Workshops for Graduate Teaching Assistants

The Graduate Teaching Assistant workshop has run annually for over 20 years. It is a one-day event aimed at developing core teaching practice for those who teach as part of their PhDs. The workshops cover relevant aspects of classroom practice in economics such as marking and feedback and incentivising active learning.

These workshops are fully aligned to the UK Professional Standards Framework and can help delegates who are considering or working towards HEA Associate Fellowship status.

Online seminar on marking and feedback

15 May 2023, 1.30pm-3pm, online

Thanks to all who attended this workshop. A summary video is available to watch.

About the workshops

Our workshops complement any generic-based institutional training delegates might receive (and in some institutions exempts attendees from parts of such training) and are facilitated by experienced economics lecturers.

The workshops enable participants to discuss and evaluate the effective teaching of economics in small-group classes, tutorials, seminars and workshops, including:

• managing student expectations
• engaging small groups of students
• marking and feedback

UK Professional Standards Framework

Participants receive a certificate of attendance, mapping the workshop/symposium activities and outcomes to the UK Professional Standards Framework used in institution training for lecturers and postgraduates.

Endorsement

Since September 2016, the Economics Network's workshops have been endorsed by the Royal Economic Society and the Scottish Economic Society.

An independent panel established by the Royal Economic Society "agreed that the programmes are of a high quality and appropriate for the intended purpose of supporting new lecturers and GTAs as they begin their careers as teachers of economics".

The Scottish Economic Society "is pleased to endorse the Economics Network workshops as these have proven to be an invaluable and high quality resource for new lecturers in economics".

The GTA workshop programme is just one of the ways the Economics Network support economics postgraduate teaching assistants.

Feedback

Over 200 economists attended our GTA workshops last year. Previous participants' feedback:

"It had made me even more excited about teaching and has given me the confidence to make seminars my own rather than just presenting the information given to me by the department."

"Best workshop I've ever been to!"

"It gave me an idea of what to expect as a teaching assistant, what challenges I will meet and how to tackle them."

"I just want to take the opportunity to thank GTA workshop group for giving me this advice and information before I began a new role in teaching. I felt it gave me an open-minded, fresh perspective towards teaching, which I think is crucial to delivering a teaching service with enthusiasm and professionalism."

Past workshops

2023

• Online seminar on marking and feedback, 15 May

2022

Online workshops

• Online workshop 1: Small group teaching, 21 September and Marking & feedback, 22 September
• Online workshop 2: Small group teaching, 29 September and Marking & feedback, 30 September

In-person workshops

• University of Strathclyde, Thursday 22 September 2022
• University of Manchester, Friday 23 September
• University of Exeter, Monday 26 September (postponed from 19 September)
• London School of Economics, 26 September
• University of York, Friday 30 September
• University of East Anglia, Monday 10 October
• University of Warwick, Tuesday 11 October
• University College London, Wednesday 26 October

2020

• 2020 online workshops: Open sessions (for GTAs and Early Career Lecturers) Sessions for GTAs
• Modular programme run online during September and October during the pandemic
• 13 January 2020, University of Bristol

2019

• 16 January, Royal Holloway University (Download resources)
• 19 September 2019, King's College London
• 20 September 2019, University of Manchester
• 30 September 2019, University of Essex
• 3 October 2019, University of Oxford
• 4 October 2019, University College London
• 4 October 2019, University of York
• 9 October 2019, University of Nottingham
• 6 December 2019, University of Glasgow

2018

• 10 January 2018, University of Bristol
• 18 September, University of Leeds
• 19 September, University of Edinburgh
• 20 September, University of Bristol
• 21 September, University of Manchester (Download resources)
• 25 September, University of Exeter
• 27 September, University of Oxford
• 1 October, University College London
• 10 October, Lancaster University (Download resources)
• 10 October, University of East Anglia
• 10 October, University of Nottingham (Download resources)
• 12 October, University of Warwick

