Innovative Doctoral Education

for Global Food Security:

UPC Activities

Natalie JellinekEducational Development OfficerOctober 2013

Centre for Educational

Development (UPC)

• 5 Educational Development Officers

• Courses, seminars, workshops for teaching staff, doctoral

students, research supervisors.

• Consultations, assessment of Associate Professorship

lectures

• Participation in international projects, examples:• RDViet, Vietnam

• SASACID (ANAFE)

• Innovative Doctoral Education for Global Food Security

Course offering (2013-14)

Teaching course in higher education, basic course

Teaching course in higher education, step two

Supervising doctoral students

How to present research

Course in grading & assessment

Project course (2w)

Project course (4w)

Course design

An introduction to distance education

Modules: Teaching in the Global Classroom, Gender-

sensitive teaching, Assesment

SASACID Workshops

ANAFE Network

May 2013: Nairobi, Kenya (English)

July 2013: Abidjan, Ivory Coast (French)

Innovative Doctoral Education for

Global Food Security

Activities UPC will be responsible in the area of

educational development:

• Courses & workshops on teaching & learning:

teaching staff, doctoral students, research

supervisors.

• Support for course leaders & teacher

exchanges, as needed.

Innovative Doctoral Education for

Global Food Security

Planned courses and workshops:

• Course on teaching & learning for PhD

students (5 days)

• Workshop on teaching & learning for teaching

staff

• Workshop on teaching & learning for research

supervisors.

Thank you!

natalie.jellinek@slu.se