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

FW: Higher Education Academy - Funding Opportunities October 2009

Latest Funding Opportunities from The Higher Education Academy

Below you will find links to the latest funding from across the Higher Education Sector which we hope will be of interest to you.

1) Call for Syntheses - Enhancing Learning and Teaching through the use of Technology: Evidence-based Practice
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/elt_syntheses_oct09

2) Evidence-based Practice Seminar Series 2010: Calls for expressions of interest
- Assessment and Feedback
- Employability and Employee Feedback
- Professional Learning and Teaching Practice
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/evidencebasedpracticeseminarsOct2010

3) Art Design Media Subject Centre Project Proposals 2010/11
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Student Engagement
- Quality Enhancement and Student Assessment
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/adm_projects_nov09

4) History Teaching Development Grants
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/historytdgoct2009

5) Academy Scotland Travel Fund
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/aboutus/scotland/events/travel_fund

6) ESCalate Education Subject Centre - Themed funding: Teacher Educators for the 21st Century
http://escalate.ac.uk/grants/type?ID=8

7) ESCalate Education Subject Centre - Themed funding: Student Well-being
http://escalate.ac.uk/grants/type?ID=9

8) Engineering Mini-Projects
http://www.engsc.ac.uk/us/fundopps/miniprojects.asp

9) Psychology Mini-Projects
http://www.psychology.heacademy.ac.uk/s.php?p=93

10) Marketing Education - Teaching and Learning Grants 2009/10
Subject Centre for Business Management, Accountancy and Finance Marketing Education SIG / Academy of Marketing
http://www.academyofmarketing.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=14

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http://www.heacademy.ac.uk

FW: ADM-HEA Project Funding Announcement

The Art Design Media Subject Centre (ADM-HEA) is pleased to invite funding proposals for projects of 12 months duration, which will run from March 2010 to March 2011. There are three key themes for applications this year, which align with ADM-HEA’s current strategy:
 
Education for sustainable development
This strand aims to assist the development of curricula and pedagogy that will provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to live and work sustainably.
 
Student engagement
Relates to ways in which the sector involves learners in all aspects of their higher education experience at course, department and institutional level. These activities range from student involvement in curriculum design and assessment, through to contributions to departmental and institutional policy through membership of faculty boards, engagement in institutional quality processes and involvement in university and college governing bodies.
 
Quality enhancement and student assessment
In our disciplinary area, this strand may relate, in particular, to issues emerging from and responses to, the National Student Survey (NSS) data. Equally, it could examine ways that courses, departments and institutions collect information on the student learning experience and use this to effect change and enhance quality. We are also keen to encourage work that explores student assessment in art, design and media and the feedback available to students to enhance their learning experiences.
 
Applications must be submitted by Monday, 30 November, 2009. For full details visit: http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/adm-hea-funding-opportunities.

Alison Crowe
Projects Manager
ADM-HEA Subject Centre

FW: Funding Opportunities from the Higher Education Academy July 2009

Funding Opportunities newsletter from the Higher Education Academy:

1) UK Centre for Bioscience - Individual Grants Round 11 http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/bioscience_individual_grants11

2) Health Sciences and Practice - Call for mini-projects http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/0609_HSAP_mini_projects

3) MEDEV - Call for mini-projects
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/0609_medev_mini_projects

4) Information and Computer Sciences - General Development Fund 2009/10
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/development-fund/general.php

5) UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE)
Project Development Fund - http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/interact/pdf.html
Funding for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/interact/nations.html

6) Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre (SWAP) - http://www.swap.ac.uk/getinvolved/funding.html

7) JISC - Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/learning_teaching_innovation_july09

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