INFORMATION
- Course code
TA 2026/2027
- Programme is for
All academic staff (whether permanent or temporary, part-time or fulltime) with UFO profile HGL, UHD, UD, Teacher.
PhD's:
The UTQ courses, 2a: Practical Teaching Skills, and 2b: Supervising Students are alternatives to the Taste of Teaching course. You may take one or both of these courses instead of the Taste of Teaching course. For these courses, you will receive a partial UTQ certificate. To be eligible for a certificate, you must meet the following criteria:
Course 2a: You have active teaching responsibilities. As part of the assessment, one of your lectures will be observed, you must have delivered several lectures before this observation takes place.
Course 2b: You must currently be supervising, or have recently supervised, at least two BA and/or MA students.
- ECTS
PhD students receive 1EC for this course from TGS.
- Date
Several times a year
- Time
Four sessions of 3,5 hour
Self-study and assignments: 2-3 hours
- Location
On Campus
- Maximum participants
12 participants
- Trainers
Marleen de Haan
Frank van den Berg
- Course materials
You will get access to a Canvas site offering all the necessary content in a modular setting.
- Requirements
Before taking any of the UTQ courses, please arrange an initial meeting with your faculty's UTQ supervisor. You can find the name of your faculty's UTQ supervisor here: Expert at CELT.
PhD's who started their PhD before 1st of March 2026 and have already had teaching training are eligible to receive a 2EC exemption for the Taste of Teaching. Please email exemptions-tgs@utwente.nl and attach the course certificate of teaching credentials you already have. You will be issued an exemption letter which you will upload into the Doctorate monitoring system. Candidates who started their PhD on or after 1st March 2026 and have already had teaching training will describe the training they had directly in the Doctorate monitoring system. An exemption letter will no longer be needed.
RESULT
After completing this course you are able to:
- describe the complete graduation process and accompanying (different) roles/styles of the supervisor;
- explain the importance of expressing expectations, planning and structured meetings in a graduation process, including the content of the planning and meetings;
- articulate your vision on supervising and can translate it into concrete activities as coach;
- apply different styles and techniques in supervising graduate students and groups of students; be a ‘lazy supervisor’, meaning let the students do the work they can do themselves.
CONTENT
During the course we will pay attention to the following topics: planning of a graduation project, supervising groups, first meeting with the student(s), role and style of supervisor, expectations of supervisor and student, active listening, giving feedback, assessment and motivation.
Of course we also pay attention to your specific questions.
ORGANISATION
Preparation: exercises and assignments, reading course material
In course: assignments (both individual and group), discussions and role play
ADMISSION CRITERIA
The University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) is a required teaching certification for lecturers, assistants, associates, and full professors. PhD students may be accepted into the UTQ program if they meet the requirements. Please contact the UTQ supervisor in your department to confirm: https://www.utwente.nl/en/ces/celt/who-we-are/
FURTHER INFORMATION
In order to be eligible for the UTQ Part Certificate a prerequisite is that you supervise(d) at least 4 (groups of) students. Furthermore you need to participate in all of the sessions hand in the assignments which will be assessed.
