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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network (HLST) A Higher Education Academy Subject Centre 2010-2011 What can HLST do for your department?. Background (York). Three priority areas of activity have been identified by the Higher Education Academy. They are:
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and TourismNetwork (HLST)A Higher Education AcademySubject Centre 2010-2011 What can HLST do for your department?
Background (York) Three priority areas of activity have been identified by the Higher Education Academy. They are: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Student Engagement Standards and quality (NSS / External Examiners) New CEO – Professor Craig Mahoney Funding cuts so restructure ……….
Background (HLST Network) • Core Team and Liaison Officers (Oxford Brookes) • Institutional Partners being replaced by Departmental ‘Key’ Contacts – Person responsible for L and T in your department (Please sign list today). • Interact and engage with Subject Associations, Professional and Industry Bodies • Future may be less subject centres (23 currently) • More centralisation so maybe less sport specific.
Useful Resources • Website HLST and York • Resource guides (£500) • Case studies (£30) • JoHLSTE (online journal) • LINK 2009/10 • Conference material on website • PgThe - Working Together in Wales: Learning from the Welsh experience (June 2010) - Olympic Learning Legacies (November 2010) (Deadline for articles 30 June 2010)
JoHLSTE • has been added to the Thomson Scientific 'Current Contents/Social and Behavioural Sciences' and the 'Social Sciences Citation Index'. • is now a member of The Publishers International Linking Association (PILA). This means that every article in the journal will have a unique and permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number. • has been recognised by and added to further indexing sites. These include the British Education Index and EBSCO. • is changing the referencing style to that used by the American Psychological Association.
The “Enhancing…” Series • Already available: employability, international learning experience, student centred learning • Due in the summer of 2010: learning through assessment
Events • HLST Conference – Going for Gold : Enriching student learning through the 2012 Games (St Hugh’s College, Oxford, 9 November 2010). Deadline for workshop and poster proposals: 2nd July 2010 http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/events/annual_conference
Events Buckley Group: Looking at assessment standards with Chris Rust of the ASKe CETL – what is the nature of “firstness” – across our subject areas; position paper on website, What constitutes a pass? Academic Integrity Workshop Invitation-only workshop on 5th July 2010 in Oxford Brookes Business School
Services • External Examiner Register • Research Register • Website and monthly newsletter update - news, events, funding • Departmental visits • Links with subject associations • Olympics SIG - http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ourwork/olympics_sig
Funding Opportunities Pedagogic research grants projects lasting approx one academic year, answering questions related to understanding and/or enhancing the student learning experience (ranging from institutional strategies to more discrete individual research). See http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ourwork/pedagogicresearch
BASES and HEA HLST • With the potential demise of HLST the emphasis on Sport may be lost in even more generic subject centres hence do we (BASES) have an obligation (opportunity) to provide support/services and opportunities for those working in sport and exercise science. • Comments welcome.
Connections hlst@brookes.ac.uk http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ New to the site? http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ourwork/newstaff/newtosite 01865 483861