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Newsletter March 2025

The PIL newsletter is published twice a year (March/April and October). This is a condensed version in English.

Welcome to PIL!

The Unit for Pedagogical Development and Interactive Learning (PIL) promotes stimulating pedagogy at the University of Gothenburg.

Apply for our courses from 9 April

The autumn 2025 PIL courses (including modules) will open for applications on Wednesday 9 April at 9 a.m. Places are limited and will be assigned on a "first come, first served" basis. The courses may quickly be fully booked, so don't wait to apply. If you belong to Sahlgrenska Academy, please note the information below!

These courses are offered in English:

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 1: Basic Course (PIL101) – in the form of modules!
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2: Subject Field Pedagogy (PIL102)
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 3: Applied Analysis (PIL103)
Supervision in Postgraduate Programmes (PIL201)

PIL101 is held as modules

The PIL course Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 1: Basic Course (PIL101) is held in the form of modules. In order to register PIL101 as completed in Ladok, you are required to take the Introduction Module and the Legal Module. In addition, you need to take two elective modules that together comprise at least 65 hours. (Doctoral students at Faculty of Science & Technology and Faculty of Social Sciences have another option: special 65-hour modules held in collaboration with the respective faculty.)

In the autumn of 2025, we offer seven elective modules in English:

Microteaching (25 hours)
Designing insightful writing tasks (25 hours)
Lesson Plan (40 hours)
The Good Lecture (40 hours)
Online teaching (40 hours)
Teaching methods for PhD students in the natural sciences and technology (65 hours; only for PhD students at the Faculty of Science and Technology)
Teaching methods for PhD Students in social science (65 hours; only for PhD students at the Faculty of Social Sciences)

Modules in Swedish only

These elective modules are only offered in Swedish:

Tillgänglig och inkluderande undervisning, 25 h (”Accessible and inclusive teaching”)
Seminariet som undervisningsform, 40 h (“The seminar as a form of teaching”)
Högskolepedagogiska perspektiv på verksamhetsförlagd lärarutbildning, 40 h (”Higher education perspectives on work placement in teacher education”)

More information (in Swedish) about modules in Swedish

NB: Special application form for staff at Sahlgrenska

Do you belong to Sahlgrenska Academy (or VGR)? Then you must use a special application form for the courses PIL103 and PIL201 (but not for PIL101 or PIL102). Application period for Sahlgrenska: 31 March – 27 April. After that period, submitted applications are ranked by your department.

PIL courses offered in Swedish

Information on PIL's courses offered in Swedish

The PIL and Open University seminar series

PIL invites you to a series of seminars in cooperation with Open University (UK).

► Two presentations about AI in education
Charlotte Arkenback & Emma Leiffler (Department of Education and Special Education) will present Empowering University Instructors with Generative AI: Building Personalized Pedagogical Assistants. Mirjam Hauck & Eleanor Moore (Open University) will present Fostering responsible use of AI at the OU. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion.

Thursday 22 May at 15:00–16:30. The seminar takes place in Teams.

Excellent Teacher

The University of Gothenburg has introduced the title Excellent Teacher as a way to recognize teachers' pedagogical proficiency. Are you employed as a teacher at the university? Then you may apply to be assessed for the title. The title Excellent Teacher is included in the university’s salary scales and should be considered during salary negotiations. Excellent Teachers also have the opportunity to apply for funding for a pedagogical development project.

Web resources in English

We would like to remind teaching staff of some of our useful online resources:

International master's degree in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

If you are a university teacher or researcher in higher education or have an undergraduate degree, you are welcome to extend and expand your pedagogical knowledge with a 60 credit international master's degree in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. The courses in this degree are offered online on a part-time basis. The language used is English. The courses are offered by the Department of Education, Communication and Learning.