CADI Connect - September 2026

AI for Teaching and Learning

In this session you will explore how generative AI tools can be meaningfully integrated into teaching practice to enhance engagement, personalise learning and streamline tasks. 

Next session(s): 22nd Sept, 6th Oct

AI, Assessment and Academic Integrity

In this session, you will explore how generative AI tools can be meaningfully integrated into assessment tasks to enhance student assessment literacy and alignment. 

Next session(s): 23rd Sept, 7th Oct

NEW - Building Ethical and Critical AI Practice

As AI tools become increasingly embedded in higher education, the need to engage critically and ethically with their use has never been greater.

In this session, you will explore how to evaluate AI outputs, question their reliability, and understand the ethical principles that underpin responsible use in teaching, learning, and assessment. Drawing on current sector guidance and research, we will unpack issues of fairness, transparency, privacy, and academic integrity through collaborative activities.

Next session(s): 24th Sept, 19th Oct

NEW - AI, Creativity and Multimodal Learning Design

As generative AI tools make it easier to create images, video, audio, and visual learning materials, academic staff are increasingly faced with questions about how to use these tools purposefully, inclusively, and responsibly.

In this session, you will explore how AI can support the design of multimodal teaching activities and resources that enhance student engagement, accessibility, and understanding. Through hands-on activities and examples from across higher education, you will consider how creative AI tools can be used to redesign learning tasks, support diverse learners, and offer students meaningful choices in how they engage with content and demonstrate learning.

Next session(s): 19th Oct

APEX Orientation

The starting point for both the written route and professional conversation is attendance at an APEX orientation event. Orientation events run every two months to provide an overview of the APEX programme and to guide colleagues to the appropriate pathway for Fellowship. They provide an introduction to the UKPSF and detail the written and professional conversation routes to Fellowship.

Next session(s): 5th Oct (online), 5th Nov, 8th Dec (online), 29th Mar (online), 6th May 2027

Evidencing your Professional Values for Fellowship

Are you considering applying for Fellowship or struggling to articulate your approach to Professional Values in your APEX claim? This interactive and collaborative workshop is designed to guide you through reflecting on your teaching identity and aligning it with the Professional Standards Framework 2023.

Next session(s): 2nd Sep, 8th Oct, 5th Nov, 7th Dec

Empowering Students to Engage and Act on Feedback

Tired of feeling like your carefully crafted feedback goes unnoticed or unused? Do students seem to treat feedback as a box to tick rather than a tool for growth? Join this collaborative and interactive workshop to explore how to write feedback that resonates with your students, inspires reflection and drives meaningful action.

Next session(s): 24th Sept*, 22nd Oct*

*Attend one of these session and provide feedback to recieve a £5 Hideout voucher

Mind the Gap - Supporting Change to Reduce Awarding Gaps

Do you want to ensure your students have an equitable opportunity to succeed? This practical workshop explores awarding gaps and what you can do in your day-to-day teaching to create a more inclusive learning environment.

Next session(s): 3rd September, 3rd December

Designing Inclusive Approaches to Assessment

How can we ensure that our assessments are fair, flexible, and feasible, both for our students and for us as educators? Join us for a hands-on, practical session on inclusive assessment, where we’ll explore how to design fair and supportive assessment experiences for all students.

Next session(s): 10th Sept*, 15th Oct*, 18th Nov*

*Attend one of these session and provide feedback to recieve a £5 Hideout voucher

NEW - Mentimeter: an interactive tool to enhance engagement and interactive participation

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll experience the functionality of Mentimeter from both sides of the screen: first as a student, then as a creator/presenter. You’ll explore a wide range of interactive features, such as live polls, word clouds, quizzes, Q&A, and slide design tools including the PowerPoint add-in, and see how its AI features, such as grouping text responses, can enhance your sessions. We’ll also look at how Vevox question types can be recreated in Mentimeter to support transition between the two systems.

Next session(s): 3rd Sept, 15th Oct

NEW - Padlet Essentials: Creating, Connecting and Collaborating

Join this session for an exploration of Padlet as a flexible digital tool for supporting collaboration, engagement, and active learning. You’ll find out about core and new features of Padlet, enabling you to manage your content and create Boards to suit a range of contexts. Throughout the session, we will consider how Padlet can be used purposefully to enhance learning design, with opportunities to reflect on its pedagogical strengths and limitations.

Next session(s): 1st Sept, 5th Oct, 4th Nov, 4th Dec

Teaching Well, Consistently Well at Portsmouth

Are you new to Portsmouth or looking to refresh your approach to teaching and learning? Whether you’ve inherited a module, are navigating blended learning for the first time, or simply want a chance to review your learning and teaching strategy, this interactive and collaborative workshop is your starting point.

Next session(s): 1st Oct, 2nd Dec, 4th Feb, 10th June 2027

How to Teach Well in Challenging Learning Environments

Teaching in higher education can sometimes involve moments where engagement drops, expectations feel unclear, or the learning environment becomes harder to navigate. This workshop explores how these situations can be understood and responded to through a more relational and contextual lens.

Next session(s): 26th Oct, 7th Dec, 22nd Feb 2027

The Art of Noticing: Awareness, Capacity and Everyday Resilience

This session introduces a practical and relational approach to resilience in teaching by focusing on awareness, nervous-system literacy and presence. Instead of viewing resilience as “coping harder”, the workshop explores how teachers can notice their internal states, understand common stress responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn), and recognise how these influence their capacity to engage with students.

Next session(s): 28th Sept

NEW - Free Speech in University Teaching

In this session, you will explore a practical decision-making framework for managing difficult issues of free speech and academic freedom in university teaching.

This interactive session focuses on how colleagues can make defensible, proportionate decisions when lawful free speech may be in tension with competing legitimate aims.

Next session(s): 16th Sept, 11th Nov, 6th Jan 2027