Suspension of uploads to the NTR from 30 June 2025.

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We are suspending uploads to the National Teaching Repository with effect from 30 June 2025.

Sadly, we have not been able to secure external funding to continue the NTR at present. We have, therefore, taken the difficult decision to stop taking in new material from 30th June 2025.

The resources in the NTR remain accessible. You can view all NTR resources on Figshare.

The NTR is hosted and managed by Edge Hill University and we are exploring possible options to build on the fantastic work started by the NTR. But we are unable to manage and curate uploads in the meantime. Any information about new opportunities for making your educational resources available will be posted on the Edge Hill website.

How do you use the National Teaching Repository?

Have you shared your teaching aid, game or lesson plan in the NTR? Have you found a helpful resource in the NTR that made an impact on your teaching? Can you spare 5 minutes to fill in our questionnaire?

We are interested in how people use the NTR and understanding its impact in the UK and across the globe. Please tell us how you learned about the NTR and its resources, and how you have used them. We are also keen to hear your ideas and suggestions for improvements!

You can access the questionnaire here. This research project is led by Dr Nathalie Tasler, University of Glasgow (nathalie.tasler@glasgow.ac.uk)

NTR Awards 2023

NTR Awards 2023

We are delighted to announce our NTR 2023! The winners are:

OER Outstanding Contribution

  • Dr Harriet Dunbar-Morris
  • Charlotte Marshall
  • Dr Bianca Fox
  • Rebecca McCarter
  • Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins
  • Deb Baff
  • Danielle Hinton
  • Dr Kate Cuthbert and Laura Stinson

OER Champions Award

  • Dr Chrissi Nerantzi and the #creativeHE team

Innovation

  • Dr Gabriella Rodolico
  • Dr Willie McGuire

Award for Excellence

  • Dr Anne Margaret Tierney

Award for Global Reach and Impact

  • Dr Lee Fallin

Distinguished Service Award

  • Liam Bullingham

Welcome to the National Teaching Repository

The National Teaching Repository is an open access online searchable database where tried and tested strategies ‘that work’ can be housed and harvested.

A space where colleagues can upload and share teaching resources, pedagogical research, approaches and ideas. Their innovations and strategies and in doing so not only help others, but gain recognition and be acknowledged for and e able to evidence of the impact of their work in practice.

It is a space that anyone can search and access hands-on, practical ideas and resources, off the shelf ready to use or to adapt for implementation in their own settings.

It is a space that facilitates your ability to showcase your practice in a range of non-traditional research formats including data, books, reports, code, videos, images, audio recordings, posters, and presentations.

Why Participate?

…because all too often great ideas are hidden and even when brought to the fore they are not always considered to be of any value outside of the discipline or institution where they originated.

The National Teaching Repository creates a central space where anyone with an interest in teaching and learning and supporting developments in this field can view, download, upload, share and browse the very best ideas. Either to use as ‘off the shelf’ transferable strategies for immediate direct application, or with adaption to meet the needs of their own context.

The repository is all about supporting the strategic implementation of effective interventions that lead to real improvements for students by providing access to high-quality support to as many colleagues as we can because ‘better’ support for staff equals ‘better’ outcomes for students. 

How does it work?

The repository is housed within a system called Figshare.

Within the repository we have created several folders called categories. You simply decide where your work sits best and upload. It is possible to have work that straddles two or more categories. You can upload almost anything into the repository: Papers, Reports, Key Note Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Video, Teaching Resources and Materials.

Use the categories and add key words to help people to find your work easily. Our curators will help ensure your work is located in the most appropriate space and support you in making your work visible.

You can link your work to your ORCID ID, request a unique DOI for each item you upload and altmetrics will help you to measure impact.