Teaching Awards Showcase Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Engineering Liz Willis, Engineering Subj

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Teaching Awards Showcase Enhancing Teaching and
Learning in EngineeringLiz Willis, Engineering
Subject Centre

• Wednesday 15th December 2004

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Overview

• Brief background on the Engineering Subject
  Centre
• Examples of Engineering Subject Centre Activity
• What can we offer you?

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What is the Higher Education Academy?

• Launched in October 2004
• Incorporates LTSN and ILTHE
• Focus on The Student Experience
• Professional development
• Curriculum development through the subject
  centres
• Research and Evaluation
• www.heacademy.ac.uk

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The Engineering Subject Centre

• Providing a national focus that is an accepted
  and essential point of contact for all involved
• Collating and disseminating good practice and
  innovation
• Providing co-ordination and support for the
  embedding of quality learning and teaching

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Web
www.engsc.ac.uk

• Key communications medium
• News Events
• Resources
• 500,000 hits per month

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Events

• Theme-based events
• Project and Group Work in Engineering
• Student Mentoring
• Engineering Mathematics Swap-Shop
• Implementing Accreditation with UK-SPEC
• Enhancing the First Year Experience

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Commissioned Work

• Funding Opportunities
• Mini-Projects
• Special Interest Groups
• Engineering Subject Centre Awards
• Teaching Awards
• Student Awards
• Reviews
• Book Reviews
• Software Reviews

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Resources

• www.engsc.ac.uk/er/resources
• Guides
• Learning and Teaching Theory
• MathsTEAM project
• Diagnostic Testing, Student Support, Teaching
  Maths in Context
• Coming soon.
• Personal Development Planning
• Key Skills

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Established Network

• HE Engineering Community
• 250 Departments at 100 HE Institutions
• Engineering Departmental Contacts
• 75 Departments at 90 HE Institutions
• Mailing Lists
• 1200 on mailing list
• 600 on engineering JISCmail

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Current Activities

• Student Retention and Motivation
• Personal Development Planning (PDP)
• Maths
• Employability
• Entrepreneurship
• Sustainability
• e-Learning

• Widening Participation
• Disability
• Flexible Delivery
• Curriculum Development
• Assessment
• Problem Project Based Learning
• Learning Technologies

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Get Involved

• Join the mailing lists
• Contribute expertise, experience and views
• Support events
• Use the network were here to help!
• Advise on needs and gaps
• Encourage others