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30/05/08	Plant Sciences Research Briefing available for download The Plant Sciences Pedagogy Project was one of three projects involved in the Teaching for Learning Network.
04/03/08	Plant Science technology article published in HEA Bioscience Bulletin The Department of Plant Sciences has been working to improve their provision of resources to support student learning for over two years. Many of the tools they have used and the resources they have developed are available to students through an online 'Virtual Learning Network' and so can be accessed anywhere at any time.
10/02/08	TfLN at RED-U in Sevilla, February 2008 Dr Patrick Carmichael of CARET was the keynote speaker at a conference of the Red Estatal de Docencia Universitaria (RED-U) at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla.
06/02/08	Engineering Education 2008 The work carried out in the Department of Engineering will be presented at the HEA Engineering Subject Centre Annual Conference later this year.
19/12/07	TfLN hold Roundtable session at SRHE Annual Conference 2007 Six members of the Teaching for Learning Network attended the Annual Conference of the Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE), held in Brighton between 11-13 December 2007.
19/12/07	Get an overview of the Plant Sciences Pedagogy Project The Plant Sciences TfLN team gave a seminar to staff within the department recently to keep them informed and engaged with the continuing research and development project.
18/12/07	Student workshops in the Department of Plant Sciences Two linked workshops have recently been run in the Department of Plant Sciences for second year (Part IB) students.
29/10/07	Celebratory event for the TfLN The Teaching for Learning Network celebrated its first year of research and development activities on Tuesday 23rd October with an evening event at St John's College, Cambridge.
12/09/07	TfLN Plant Science team scoop BERA/Sage award Dr Keith Johnstone, Fran Tracy and Katy Jordan have been awarded first place in the newly instituted BERA / SAGE Publications Award for Research into Practice
31/08/07	TfLN presents at BERA 2007 The 2007 Annual Meeting of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) begins on the 5th of September at the Institute of Education, London, UK.
28/08/07	TfLN presents at EARLI 2007 The 12th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction opens today (28th August) in Budapest, Hungary.
01/06/07	Submission for a Roundtable session at SRHE 2007 The participants of the TfLN have put in a joint submission for a roundtable session at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research in Higher Education, to held in Brighton 11-13th December 2007.
01/05/07	Book release: University Collaboration for Innovation: Out Now! The Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI), who funded the establishment of the Teaching for Learning Network, today announced the publication of the long-awaited book 'University Collaboration for Innovation: Lessons from the Cambridge MIT Institute', which details some of the Institutes's activities over the last five years.
02/04/07	Six month review: next TfLN group meeting The next group meeting of the TfLN will take place on Monday 30th April 2007.
15/03/07	EARLI 2007: paper accepted Naomi Irvine and Patrick Carmichael of the TfLN have had a paper accepted for presentation at the EARLI 2007 conference in Budapest at the beginning of September.
15/03/07	TfLN papers accepted for BERA 2007 This week, the network received news that two papers written by TfLN members have been accepted for the prestigious BERA 2007 annual conference.
02/03/07	Next TfLN group meeting The next group meeting of the TfLN will be held on Monday 26th March 2007.
02/01/07	TfLN: representation at events in 2006 Members of the Teaching for Learning Network were busy during 2006, presenting details of the work going on in the network at various conferences across the country (and abroad).
15/12/06	Research Grant awarded ESRC/EPSRC grant awarded under 'Technology-Enhanced Learning Programme'.
29/06/06	Teaching excellence recognised at a national level Dr Keith Johnstone wins national award
07/06/06	Teaching excellence recognised by Cambridge University Earlier in the year, Dr Keith Johnstone was one of eleven University of Cambridge lecturers to be recognised for their excellence in teaching.