1. HEA: Support for Learning and Teaching • Dr Helen Walkington GEES DL

2. Outline How is the HEA working with the Learning and Teaching community now? How can your faculty, departments and staff get involved?

3. HEA: The way forward Subject Centres have closed or are in transition Support for Learning and Teaching continues via Discipline Leads in the restructured HEA Building on the work of the subject centres, with new opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration

4. HEA Categories of work • Academic practice development • Teacher excellence • Institutional strategy and change

5. HEA Academic Practice STEM Social Science • Arts & Humanities • Health

6. Integrated thematic work • Internationalisation • Assessment and feedback • Employability • Flexible learning • Retention and success • Reward and recognition • Education for sustainable development

7. Discipline Lead role • Support teaching and learning in GEES departments • Sponsor and support events • Network with learned societies • Promote inter-disciplinary work • Develop Resource centre • PLANET • SIG’s • Produce papers/reports etc – inform community • Maintain own teaching and research

8. How will HEA deliver all this? Combination of DL and other HEA staff with Academic Associates http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/academic-associates

9. Funding HEA Teaching Development Grants £1.5M HEA UK Travel Grants £40k HEA PhD Programme £150k HEA International Scholarships £160k

10. Teaching Development Grants • Individual grants – up to £7000, with ring-fenced funding for new staff and FHEA • Departmental grants – up to 330,000 • Collaborative grants – up to £60,000, cross institution and/or discipline • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding#tdg

11. UK Travel fund Up to £300 for individuals or £500 for teams to attend UK events with a learning and teaching focus Requires a strong rationale around implementing departmental change/dissemination http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/travel-fund

12. Doctoral studentships PhD studentships to investigate teaching and learning, in line with HEA themes. Must demonstrate good support of postgraduate research, and must be full-time. You can nominate a student or advertise to find one. See http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/doctoral-programme

13. International Scholarship Scheme Up to £20,000 per individual to undertake scholarship internationally. Supports work abroad for 3- 6 months Must align with HEA themes and there must be clear outputs – enhance student learning experience, and dissemination See: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/international-scholarship-scheme

14. Workshops/seminars Call for discipline learning and teaching events £1000 per event and up to £500 speaker expenses Support from HEA with marketing, Discipline Lead attends

15. Forthcoming GEES Events 3 May – ‘Building personal capacity for pedagogic research (PedR) in the GEES disciplines’, University of the West of England 21 May – 'Teaching Energy Issues in GEES Disciplines', University of Manchester 15 June - ‘Delivering career and employability development opportunities within undergraduate teaching programmes in GEES’, University of Leicester 28 June – ‘Conserve and Sustain: Habitat Restoration in the Yorkshire Dales – Learning and Teaching Perspectives’, Craven College, Skipton. 10 and 11th July – ‘Transforming departmental fieldwork practice workshop’ Hornton Grange, University of Birmingham 14 – 16th September - 'Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase',Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, Shropshire. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/21_May_HEA_STEM_energy_GEES_Manc http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/15_Jun_HEA_STEM_GEES_Car_Dev_Leicester http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/28_Jun_HEA_STEM_Conserve_Craven_College

16. Engagement is key - How to be involved: • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/my_academy • Communicate with Discipline Lead and HEA • Register as an Academic Associate • Attend / host events • Suggest and use resources • Apply for grants, scholarships, studentships