Complete teacher development offer

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As an employee who also teaches, you can take advantage of all kinds of development offers in the field of education. In order to best fulfil these educational tasks,  you can benefit from all kinds of various workshops, courses and programmes in the field of education. 

Have a look at the possibilities for teacher development in the filter list below. Are you interested in personal development and professional skills? Then consult the Development Guide on the intranet (login required).

View all types of our teacher development offer in this overview (pdf).

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  • Basic training for tutors

    As a tutor, you guide students through important choices: from personal development and future orientation to exploring programs and specializations within the university.
    Date: 1 September 2026.

  • Teaching effective study skills

    In this workshop, you will be handed tips and tricks that will enable you, as a teacher, to boost your students’ study skills with a few small interventions.
    Date: 10 September 2026.

  • Supervising PhD Research

    As a PhD supervisor, you are not only a subject-matter expert, but also a co-researcher, coach and assessor. In this course, you learn how to navigate these roles.
    Data: 10 September 2026, 9 November 2026.

  • Getting started with GenAI

    Are you not so familiar with Generative AI yet? Or are you not so sure how to use Generative AI in your teaching or your own work? Then this workshop is ideal for you.
    Date: 10 September 2026

  • Workshop student well-being

    In this workshop for teachers and student advisors, student well-being takes center stage. What do we mean by student well-being, and how can we make it a topic of conversation in our day-to-day interactions with students?
    Date: the fall of 2026, to be planned.

  • Motivation and self-management

    A tutor is expected to guide students in developing their study skills and good study behaviour. This usually concerns matters such as studying effectively, (study) motivation, planning and an independent attitude to study.
    Date: 17 September 2026.

  • Supervising PhD research: Next level

    This course aims to deepen knowledge and skills associated with complex issues in supervision: motivating and monitoring progress, expectation management of process and product, managing a supervising team, or dealing with time management issues as one’s responsibilities become greater.
    Date: 17 September 2026.

  • GenAI: How and what do you communicate with students about?

    In this workshop, you will gain context and tools to communicate effectively with students about the use of GenAI in their education.
    Date: 8 October 2026

  • Active learning activities: how to stimulate active learning among students?

    In this active workshop, you will experience how to stimulate active learning in your course by using active learning activities.
    Date: 13 October 2026

  • Inclusive teaching: How to teach an international group of students

    Teaching in English in an international, diverse classroom is more than translating slides or assignments into English. It requires a methodical and didactic shift.
    Date: 5 November 2026

  • Make your assessment GenAI resilient

    How can I make my assessment more resilient to GenAI? Using a step-by-step plan, you will examine your own assessment materials to identify potential vulnerabilities.
    Date: 12 November 2026

  • Didactic coaching in action: the art of providing feedback

    In didactic coaching, you stimulate the learner’s thinking by providing motivating feedback and asking learning-enhancing questions.
    Date: 26 november 2026

  • Didactic coaching in action: the art of asking thought-provoking questions

    In didactic coaching, you stimulate the learner’s thinking by providing motivating feedback and asking learning-enhancing questions.
    Date: 3 December 2026

  • How to guide students in collaboration

    In this workshop, you will be introduced to tools form the collaboration grid and given practical guidance on how to use them when facilitating collaborative processes.
    Date: 10 December 2026

  • How to design a knowledge clip (workshop 1)

    In the first workshop of this series, you will learn what a knowledge clip is and how to design a knowledge clip.
    Date: 23 March 2027

  • How to record and enrich a knowledge clip (workshop 2)

    In the second workshop, you will learn all about how to record a knowledge clip and how to make it more engaging for your students.
    Date: 30 March 2027

  • Teaching in higher education – (University-wide BKO training programme)

    This programme offers a valuable opportunity to pause, reflect, and work on your teaching practice. Through engagement with educational theory, peers, and the trainer, this programme will help you better understand, substantiate, and optimize your teaching.
    Date: Various data.

  • UTQ (BKO)

    As proof of didactic competence in academic education, you need the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ/BKO).
    Start: differs per faculty

  • From UTQ to STQ

    Would you like to obtain your Senior Teaching Qualification ( STQ) as a lecturer? You can do so by demonstrating - through your portfolio - that you are experienced and have developed a broad view of the profession.
    Date: multiple data.

