Learning & Teaching Enhancement Officers
School and College LTE Officers are appointed to support and advise Schools or Colleges on matters relating to Quality Enhancement and Assurance for undergraduate and taught postgraduate provision.
Each College appoints one LTE Officer. Schools will appoint at least one LTE Officer but may determine to appoint separate Officers for undergraduate and postgraduate provision.
LTE Officers work closely with members of College/School committees with responsibility for Learning & Teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level e.g. College Dean of Learning & Teaching, School Learning & Teaching Convener, School PGT Convener, and should be invited to be members of Learning & Teaching Committees at the College or School level relevant to their role.
Roles and Responsibilities
LTE Officers are expected to provide leadership within their academic area in relation to quality assurance and enhancement processes and articulate University or national-quality processes and requirements for their local processes and roles. LTE Officers also have an essential role to play in the identification and dissemination of good practice highlighted across their School or College.
An element of identifying and dissemination good practice is attendance at relevant committees such as Staff-Student Liaison Committees, School or College Learning & Teaching Committees and (as appropriate) University LTE Officers Forum.
The agreed roles for LTE Officers are available below:
Current Learning & Teaching Enhancement Officers
The names and contact details of current LTE Officers are available at the links below:
- School LTE Officers 2019-20 [to be updated]
- College LTE Officers 2019-20 [to be updated]
Induction
Induction and training for new School and Learning & Teaching Enhancement Officers, and a refresher for existing LTE Officers, takes place annually in October and is organised and delivered in partnership by the Senate Office and members of the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Officers Forum. The training has variously covered approaches to Learning & Teaching Enhancement Review, an overview of quality processes and served as an interactive forum for LTE Officers to feedback to the Senate Office.
Appointment
Heads of Colleges and Heads of Schools should advertise Learning & Teaching Enhancement Officer vacancies and invite expressions of interest from academic colleagues.
School and College LTE Officers are fractional appointments and are normally for 3 years in the first instance.