Institute for Learning Enhancement

ILE is responsible for supporting the development of student learning, curriculum design, blended, flexible and distance learning.

Information and Resources

We run a postgraduate certificate in academic practice and a variety of workshops in blended learning and other areas of teaching.

We also provide postgraduate training, doctoral supervision training and support for the Early Researcher Award Scheme and have a number of externally funded research and development projects. 

Click on the menu to the left to access information and resources in all these areas.

ILE News and Events

Have a look at the ILE Blog for news and events within the department

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Latest ILE website updates:

• DiSA Conference 18th June 2012 - Touching Hearts and Minds : Tackling Disparities in Student Attainment
  This one day conference, will explore the findings of the DiSA project and look at the gap between the attainment of black minority ethnic (BME) and white students across Coventry and Wolverhampton Universites.
• New Researchers' Conference
  You are invited to attend this year’s new researchers' conference on Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 9:00 till 17:00 in the MC Building. The day is a drop in event and will showcase the varied work being undertaken by our new researchers at the University.
• Rich Exchanges: Employability and Enterprise Conference 2012
  The fourth one day Employability Conference will be held at the University of Wolverhampton on Wednesday 27th June 2012.  

Staff Support

We offer workshops, one-to-one and team support, a programme in academic practice for colleagues new to university teaching (PG Cert in Academic Practice in H.E ) and an Education Doctoral programme (with the School of Education). 

Postgraduate Programmes

We also support programmes for Postgraduate Research Students, the Research Supervisor Development Programme and Early Researcher Awards Scheme (ERAS).