The Higher Education Academy Engineering and Information and Computer Sciences Subject Centres

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The Higher Education Academy Engineering
andInformation and Computer Sciences Subject
Centres

• Welcome to our Librarians Day
• Supporting Departments and Students

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Housekeeping

• Fire exits
• Toilets
• Photographs
• Refreshments
• Taxis

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About the Subject Centres
2000 - 2004
From 2004
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The Higher Education Academy

• The Higher Education Academy
• formed in May 2004
• from a merger of the Institute for Learning and
  Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE), the
  Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN), and
  the TQEF National Co-ordination Team (NCT)
• 24 subject centres located in universities across
  the UK form the Subject Network of the Academy
• Central office in York
• Funded by grants from the four UK funding bodies,
  subscriptions from higher education institutions,
  and grant and contract income for specific
  initiatives.

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The HE Academys mission and focus

• Its mission is to help institutions, discipline
  groups and all staff to provide the best possible
  learning experience for their students.
• Triple focus
• Institutional support - in support of
  institutional strategies and leading the
  development of research and evaluation
• National policy - an authoritative and
  independent voice on policies that influence the
  student learning experience
• Subject and staff development -  lead, support
  and inform the professional development and
  recognition of staff in higher education. Promote
  good practice and provide quality information,
  advice and resources.

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The Subject Centres

• Funded through the Academy (0.5 M p.a.) to July
  2009
• Information and Computer Sciences, located at
  University of Ulster and Loughborough University
• Engineering, located at Loughborough University
• 22 other subject centres across the UK

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What do we do?
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Provide information, advice, support ..

• on curriculum development, learning, teaching
  and student assessment.
• Website
• key communications channels
• news and events
• activities
• networks national and international
• guides, case studies, materials for new
  lecturers, book, video and software reviews
• plus resources of relevance to learning and
  teaching in a searchable database
• www.engsc.ac.uk
• www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/

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Networking, brokering, sharing ..

• .. with all our stakeholders including
• Engineering and Information and Computer Science
  academics across the UK
• professional bodies and networks
• other subject centres and Academy York
• generic organisations
• students
• academic support staff

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Promote good practice and innovation

• in learning and teaching
• newsletter
• e-bulletin
• departmental contacts
• visits to departments.

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Develop and recognise good practice and innovation

• Funding for Mini-Projects and Development
  Projects ( 3500)
• Special Interest Groups ( 1500)
• Teaching Awards (Engineering)
• Student Awards (essay competition)

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Provide subject specific support for professional
development

• ... for new lecturers and continuing professional
  development
• programme of workshops for academics on key
  topics
• new lecturers workshop
• working with professional bodies and
  institutional staff developers

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Development of research in engineering pedagogy

• increasing understanding and awareness
• commissioning new research
• promoting research new journal
• Engineering Education the Journal of the
  Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject
  Centre

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Current themes and areas of activity

• Widening Participation
• Student Retention and Motivation
• Recruitment and Working with Schools
• Mathematics
• Assessment and feedback
• Problem and Project Based Learning
• e-Learning
• Creativity

• Personal Development Planning
• Employability
• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• Education for Sustainable Development
• Ethics
• Foundation Degrees
• Work-based Learning
• Internationalisation
• Linking research and teaching
• External examining

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Today ..

• On opportunity to
• explore hot topics
• find out whats going on across the UK
• exchange ideas with colleagues from other
  institutions
• tell us how we can support you in your role
• Network!