Give Every Lecturer the Tools to
Keep Getting Better

Your staff are experts in their fields. IRIS Connect gives them the structure to become equally strong in how they teach

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The Challenges Holding Back Teaching Quality

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One-off training days rarely change how your staff actually teach

A workshop in September is forgotten by half term. Without ongoing practice, reflection, and feedback, nothing actually shifts. And research proves this.

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Development depends on who has time, not who needs it

CPD happens when a coach or mentor is available, which means most staff go without. The people who need support most often get it least.

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Great subject knowledge does not automatically mean great teaching

Most lecturers were hired for what they know, not how they teach. That is not a criticism. It is an opportunity every institution can act on.

How It Works:
Simple for Lecturers. Powerful for Leaders

Three steps. No complex rollout. No extra workload for your quality team

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RECORD

Capture a Real Session

Lecturers capture their sessions on any device using the IRIS Connect app. Recordings upload automatically to a private, GDPR-compliant account. They choose what to share and with whom.

REFLECT

Review With Focus

AI Insights highlights key moments and patterns in the recording, giving lecturers a clear starting point for reflection. Personalised Pathways guide them through relevant theory, video examples, and structured development activities.

Progress tracking on the IRIS Connect platform

REFINE

Share, Discuss, Develop

Lecturers share selected clips with colleagues for structured peer feedback. Development conversations are grounded in real practice, not memory. Leaders see engagement and progress across the institution through dashboards.

The Outcomes That Matter To You

IRIS Connect does not just record sessions. It builds the infrastructure for continuous teaching improvements across your institution

PGCAP and Lecturer Education

Connect PGCAP programmes to real practice. Lecturers record, reflect, and share with programme peers, bridging the gap between theory and their own sessions.

New and Industry-Route Staff

Give new lecturers a library of real teaching examples from within your institution, so they learn what good looks like in their own context from day one.

Evidence Collection

Build a continuous, auditable evidence base of teaching development across your institution, without anyone having to compile it manually.

Experienced Staff

Keep development active for every lecturer, not just new ones. Enable experienced staff to try new approaches, review their own delivery, and engage in peer feedback across departments.

Tailored for Your Sector

Universities and HE

Help research-active staff become stronger educators

Improve teaching quality consistently across faculties

Support PGCAP participants with practical teaching tools

Build evidence of continuous improvement for quality reviews

Further Education Colleges

Support lecturers from industry backgrounds

Embed quality improvement across departments

Scale effective CPD on limited budgets

Evidence teaching development for inspections and reviews

2,500+

Organisations

50+

Countries

17+

Years

100,000+

Educators

What Lecturers Are Saying

“For me, IRIS Connect is a fantastic tool to reflect and better myself. I really liked that I don’t have to share everything and could just pick sections I felt I wanted feedback on and discuss these with my coach.”

Carine Simmonds, Lecturer in Childcare, South Devon College

“IRIS Connect has been a game changer for us — it makes lesson observation far easier to manage and gives staff more ownership over their development.”

Helen Waters, Associate Professor of Education, University College Birmingham

Peer-Reviewed Research From the University of Queensland

A 2025 University of Queensland study found that structured video-based peer feedback using IRIS Connect helped students across Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, and Education develop deeper reflection, greater confidence in giving and receiving feedback, and stronger feedback literacy. The study demonstrates how digital peer feedback can bridge the gap between academic learning and professional practice.

Read the full report >

A Smarter Approach to Teaching Development

High-performing institutions build systems that make professional growth routine, structured, and supported. IRIS Connect provides that system.

Teaching enhancement becomes continuous rather than cyclical. Measurable rather than assumed. Developmental rather than performative.

That is how improvement scales.

See what this could look like in your institution

Book a tailored 30-minute conversation. We’ll show you how institutions like yours are using IRIS Connect to improve teaching quality, support lecturer development, and embed continuous improvement into everyday practice.