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Take a look through the range of CPD series below, each focused on key themes to support your ongoing professional development in higher education. A special thank you to Regent College London and Burnley College for their collaboration and for generously sharing their CPD packages with our partner community. These resources are designed to help you connect with others and grow in your role as an educator. We hope you find them valuable as you continue to develop your expertise.
Advance HE will have activities on offer across three global themes throughout the 2025-26 academic year including;
Education for the future – rethink, redesign, recreate
Governing and leading transformation in a complex landscape
Support for recognition and inclusion
Member benefits offered by Advance HE for the 2025-26 membership year can be found here: Member Benefits 2025-26
Advance HE offers a refreshed portfolio of programmes, conferences and events for 2025-26, designed to support you in tackling today’s higher education challenges: Programmes, Events and Conferences 2025-26
To learn more about the Programme Leader Network, please contact Paula Walsh: P.Walsh@greatermanchester.ac.uk
To learn more about this CPD area, please visit: Buy tickets – The Resilient Researcher
To learn more about this CPD area, please visit: Buy tickets – TIRI-AE Online Teaching & Learning Chats
Our Disability Inclusion CPD schedule is delivered by a diverse team of colleagues with expertise in accessibility, inclusive teaching practices, and supporting neurodiverse learners. This programme equips lecturers with practical strategies and insights to help create inclusive learning environments that support all students.
Each session, delivered by Zoom, will feature Top Tips for Lecturers on addressing a wide range of disability profiles.
To explore available session dates and to book a place, please visit: Buy tickets – Disability Inclusion
Small online group sessions designed to effectively help you plan lessons in block delivery format – for details of session dates/times and to book a place, please visit: https://buytickets.at/lessonplanningsurgery/1850270
Interactive sessions providing top tips on how to use AI in teaching practice. To learn more, please visit: Buy tickets – AI Essentials for HE Educators
Welcome to English for Academic Purposes
Sign up here for practical CPD sessions delivered through the Centre for Higher Education Research and Practice (CHERP), designed to develop and enhance your practice.
For questions, contact Kat Cridland, Lead for EAP (k.cridland@bolton.ac.uk).
Book a placeThis series of CPD sessions will be delivered by Burnley College in collaboration with the University of Greater Manchester in order to share CPD across the organisations.
Book a placeI’m happy to share with you our latest Research and Scholarship Quarterly, Issue 12 - Conference proceedings from the RCL Learning and Teaching Conference 2025.
You can find it on the RCL website here -
https://www.rcl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/RCL-Research-and-Scholarship-Quarterly-Issue-12-1.pdf - via our Research and Scholarship page - https://www.rcl.ac.uk/our-community/research-and-scholarships/.
Our marketing team has posted a blog about the release of the Issue here - https://www.rcl.ac.uk/news/rcl-research-and-scholarship-quarterly-q3-2025/ and also posted on socials, here on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/regent-college-london_highereducation-academicresearch-scholarship-activity-7363587327425683458-9Kkj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAC2KJlUB8g7Q1Ku19DtKJ4Fjnk51r_VeSp4.
If you're currently employed in teaching and learning in higher or professional education, then this Advance HE-approved programme may be for you. If you're employed at the University of Greater Manchester, then this programme is ideal if you have relevant experience, and aspire to gain a teaching qualification and professional recognition.
For more information and to apply:
Part-Time on campus PgCert Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education
Part-Time PgCert Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education (Online)
Through engaging presentations, interactive workshops, insightful guest talks and thought-provoking symposiums, TIRIgogy aims to support you in your continued professional development journey by helping you to discover how to effectively integrate research informed pedagogy into your teaching and learning practices and provide you with practical techniques that can be seamlessly incorporated in traditional, hybrid or blended learning environments to enhance both your experience as an educator and that of your learners. TIRIgogy also offers a networking and collaboration platform for individuals working in the Higher Education sector through TIRIgogy ConnectED podcasts, blogs and webinars series. To explore any upcoming events and book a place, please visit: TIRIgogy CPD Series.
The Academic Liaison Librarian Team are offering a variety of CPD sessions, to ensure you are making the most out of the Library for your own research and to support your students to success. These sessions include;
To explore available session dates and to book a place, please visit: https://buytickets.at/liaisingwiththelibrary
You can also book one to ones with the Academic Liaison Librarian Team if you would like literature searching support for your own research projects – to discuss this further, please email s.english@bolton.ac.uk.
The Jisc Discovery Tool is a free online tool created to support staff in evaluating their digital skills and pinpointing areas for improvement. It offers customised feedback and recommended resources based on how users respond to a set of reflective questions. The tool is based on Jisc’s digital capability framework, which defines the essential skills required to succeed in a digital environment.
To find out more and to get started, visit: Discovery tool: staff guide | Building digital capability
Staff can also signpost their students to the Student Guide at: Discovery tool: student guide | Building digital capability
Please visit the University’s Sport and Wellness pages to explore a huge range of great activities taking place at The Sports Centre, Bolton One, the Multi-Use Games Area, Bolton Arena and the Anderton Centre - Sport & Wellness | University of Greater Manchester. These activities are a great opportunity for both staff and students to explore wider sporting interests – there is something for everyone!
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