2017

• 19 September 2017, University of Bristol
• 22 September 2017, University of Manchester
• 26 September 2017, University of Exeter
• 26 September 2017, University of Surrey
• 27 September 2017, University of Oxford
• 4 October 2017, University of Nottingham
• 6 October 2017, University College London
• 11 October 2017, University of Warwick
• 11 October 2017, Newcastle University

2016

• 23 September 2016, Heriot-Watt University
• 23 September 2016, Royal Holloway, University of London
• 28 September 2016, University of Leicester
• 29 September 2016, University of Oxford
• 29 September 2016, University of York
• 30 September 2016, University of Manchester
• 30 September 2016, University of Exeter
• 4 October 2016, University College London
• 5 October 2016, University of East Anglia
• 12 October 2016, University of Nottingham
• 14 October 2016, University of Warwick

2015

• 21 September 2015, University of Exeter
• 22 September 2015, Cardiff University
• 30 September 2015, University of Nottingham
• 2 October 2015, University of Oxford
• 2 October 2015, University College London
• 8 October 2015, University of Essex
• 9 October 2015, University of Manchester
• 9 October 2015, University of Warwick
• 23 October 2015, University of Glasgow

2014

• 22 September 2014, Cardiff University
• 24 September 2014, University of Exeter
• 24 September 2014, University of Manchester
• 26 September 2014, University of Newcastle
• 26 September 2014, Royal Holloway University of London
• 30 September 2014, University of Sheffield
• 1 October 2014, University College London
• 1 October 2014, University of Nottingham
• 3 Octboer 2014, University of Oxford
• 7 October 2014, University of Birmingham
• 9 October 2014, University of East Anglia
• 14 November 2014, Glasgow Caledonian University

2013

• 18 September 2013, Queen Mary University of London
• 24 September 2013, University of Exeter
• 26 September 2013, University of Manchester
• 30 September 2013, Cardiff University
• 30 September 2013, Royal Holloway University of London
• 2 October 2013, University of Nottingham
• 2 October 2013, University College London
• 2 October 2013, University of York
• 3 October 2013, University of Bristol
• 4 October 2013, University of Oxford
• 4 October 2013, Lancaster University
• 9 October 2013, University of Warwick
• 9 October 2013, University of Essex

2012

• 17 September 2012, University of Sussex
• 20 September 2012, University of Bristol
• 26 September 2012, Cardiff University
• 28 September 2012, University of Oxford
• 28 September 2012, Loughborough University
• 1 October 2012, University of Birmingham
• 3 October 2012, University College London
• 3 October 2012, University of Nottingham
• 3 October 2012, University of Essex
• 3 October 2012, London School of Economics
• 5 October 2012, Lancaster University
• 8 October 2012, University of East Anglia
• 17 October 2012, University of Exeter
• 24 October 2012, University of Glasgow

2011

• 23 September 2011, University of Cardiff
• 28 September 2011, London School of Economics
• 28 September 2011, University of East Anglia
• 30 September 2011, University of Essex
• 3 October 2011, University College London
• 5 October 2011, University of Nottingham
• 6 October 2011, University of Sheffield
• 7 October 2011, Universtiy of Glasgow
• 12 October 2011, University of York
• 19 October 2011, University of Sussex
• 21 October 2011, University of Bristol

2010

• 24 September 2010, University of Cardiff
• 27 September 2010, London School of Economics
• 29 September 2010, University of East Anglia
• 7 October 2010, University of Sheffield
• 7 October 2010, University of Edinburgh
• 8 October 2010, Lancaster University

2009

• 18 November 2009, University of East Anglia
• 10 October 2009, Edinburgh Napier University
• 7 October 2009, University of Sheffield
• 25 September 2009, London School of Economics

2008

• 24 October 2008, Strathclyde Business School
• 26 September 2008, London School of Economics
• 16 June 2008, Lancaster University

2007

• 25 September 2007, London School of Economics

2006

• 22 September 2006, Nottingham Trent University