FW: HEA travel fund

 

HEA UK travel fund

The HEA’s new UK travel fund will enable staff and students in UK higher education to exchange and disseminate good practice in learning, teaching and assessment and engage with their peers. The funding may be used to help the applicant(s) attend conferences, network meetings and special interest groups that are being run in the UK. Please note that funding may not be used for events that are being held outside the UK. The application should demonstrate that:

 

• the event is related to at least one of the HEA’s current seven priority themes: assessment, education for sustainable development, employability, internationalisation, flexible learning, retention and success, reward and recognition of teaching;

 

• the activity would have a positive impact in the sector e.g. including the nature of the engagement proposed by the applicant, scope and purpose of the event;

 

• the event would give opportunities for professional development or capacity building for the applicant(s);

 

• the application should offer value for money.

 

This is an open call running throughout the academic year 2011-12. Please consult the application document for more information.

 

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/travel-fund?utm_source=Academy_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=academy-update-oct11&utm_content=emailNews5

 

 

FW: HEA Departmental Teaching Development Grants - Call for Reviewers

The Higher Education Academy has an open call for Departmental bids in the second phase of its Teaching Development Grant scheme to stimulate evidence-based research and encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for sector-wide impact.

A total of Ł300,000 of funding will be available for projects seeking a maximum award of Ł30,000. Successful bids will demonstrate team impact across the department, longitudinal impact and will include evaluation and dissemination criteria.

The themes for this round of funding are:

Employability and Internationalisation.

Closing date for Departmental bids is October 23rd 2011.

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding There will also be a further call for individual projects open in the new year (details on the web-site).

FW: Higher Education Academy funding news - Teaching Develpoment Grants

Teaching Development Grants

The Higher Education Academy is offering bid-based development grant funding to stimulate evidence-based research and encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for sector-wide impact.

Over the next year there will be a total of £1.5 million of funding available for individual grants, departmental grants and collaborative grants.

Phase One

The first phase begins with an open call for individual grant scheme bids. There is a total of £315,000 available in this phase with a maximum of £7,000 per project.
£28,000 is ring fenced for new academic staff (anyone with less than five years experience in a full time permanent post). A further £28,000 is ring fenced for HEA Fellows who have never had a teaching development grant before.

Bids are invited from anyone responsible for the student learning experience who is working in higher education institutions in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or England that subscribe to the Higher Education Academy. The themes for this call are:
- internationalisation
- employability.

Closing date for phase one bids is 15 June 2011.

All bids will be reviewed by two independent peer reviewers and graded against the underlying principles below.
- Student engagement - e.g. developing resources with or for students, students involved with reviewing outputs use.
- Benefit of output beyond own HEI.

For full details, including how to apply, visit http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships

Applications are now being accepted for the Leverhulme Trust  Early Career Fellowship 2011 round: http://leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/ECF/ECF.cfm

 

Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research. It is anticipated that a Fellowship will lead to a more permanent academic position. Applications are welcomed in any discipline, and approximately 70 Fellowships will be available in 2011.

 

Applications are invited from those with a doctorate who had their doctoral viva not more than 5 years from the application closing date. Hence those who had their viva before 10 March 2006 are not eligible unless they have since had a career break.

 

Applications must be submitted online by the closing date of 4.00pm on 10 March 2011.

 

 

FW: Small Grants Scheme deadline approaching

 

A message to all members of ELESIG Hello The second tranche of the ELESIG small grants scheme is now open - the deadline for applications is 1st December! We are open to ideas which will benefit the ELESIG community. The small grants are offered to community members to engage in activities in line with our aim to develop a shared repertoire of resources which will be of benefit to the community and the sector and which build on shared knowledge and practice about learner experience research. Proposals are invited from individuals or groups, which lead to the production of outputs which will help ELESIG meet its aims. Projects should start in January. More information on the ELESIG site at http://elesig.ning.com/page/elesig-small-grants-scheme-1 or get in touch if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing from you. regards Helen Whitehead ELESIG online community manager Visit ELESIG at: http://elesig.ning.com   To control which emails you receive on ELESIG, click here

FW: Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies: Ped Research or Materials Development, up to £3000

The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies welcomes bids of up to £3,000 for pedagogic research or materials development projects in languages, linguistics and area studies. The remit of LLAS is to support teaching and learning of languages, linguistics and area studies in UK higher education.

These guidelines have been produced to help potential bidders decide whether or not their proposed project is likely to be considered. Proposals are welcome in any aspect of teaching and learning in languages, linguistics or area studies, but the following themes have been identified as priority areas.

* Language/area studies projects relating to specific languages/regions - we would particularly welcome bids from the following languages/area studies: Africa, the Americas, South East Asia (e.g. Indonesia, Malaysia etc), South Asia (e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc)
* Student experience in linguistics including employability
* Interdisciplinarity within LLAS subjects and with other disciplines (e.g. the linguistics of foreign languages, languages and area studies for business)
* The foreign language needs of Postgraduate graduates students in non-language disciplines (including linguistics and area studies where applicable)
* Teacher training in less widely taught languages
* British Sign Language

Full details at http://www.llas.ac.uk/projects/3324

Dr John Canning
Senior Academic Coordinator
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
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FW: UK Centre for Bioscience: Funding available

The UK Centre for Bioscience is currently accepting bids for our Departmental
Teaching Enhancement Scheme which offers up to £15,000 to bioscience
schools and departments to develop and implement some aspect of practice
that will lead to an improved learning experience for their students. Deadline
for expressions of interest: January 15th 2010. Deadline for full proposal: 7th
April 2010.

In addition we are currently holding round 12 of our Teaching Development
Fund which provides support of up to £4000 to individuals to encourage the
development, establishment or validation of innovative learning, teaching and
assessment materials or methods. Application deadline: 29th January 2010.

Both calls are open to those working in Higher Education Bisocience Teaching
and Learning in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

For more information on both funding calls see our website
www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/

Best wishes,

Julie

Dr. Julie Peacock