Complete teacher development offer

Een docent van de UU geeft les aan studenten

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 on the intranet (login required).

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

43 found

  • Conversations about difficult and sensitive topics

    In this workshop, teachers learn how to initiate and guide conversations about difficult and sensitive topics in their classrooms.
    Date: This workshop consists of two half-days, on 30 October and 13 November.

  • Media assignments: why and how?

    Invite your students to develop 21st-century skills through media assignments. In this workshop, we’ll explore how videos and podcasts can be powerful learning tools.
    Date: 3 November 2025

  • Student well-being

    This session for teachers and tutors focuses on student well-being. How do you ask students how they are doing? How do you respond or continue to ask? We pay attention to what your role is as a tutor, and especially what not.
    Date: 11 November 2025

  • Supervising Ba- and Ma- theses; (how) can it be more effective?

    In this short workshop, we will discuss templates to improve ‘shared cognition’ with your student and tips to activate your students.
    Date: 12 November 2025

  • Conversations about difficult and sensitive topics

    In this workshop, teachers learn how to initiate and guide conversations about difficult and sensitive topics in their classrooms.
    Date: This workshop consists of two half-days, on 18 November and 9 December.

  • Assignments and (peer)feedback in Brightspace

    Brightspace presents a range of tools to assess students and provide feedback. During the workshop, we will show how these tools can be used and when you might choose which tool.
    Date: 25 November 2025

  • Activate your students with Brightspace

    How do you ensure more active learning among students during your teaching? And what possibilities and tools are available within Brightspace to help you offer activating work forms?
    Date: 11 December 2025

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

    For students, it is important to know what is expected of them when using Generative AI. How do you start the conversation with students about this?
    Date: 15 December 2025

  • Grading in Brightspace

    Within Brightspace Grades, assignment results can be gathered and presented. Step by step, these workshops will introduce you to Grades and give you tips on how to set up the grade centre conveniently.
    Date: 13 January 2026

  • Assignments and (peer)feedback in Brightspace

    Brightspace presents a range of tools to assess students and provide feedback. During the workshop, we will show how these tools can be used and when you might choose which tool.
    Date: 10 March 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. What are the points of attention when designing a knowledge clip? And how do you develop an engaging storyline?
    Date: 13 April 2026

  • Activate your students with Brightspace

    How do you ensure more active learning among students during your teaching? And what possibilities and tools are available within Brightspace to help you offer activating work forms?
    Date: 16 April 2026

  • 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: 20 April 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: 21 May 2026.

  • Grading in Brightspace

    Within Brightspace Grades, assignment results can be gathered and presented. Step by step, these workshops will introduce you to Grades and give you tips on how to set up the grade centre conveniently.
    Date: 1 June 2026

  • As proof of didactic competence in academic education, you need the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Teaching Qualification (UTQ/BKO).
    Start: differs per faculty

  • Supervising theses or thesis work can be fun and inspiring but also difficult and time-consuming. In this training we look at how you can optimize your approach.
    Date: to be determined, join the waiting list

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Honours Teaching Programme

    This course focuses on further professionalization of teachers in honors didactics.
    Date: to be determined

  • Interdisciplinary Teaching Programme

    Upon completion of this course, for example, teachers will be able to make choices appropriate to the learning objectives and subject matter of their interdisciplinary teaching.
    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

  • Modules Didactics for Continuing Education

    To support teachers in the (continued) development of education for professionals and also to learn from each other, the alliance partners (EWUU) offer modules on didactics for education for professionals.
    Start date: 26 September 2024

  • 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 ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

  • Blended Learning for student assistants

    This module is specially designed for student assistants who want to think about new possibilities in education and learn more about blended learning.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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 ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ are each linked to one of the university’s four strategic research themes.

See the MOOC's