The Curriculum and Education Development Academy (CEDA) - is responsible for the design, facilitation, evaluation and support of educational practice, professional and career development of staff teaching on Lancaster University programmes.
CEDA offers a broad portfolio of in-person and online professional development opportunities for staff who teach or support student learning, including postgraduate taught programmes, accredited pathways, annual education conferences, networks, workshops, self-directed online resources, and pedagogic guidance incorporating examples of effective practice. CEDA also leads enhancement initiatives on behalf of the University, and has the expertise to support curriculum consultancy.
CEDA is committed to the following four values:
- Contributing to community
- Enabling transformative change
- Valuing difference and inclusion
- Contributing to staff experience
Read more about our values below.
Contributing to community
CEDA contributes to community in a number of ways, including by:
- Promoting and supporting community in its broadest sense – including students, staff and others involved in learning and teaching across the LU global network.
- Valuing collaboration and encouraging cross-disciplinary and cross-campus networking.
- Recognising there are many different contexts in which students and staff learn and teach – and that, irrespective of roles, we are all learners.
- Providing activities and opportunities that are developmentally and intellectually valuable for individuals and the LU community as a whole.
Enabling transformative change
CEDA plays an important role in leading transformative change to both educational practice and student experience, by:
- Promoting and cultivating the educational expertise within the Lancaster University global community.
- Supporting colleagues to take a critically reflective approach to their educational practice.
- Fostering an institutional culture of educational development as a lifelong endeavour, and modelling this ourselves by engaging in ongoing professional development activities.
- Creating opportunities for colleagues to engage and collaborate in networks and communities of educational excellence, for the benefit of staff and students.
- Supporting the continuous improvement of experiences for LU students and staff.
Valuing difference and inclusion
Inclusive values underpin the work of CEDA and inform our approach, which includes:
- Valuing and respecting the skills and expertise of colleagues from a full range of educator roles across the LU global network.
- Providing support and opportunities for colleagues working in different roles, contexts and settings across the LU global network.
- Encouraging and energising colleagues in relation to their educational practice, and celebrating their efforts and endeavours to improve the experiences of staff and students.
- Supporting the development of educational provision that is inclusive by design.
Contributing to staff experience
CEDA aims to contribute to a positive experience for staff involved in learning and teaching at Lancaster University, by:
- Taking an inclusive and collaborative approach to our work and, in doing so, supporting colleagues to have positive experiences of educational practice and educational development.
- Fostering an institutional culture of educational development as a lifelong endeavour, and modelling this ourselves through engagement in ongoing professional development activities.
- Creating opportunities for colleagues to engage and collaborate in networks and communities in which they feel supported in their educational practice and other professional activities.
- Ensuring CEDA activities are evidence-informed, draw on relevant sector knowledge, and model good practice.
If you would like to get in touch with us, please email CEDA.