UDL Night School

Discover UDL Night School – CPD That Fits Your Schedule. Your Favourite UDL Workshops, Now in the Evening!

We’re thrilled to introduce UDL Night School, a brand-new CPD series launching for the 2025–26 academic year — designed for busy educators who want expert-led professional development after hours.

🕡 Evening Sessions Delivered Online – Join us at 6:30pm BST
💷 Incredible Value – Just £10 per workshop
🎥 Fully Recorded – So you’ll never miss a moment
📚 Bonus Resources – Take-home multimedia packs for instant application

These monthly sessions have a duration of 90 minutes and are perfect for building your UDL toolkit at a pace that works for you. Make evenings matter with UDL Night School – where accessibility, engagement, and expert insight come together.

Check out the latest sessions below!

🔷 UDL for Beginners

Discover how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can transform your teaching practice from day one. This session introduces core UDL principles and practical strategies for creating flexible, engaging learning experiences that meet the needs of all students.

You will learn how to:

Grasp the foundational principles of UDL in higher education
Design lessons and activities that provide multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression
Support learner variability without sacrificing academic expectations
Challenge common misconceptions about UDL in teaching practice

✅ Free implementation resources—including lesson planners, activity templates, checklists, and guides—are provided with sign-up.

April 15, 6:30pm GMT, Live Via Zoom

🔷 UDL for Learning Spaces

Explore how Universal Design for Learning can shape physical and digital learning spaces that support diverse learner needs. Learn strategies to create environments that foster engagement, collaboration, and accessibility without compromising instructional goals.

You will learn how to:

Apply UDL principles to classroom and online space design
Create flexible spaces that support multiple learning modalities
Promote accessibility, inclusivity, and student agency
Identify and address common barriers in learning environments

✅ Free implementation resources—including space planning guides, checklists, and design templates—are included with sign-up.

April 29, 6:30pm GMT, Live Via Zoom

🔷 Emotionally Intelligent Teaching

Learn how to bring emotional awareness into your teaching to foster deeper engagement, motivation, and connection with students. This session introduces strategies for recognising emotions in the classroom, responding effectively, and creating a supportive learning environment that values every learner.

You will learn how to:

Understand the role of emotional intelligence in teaching and learning
Build meaningful relationships that enhance student engagement and success
Manage challenging situations with empathy and clarity
Integrate emotional awareness into course design and classroom interactions

✅ Free implementation resources—including reflection prompts, communication guides, and strategies for emotional engagement—are included with sign-up.

May 13, 6:30pm GMT, Live Via Zoom

🔷 UDL for Assessment

Design assessments that reflect and respect learner variability.

Explore how to apply UDL principles to assessment design in higher education. Learn how to develop flexible, meaningful assessments that not only evaluate but also support learning and student agency.

You will learn how to:

Understand the role of assessment from a UDL perspective
Design assessments that offer multiple means of expression
Maintain academic rigor while improving accessibility
Debunk common myths around UDL and assessment

✅ Free implementation resources including templates, prompts, checklists, and guides included with sign-up.

May 27, 6:30pm GMT, Live Via Zoom

🔷 Engagement: What Is It and How Do We Foster It?

Unpack the UDL principle of Engagement and make it actionable.

This workshop clarifies what engagement really means in the context of UDL. Learn how to foster genuine motivation and persistence in your learners by aligning with the UDL Engagement guidelines.

You will learn how to:

Define engagement from a UDL perspective
Identify and reduce barriers to engagement
Apply strategies that support sustained learner interest and effort
Promote multiple means of engagement in your teaching

✅ Free implementation resources including templates, prompts, checklists, and guides included with sign-up.

Jun 10, 6:30pm GMT, Live Via Zoom