HEA: The Teaching Development Grants for 2012-13

The Teaching Development Grants for 2012-13

Higher Education Academy teaching development grants are a core part of the HEA's work to build up an evidence base for the sector around what works in learning and teaching. Through the practice that they develop and model, they encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for discipline-wide and sector-wide impact. 

Grants are awarded through a bidding process to individuals, academic departments and collaborative teams within higher education institutions that subscribe to the HEA. 

The substantive thematic call areas for 2012-13 will be assessment and feedback and flexible learning. In order to encourage innovative applications we will also allocate 25% of the funds to an open call for learning and teaching development.

The Individual call will open on the 18 May 2012 with a closing date for submissions on the 17 June 2012, with ring fenced funds for fellows and new academic staff.

The departmental call will open on the 28 August 2012 with a closing date for applications on the 30 September 2012.

The collaborative call will open on the 7 January 2013 with a closing date for applications on the 3 March 2013.

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/tdg

HEA: Event

Student Engagement with International Curriculum Development, 19 October 2012, Cardiff Metropolitan University

This seminar will focus on a student centred project carried out at Cardiff Metropolitan University and will cover the student involvement in international curriculum design, how their recommendations were put into practice and the conclusions drawn from experience.

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Different languages, one voice: The international students’ voice in internationalising the curriculum, 11 July 2012, University of Glamorgan

The aim of the seminar is to share the findings from our internationalisation project lead by our international students. The seminar will share issues and good practice identified by our student groups’ research.

HEA Annual Conference, 3-4 July 2012, University of Manchester

The title for the 8th Annual Conference of the HEA is “Great Expectations – are you ready?” Higher education is undergoing transformational change throughout the UK and although policies may be diverging amongst the four nations, the principle of students being central is shared. Their expectations of their course, institution and learning experience are rising. Staff and Institutions have their own aims and expectations too. In the year of the London Olympics where competitors have expectations of winning and are preparing to be ready for the challenge we apply the theme to the higher education sector and explore its implications for 2012. There are three main strands: Student expectations and the learning experience; Supporting staff to deliver student learning experiences of a lifetime; Institutional adaptability.

HEA: Believe and achieve: supporting achievement through the co-curriculum, 27 June 2012, University of Wales, Newport

This event is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012. The aims of the seminar: to identify key development themes in supporting the co-curricular student experience to enhance retention and success; to stimulate discussion on case study examples and developments(from Newport and from attending institutions); and to provide opportunities for those involved in enhancing the co-curricular student experience to link together to discuss potential collaborative opportunities. There is no charge to attend the seminar, but a place must be reserved. To register, please email HEA@newport.ac.uk.

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Using simulation to encourage a more inter professional approach to health care education (Health Sciences), 22 June 2012, Glyndŵr University

This workshop will demonstrate how collaborations between Glyndŵr University, the North Wales clinical school and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board encourage commitments to improving patient safety from a health care perspective.

NUS and HEA Student Engagement Conference, 12-13 June 2012, Nottingham

This two-day conference on student engagement that will: highlight some of the ways that the National Union of Students (NUS) and the HEA have been working to embed student engagement at the heart of each and every institution, including its projects on student-led teaching awards and widening engagement; showcase some of the work being done by students, students’ unions and institutions across the UK to ensure student engagement is not merely tokenistic; reflect on the research and evidence-base for student engagement; explore the debates underpinning student engagement; bring together voices from across the sector to look to the future of student engagement and how we can continue to ensure that it is meaningful and accessible to all.