  • Teaching in the International Classroom

    The course is designed for teachers who (will) teach English in an international classroom and want to learn more about the cross-cultural and didactic implications of teaching in a diverse and international classroom.
    Date: to be determined, join the waiting list

  • Developing context-rich education Programme

    This programme is designed for teachers and coordinators who want to put the principles of the Utrecht Educational Model into practice, strengthen the boundary-crossing and multi-perspectival character of their education, and enhance its coherence, quality, and societal relevance.
    Date: Start 24 September 2026

  • Collaborative Online International Learning Programme

    During this programme, each participant will create or redesign (a part of) a course, module or project so that it is suited for collaborative online international learning (COIL).
    Date: register before 18 September, start date 10 October

  • Community Engaged Learning Programme

    CEL requires different skills from both students and teachers. The CEL curriculum supports teachers in teaching and developing CEL instruction.
    The course has two starting points in 2024-2025: September and February.
    Registration is open until 1 June 2024.

  • Course Didactics for continuing education

    This course supports lecturers among other things in the (further) development of Continuing Education, exchange of experiences with colleagues, and application of the learned material in practice.
    Date: to be determined.

  • Peer Observation Programme

    Would you like to watch another teacher? Or would you like another teacher to watch you and give you feedback? This is possible with this program!
    Date: start 10 November 2025

  • Conversations about difficult and sensitive topics

    In this course, teachers learn how to initiate and facilitate discussions on difficult and sensitive topics in their classrooms, thereby harnessing the power of different perspectives.
    Data: Start 13 October 2026 or 28 January 2027

  • Programme for Directors of Education

    In this concise course, the (prospective) Education Director develops knowledge and skills to effectively fulfill this responsibility.
    Date: to be determined

  • Educational Leadership Programme

    The intensive course in Educational Leadership is unique and designed for scholars who function in the direction of university education.
    Date: to be determined

  • Teaching Scholars Programme

    This programme will provide the participants with an overview of themes and research methods in educational sciences and coaches them to conduct and publish a discipline-related educational research project.
    Date: to be determined

  • Senior Fellow Programme

    The Senior Fellow Program is designed to strengthen educational leadership within Utrecht University.

  • Challenge Based Learning

    This module was created to introduce you to CBL, what it stands for, what its main features and frameworks are and how they can be applied in teaching.

  • Course Design

    The ‘Course Design’ module offers a step-by-step approach to (re)designing a course.

  • Educational Scholarship: research your education

    In collaboration with Educational Development & Training, this online training course has been developed with the aim of supporting you in writing a project plan.

  • Investigating your Teaching Practice

    The Utrecht University Roadmap for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is a practical step-by-step plan that helps you as a lecturer in setting up an (initial) SoTL study.

  • How to develop an e-module?

    This module focuses on designing and developing an e-module from an educational perspective.

  • Getting started with blended learning

    This module introduces you to the concept of blended learning and gives you tips and tools for (re)designing your teaching in a blended way.

  • Knowledge clips

    The module covers the do's and don'ts when creating knowledge clips for your teaching.

  • (Peer) Feedback

    This module introduces you to the characteristics of effective feedback, the different forms of feedback.

  • Assessment

    This online module uses the test cycle to teach you how to design, construct and administer a test (question) and how to assess and analyse a test.

  • Making your teaching more sustainable

    This online module offers teachers tools for making ecologically responsible choices when designing their teaching.

  • Educational Scholarship: Methods and Statistics

    On this page, you will find courses from various providers that all fall under the theme of Methods and Statistics.

  • Educational Scholarship: Programming

    On this page, you will find courses from various providers that all fall under the theme of Programming.

  • Educational Scholarship: Writing and planning

    On this page, you will find courses from various providers that all fall under the theme of Writing and Planning.

  • Educational Scholarship: Educational science

    On this page, you will find courses from various providers that all fall under the theme of Educational Science.

  • Educational Scholarship: Privacy and responsible research

    On this page, you will find courses from various providers that all fall within the theme of privacy and responsible research.

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Online sessions on inclusive conversations

The CAT organises a series of online sessions with the aim of supporting teachers in navigating conversations with and between students around the current situation in Gaza and the demonstrations at our university.

To the sessions

MOOC's

An MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is an online cursus that is open to anyone. That means ‘learners’ around the world can follow the MOOC free of charge, even if they’re not enrolled in an educational institution. The MOOC's developed by Utrecht University are each linked to one of the university’s four strategic research themes.

See the MOOC's