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Academic Staff Induction (Teach at Dundee)

A guide for all new staff who teach.

Keep in touch with the academic community here at the University of Dundee!

Social Media

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Keep up with the latest news from the University of Dundee on whichever your preferred platform is!

The One Dundee Blog is great to follow to find out about University events, people and culture. 

The University Culture Online blog will brighten your day by giving you a digital snapshot of the various cultural activities happening at the University - archives, museums, art, music, theatre, botanics, photography, literature and more. 

The Student Blog posts will give you an insight into student life at Dundee. There's some great practical advice here on a range of different topics including studying, mental and physical health, socialising, and making the most of Dundee’s fantastic location, some of which might be useful for staff too! 

When using social media, please be aware of the University of Dundee Social Networking Policy

Yammer

Keep up to date with the latest information

Join the University groups that takes your interest - the Microsoft 365 is a useful one to start you off with.

Open the page below for a short introduction from Andrew Peter telling you about Yammer and the forum.

Microsoft 365 Uod Forum

Microsoft Teams

As well as using Microsoft Teams in your particular programmes, there are a couple of more general University Teams that you can ask to be added to, for example:

Education and Student Experience - this is essential for everyone involved in teaching and covers topics such as Quality and Academic Standards, Admissions, Digital and Events. Contact Caroline Hutton: chutton001@dundee.ac.uk if you haven't been added yet.

Well Together #ConnectedCommunities - this is an area where staff and students can share what we do to help our wellbeing be it reading, walking, crafting, cooking or reading books Contact Anya Farnan: a.s.farnan@dundee.ac.uk to be added to this one.

The Doctoral Academy

The Doctoral Academy will help you navigate through your doctoral journey as a unique and valued member of our high-performance research community.

As a research-intensive university, we are proud of the integral role our postgraduate researchers play in our vibrant culture. The Doctoral Academy will help you navigate your research journey (from doctoral journey to research journey). Read more

Quality Enhancement Themes

The 2020-23 sector-wide Enhancement Theme is Resilient Learning Communities.

This Theme focuses on meeting the changing needs and values of an increasingly diverse student community and a rapidly changing external environment. Resilient Learning Communities is led by a small Theme Leadership Team, who direct the work of the Theme and the wider Theme Leadership Group (TLG), and is supported by a dedicated team of colleagues from QAA Scotland.

Meet the  QAA Scotland Team

Each University has an institutional team, involving students and staff, and Dundee's institutional Team Lead is Dr Mike Bartle

Jisc

"Jisc is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation. We are a not-for-profit organisation and believe education and research improves lives and that technology improves education and research." Jisc

If you are not already a member of Jisc it's worth joining the community and exploring their pages, especially Learning and research resources.