Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE)
The Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE), recognises and rewards collaborative team work that has had a demonstrable impact on teaching and learning in higher education. The team must be able to demonstrate the following:
- Evidence of excellence in terms of the team’s collaborative approach commensurate with the team’s context and opportunities afforded by it.
- Evidence of excellence in the impact of their collaborative work on teaching and learning, including beyond their immediate academic or professional area.
The initiative is led by Advance HE and managed by the Centre for Academic Development. The University nominates one team per competition round. Usually, it takes several years of planning, evidence collecting and professional development to devise the application. So, it is never too early to discuss how to get started!
Staff interested in CATE 2023 are asked to contact Dr Joy Perkins (j.perkins@abdn.ac.uk), the institutional contact for CATE before Friday 28th October 2022.
The 2021 CATE Award-Winning TQFE/BAPD Team
The University’s School of Education TQFE/BAPD team, which delivers the Teaching Qualification for Further Education (TQFE) and BA (Professional Development) qualifications, won the prestigious, national 2021 AdvanceHE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE).
Other Resources
The webinar, ‘CATE - the basics and the benefits’, was aimed at staff aspiring to achieve a CATE award and who would like to understand the steps needed to submit a future CATE application. Please see the PowerPoint slides from the session delivered by Professor Bob Gilmour, Glasgow Caledonian University in July 2020.
The Advance HE Teaching Excellence Award Lead is Dr Joy Perkins, Centre for Academic Development (cad@abdn.ac.uk).