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TIPS Community

 TIPS stands for ‘Teaching, Innovation and Practice in Student Education’post it with a light bulb on it

As a place where colleagues help colleagues, the TIPS Community of Practice is a supportive space for anyone involved in teaching and developing others, in facilitating learning and in dealing with the everyday challenges of education practice. TIPS as a project started during the pandemic to create a single point of exchange for staff at a time when solutions to online teaching where developed locally and there was no space to share them centrally.
Since 2020, TIPS has grown to over 850 members across the University of Leeds. It is the one-stop shop to find out about events and opportunities and there are dedicated spaces to discuss key topics such as assessment, sustainable education and inclusive practice. The most active space is our "Ask TIPS" channel, where anyone can ask for help from the wider community.
TIPS is more than an online community. We co-run events with partners and edit the TIPS Blog, a collection of practice-sharing articles written by members of staff. Each article outlines a teaching intervention, design rationale, and impact evaluation strategy, and suggests how these could be used and adapted by others. It is a perfect first step into publishing about your teaching and scholarship practice. 
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TIPS Teaching and Learning Chats (TLCs)

Our TIPS TLC meetings offer members of the TIPS Community a chance to connect across roles and disciplines, exchange tips, ideas and inspirations for everyday teaching practice. Each meeting focuses on a topic related to everyday teaching, encouraging participants to share experiences and support one another.

28 March 2025 - Exploring collaborative practice

  • When: 28 March 2025, 10.30-11.30am
  • Where: Online
  • Who is it for? Members of the TIPS Community (if you're not already a member, join the TIPS Community here)
  • Meeting theme: Exploring collaborative practice

In this TIPS TLC we will explore the following questions:

  • How do you collaborate effectively with colleagues, students, externally, partners in the community or other stakeholders?
  • Perhaps you would like to reflect on collaborative experiences that haven’t been as successful?
  • What does true collaboration actually look like, what is it and what is it not?

This TIPS TLC will give you the opportunity to connect with colleagues on the topic of collaboration, something that is part of our everyday practice and now recognised in the Advance HE Professional Standards Framework 2023 as a key professional value for HE educators.

Sign up for 28 March TLC

9 May 2025 - Confidence with Inclusive Practice

  • When: 9 May 2025, 10-11am
  • Where: Online
  • Who is it for? Members of the TIPS Community (if you're not already a member, join the TIPS Community here)
  • Meeting theme: Inclusive practice

It can sometimes feel challenging knowing where to start with inclusive practice, we can worry about getting things wrong and this can sometimes hold us back from trying new things. Sometimes we just need to give things a go and embrace that failure is a First Attempt ILearning and allow ourselves space to reflect on experiences that haven't been as successful, as well as those that are.

This TIPS TLC will give you an opportunity to connect with colleagues on the topic of inclusive practice, something that is part of our everyday practice and now recognised in the AdvanceHE Professional Standards Framework 2023 as a key professional value for HE educators. You will have the chance to reflect on your experiences and work in this area with the aim of building your confidence with inclusive practice approaches.

Sign up for 9 May TLC

The TIPS Blog

Explore the TIPS Blog for articles and videos created by colleagues showcasing their excellent practice in teaching and learning. Here, they share what they did, what it achieved, and how this might be useful for others. Use the categories below to find what you are looking for.

Share your practice