Welcome to the Initial Training in University Teaching (FIDU) programme for UPF teaching staff, an initiative designed to provide you with support and guidance after joining the university, as well as boost your teaching career. The aim of the programme is to train you to plan your teaching, develop innovative teaching and assessment methodologies and facilitate their practical integration into the classroom.

This programme, which is free of charge, targets all teachers, especially junior lecturers, in order to meet the requirements of Article 78 of the LOSU. At the end of your training, you will be awarded a microcredential. It is essential to have teaching duties assigned for the current or the next academic year.

To adapt to your needs, we offer two training pathways:

Introductory FIDU

  • Teaching load: 75 hours
  • Modality: either blended or online
  • Duration: 1 year (can be extended to 2)

Adavanced FIDU

  • Teaching load: 200 hours
  • Modality: blended
  • Duration: 2 years

All new teaching staff and all PDI who wish to improve their teaching strategies. In particular, it targets junior lecturers, in order to meet the requirements of Article 78 of the LOSU.

  • To accommodate new teachers to UPF, informing them of the services, units and resources that the University provides them with as PDI. 
  • To initiate teaching staff in planning activities, developing teaching methodologies, classroom communication and assessment so that they are able to integrate them into their teaching within the UPF educational framework.
  • To promote the incorporation of educational innovation in the university context.
  • To provide a space for reflection on their own teaching practices.
  • To promote collaborative learning through peer feedback and observation of their own teaching.

Contents common to the two itineraries:

  • Self-diagnosis of teaching skills

  • Teaching modules: skills, planning, methodologies, communication and assessment 

  • Occupational hazards module

  • Two continuing education courses to choose from

  • Design of the learning plan of a subject with peer evaluation

  • Production of the digital portfolio to reflect the learning acquired

Specific activities by itinerary:

Introductory FIDU:

  • Interview with the head of Innovation
  • Learning tandems (peer observation)

Advanced FIDU:

  • Recording of teaching and feedback
  • Observation by a senior PDI
  • Tutored innovation project

Introductory FIDU (one year, with the option of extending to two years)

  • Start date: 26-10-2026
  • End date:
    • In one year: 30-6-2027 or 31-8-2027
    • In two years: 30-6-2028

Advanced FIDU (two years)

  • Start date: 26-10-2026
  • End date: 30-6-2028

If your teaching career is widely accredited, you can take advantage of the assessment procedure for the total or partial validation of this training. To process your request, you must attach your teaching record and supporting documentation via the CAU.

Catalan/English (in some modules of the common contents)

 

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