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Explore the journey of reshaping higher education with effective leadership programmes, consultancy services, CPD, and impactful evaluation initiatives. Discover how we collaborated with partners to drive student-centric strategies. Learn more at http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2310/.
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Overview Changing the learning landscape • Why? • Who are we? • What did we do? • Leadership Programme • Consultancy • CPD for academics etc • Impact and Evaluation • Whither next/The big surprise?
See Changing the learning landscape ALT occasional paper http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2310/
Why? Changing the learning landscape • LT is important and getting more so • And is often poorly understood by senior man • Thus can be poorly managed/sold/executed. • Effective student voice in strategy/ planning • Let institutional teams achieve something • YAFunding initiative??? • So what was different? • partnership especially NUS.
Who are we? Changing the learning landscape • Leadership Foundation for HE • ALT • Jisc plc • HE Academy • NUS • Steering committee reports to HEFCE TQSE
What did we do? Changing the learning landscape • England only • Three strands • Intensive programme for Leaders • Typically PVCs L&T • Consultancy to support institutional teams • Typically up to six days • CPD programme • 8 f2f events for techies and teachers
Leadership Programme Changing the learning landscape • Six-month programme • Intensive modules, some residential • Management leadership. • Practical strategic change project within each participating institution • Led by the institution inc students in project team • Expert coaching support by external experts
Consultancy Changing the learning landscape • Short-term focused consultancy (<=6 days) • Institutions who wished to devise and implement step changes • Bidding • LT focussed • Intended, identified, demonstrable impacts • Nearly all in 3 months ( 2 rounds) • Get feedback form all angles
CPD Changing the learning landscape • Focus on effective practice in a digital age • Academic staff with roles in programme and course leadership and those new to teaching • LT responsible educational developers etc. • Clusters of disciplines, especially core ones • OEResources, especially partner’s wares • New money form HEA to support.
Impact and Evaluation Changing the learning landscape • Aim is to enhance the student experience • Participants cited league tables, NSS, internal surveys and retention as LT drivers. • Patsy Cullen is the overall evaluator • Encouraged dialogue etc. • Need longer term evaluation
W(h)ither next Changing the learning landscape • £££££££££s then • Funding in 2013/4 already underway • Less but still a lot • Extra f2f CPD largely gone but tools/OcTEL • Senior leader programme still there • Holding about 70 strategic conversations ( 48 already signed up in August) • See invited talk yesterday
The big surprise Changing the learning landscape The five partners all worked well together And enjoyed it The sum was greater than the parts And we want to do it again!