The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine www.medev.ac.uk

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The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for
Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary
Medicinewww.medev.ac.uk

• Mr Nigel Purcell
• Senior Education Advisor
• nigel_at_medev.ac.uk

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The Higher Education Academy

• Owned by Universities UK (UUK) and GuildHE
• Formed in 2003-2009 from three existing
  organisations
• Governed by a Board and Academic Council
• Funded by UK HE funding councils
• Head office based in York
• www.heacademy.ac.uk

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The Higher Education Academy

• The Academy's mission is to help institutions,
  discipline groups and all staff to provide the
  best possible learning experience for their
  students
• Currently consulting on a new strategic plan
  2008-2013

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The Higher Education Academy

• Informing policy
• Supporting institutions
• Research and evaluation
• Supporting learning
• Professional development and recognition
  (including fellowship of the Academy and the
  National Teaching Fellowship Scheme)
• Disciplines and networks

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• The subject network and distribution of subject
  centres

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Size and Operation

• Approximately 6 fte staff per centre
• Director, manager, education adviser/s,
  information officers, clerical support
• Approximately 500K turnover per centre per year

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Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and
Veterinary Medicine

• Hosted by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• Federating with Academy subject centre for
  Health Sciences and Practice (hosted by Kings
  College London)
• To work with educators, communities, networks
  and organisations to promote and enhance student
  learning in the health related disciplines.
• HEALTH Network Group www.heacademy.ac.uk/health

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Constituency

• Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary
  Science/Medicine
• Affiliated programmes e.g. Dental Hygienists
• UK-wide, undergraduate and PG (not
  post-registration)
• 30 Medical Schools (200-450 intake each per
  year)
• 15 Dental Schools (100 intake each per year)
• 7 Veterinary Schools (100-200 intake each per
  year)
• Primarily staff focused
• Stakeholders
• HE institutions, professional bodies councils of
  heads employers including deaneries royal
  colleges subject associations (e.g. ASME) other
  support agencies other subject centres

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Key activities

• Subject based and themed activities
• Information filtering/interpretation and
  brokerage
• Journals, newsletters and eBulletins
• Websites educational information resources,
  news
• Workshops, conferences, SIGs and other events
• Stakeholder engagement, dissemination
• Funding for small projects (mini-projects, small
  grants)
• Support for strategic initiatives / large
  projects, fund-raising