Partners of CAT
The Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning brings together all partners involved in teacher development, teaching innovation and sharing knowledge about teaching and learning. Each partner has its own scope, home base, expertise and approach. In the CAT, they join forces so that they can complement and strengthen each other.
The Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning welcomes all initiatives that share one or more of the common goals, whether faculty, university or bottom-up from the teaching community. The CAT thus aims to represent the joint faculties and teaching community in strategic discussions at national and international levels.
Who are the partners?

Centre for Entrepreneurship
The Utrecht University Centre for Entrepreneurship (UtrechtCE) creates an academic environment in which you can be entrepreneurial.

CHARM-EU
CHARM-EU is an Erasmus+ funded initiative which aims to develop long term structural and strategic cooperation between European universities. Nine European institutions are part of CHARM-EU, including Utrecht University. CHARM-EU represents a Challenge-Driven, Accessible, Research-based, and Mobile model for the co-creation of a European University aligned with the European Values and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Center for Research and Development of Health Professions Education
You can come to us for educational expertise for healthcare training courses. We offer support and advice to training courses within and outside UMC Utrecht.

EWUU Alliantie
In the EWUU alliance Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and University Medical Center Utrecht connect their scientific knowledge in research and education.

Freudenthal Institute
You can come to the Freudenthal Institute as a HE lecturer for guidance on educational innovations, didactic concepts, public communication and teaching.

Learning Analytics
Project Learning Analytics supports students and staff in initiating, implementing, and evaluating data-driven projects. Consider questions such as: How do students move through the curriculum of my programme? When and how do students use the course materials within my course? How do we offer students more insight into their own study behaviour? The project team offers time and expertise when it comes to educational advice, privacy-related issues, and support in the technical development of tooling.

Educational Development & Training
Educational Development & Training supports education professionals throughout their careers. As a UU lecturer or education director, for example, you can come to us for educational advice, training and individual coaching. For example, we help lecturers to develop further with Start-to-teach workshops, in BKO trajectories, Professional Consultation or with reflection at SKO level. We are also closely involved in, for instance, educational courses in Educational Leadership, Honours Teaching and Interdisciplinary Education. Educational Development & Training also supports educational innovations; we help lecturers who want to innovate their teaching through the Educational Resources Pool (EMP) and guide lecturers doing research on their own teaching SoTL.

Technology and Learning Department (TEL) UMC Utrecht
The Technology and Learning Department (TEL) at UMC Utrecht advises teachers on the integral design of blended learning and online education and provides IT tools for this purpose. TEL also develops its own products such as e-learning modules and knowledge clips. TEL facilitates digital testing and supports the organisation of webinars. Developed products are managed and maintained. For direct hands-on support, the local Education Service Desk is on standby.

Utrecht University Library
The University Library supports teachers on information literacy education and open sharing of self-created educational materials. You can also come to us with questions about copyright: what are you allowed or not allowed to do with other people's work? Finally, the University Library also supports access and use of materials from the Special Collections and education in the field of Digital Humanities.

USG consultancy
USG Consultancy works intensively with clients on solutions to complex issues in the public domain. Characteristic of the approach of the Department of Management and Organisation Science is a combination of management and organisation science insights, social commitment, practical applicability and great accessibility.

UU Honours College
The UU Honours College offers motivated students the chance to follow an extra challenging and inspiring educational programme alongside their regular studies. This education has a strong interdisciplinary character. Innovative ideas arise precisely by working together and involving various disciplines. In addition, the UU Honours College offers lecturers the opportunity to train in honours education.
Contact
As a UU lecturer, you can reach CAT and partners via the joint Teaching Support helpdesk. Here you can ask all your questions about teaching.