What is IATL?
The Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) at the University of Warwick is a pioneering academic department dedicated to educational innovation. IATL collaborates with both students and staff across the university to foster transformative educational opportunities. It acts as the institutional hub for educational innovation at Warwick, providing leadership and support to help students achieve their full potential, develop their ideas, and contribute to the university community as engaged citizens.
IATL empowers students by offering them the tools to design and execute their own projects, and to share their research findings through creative mediums, conferences and academic journals. The department also hosts interdisciplinary modules that encourage collaboration between students and staff from various disciplines, helping them connect their learning to tackle larger questions. IATL is committed to exploring diverse forms of assessment, including student-devised assessment, and co-creating different ways of learning and teaching with students.
IATL’s Mission
The mission of IATL is grounded in three foundational principles: Research-Led Educational Innovation, Participatory Practices and Inclusive Structures, and Care-Rooted Approaches. These principles support the creation of academically rigorous, holistic learning experiences that are caring and inclusive, recognising the unique talents and needs of each student.
IATL’s core activities, which include Learning beyond Disciplines, Student Research, Learning beyond Borders, and Research-Infused and Enterprise-Infused Curricula, embody its mission. These activities create student-centred, transformative educational experiences that expand students’ learning opportunities and horizons, aligning with the overarching mission of the ICUR Philosophy.
IATL and ICUR
IATL is the department at the University of Warwick where ICUR was first developed, in collaboration with colleagues at Monash University. This work was sponsored by the Monash Warwick Alliance.
IATL now hosts ICUR annually. Together, IATL and ICUR strive to create a creative and inclusive academic community that values research-led education, participatory practices and care-rooted approaches. By supporting students in doing research and providing platforms for interdisciplinary and global engagement, they contribute to the development of well-rounded, engaged citizens who are prepared to tackle the challenges of the future.