Winter graduation ceremonies are underway at the University of Aberdeen. Many congratulations to everyone graduating this week! #ClassOf2024 #ABDNgrads #ABDNfamily

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Team @AbdnCAD took part in the @aberdeenuni #BeWell fair this week promoting the Student Learning Service, #accessibility features of MyAberdeen and making use of interactive word clouds using our new polling software with generous giveaways from @anthologyinc and @Vevoxapp