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The h igher e ducation environment

The engineering discipline at the Higher Education Academy de Dr Simon Steiner – Discipline Lead (Engineering) simon.steiner@heacademy.ac.uk. The h igher e ducation environment . A new era in higher education, with a rapidly and increasingly changing landscape: Student fees

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The h igher e ducation environment

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  1. The engineering discipline at the Higher Education AcademydeDr Simon Steiner – Discipline Lead (Engineering)simon.steiner@heacademy.ac.uk March 2012

  2. The higher education environment • A new era in higher education, with a rapidly and increasingly changing landscape: • Student fees • Learning technologies • Increased competition • Employers and employability • Reduced teaching budgets • Growing student numbers • Changes in student expectations, and increased attention on the quality and status of teaching • The Academy’s focus remains on the student learning experience, and on work to enhance the quality of that experience

  3. A re-structured Academy • All activity now based from York, with offices in Edinburgh and Cardiff • Remains owned by the HE community, through UUK and GuildHE, and funded by the 4 funding HE councilsacross the UK, with subscriptions from HEIs, and with external grants • Working in partnership with institutions and sector bodies, to shape learning and teaching in UK higher education through the disciplines, to deliver both thematic and discipline-specific engagement

  4. The HEA – a new structure • The delivery of services is through activities under three headings: • Academic practice development • National workshops/seminars • Support to staff - PGTA/new-to-teaching staff workshops • Teaching development grants • Teacher excellence • Accreditation; UKPSF; Recognition/NTFS • Institutional strategy and change • Consultancy; Summits; Partnership development

  5. Academic Practice Development • Academic Practice Development comprises four clusters: • STEM, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities • STEM comprises: • Physical Sciences; Maths, Stats. & OR; Computer Science; Engineering (inc.Materials); BioSciences; Geography; Psychology; Built Environment

  6. The engineering discipline - 1 • Transition-funded work (August ’11 to May ’12): • Centre for Engineering and Design Education (CEDE) at Loughborough; • UK Centre for Materials Education (UKCME) at Liverpool • On-going support to communities of practice: • via E-Bulletins, website updates (news, events), SIGs, enquiries; • New Lecturers’ and PGTA Workshops; • Engineering Education journal; external projects’ dissemination (HE-STEM, OER, GDEE); • EE2012 conference – 18-20th Sept ,at Coventry, and sponsored by HEA

  7. The engineering discipline - 2 • New areas of work: • [Discipline Leads, working with ADOs and appointed Academic Associates] • Thematic and Discipline funded Calls for Teaching Development Grants and the hosting of events (seminars/workshops), and award of Travel Grants • New to Teaching event(s) and PGTA workshop(s) across STEM • STEM Annual Conference: 12/13th April 2012 at Imperial • Dept Change Programme (from NSS), with 10-12 HEI departments/faculties.

  8. The engineering discipline - 3 • An annual Cluster Summit was held at Cardiff, 1-2 Feb., ’12, on Feedback – report pending • Engagement with professional bodies and organisations (on committees, provision of workshops – accrediting PBs, RAEng, EPC, EngC, EngNet/SSCs) • Engagement with international groups (CDIO, AAEE, ASEE/NAE, SEFI/IGIP) • Formation/support of discipline Special Interest Groups (SIGs) – Global Dimensions; Future of Engineering Education

  9. The engineering discipline - 4 • Support to initiatives with Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland (Employability; Resources, Curriculum, SSCs, Strategic Subjects), Academy Change Programmes • Promotion of newly-launched Academy initiatives – UKPSF, HEAR, Student-led Awards, International Scholarship Scheme, Doctoral (PhD) Programme • Commissioning of new work (studies, reports, resources...) • New areas of working (support, advice) - please let us know! simon.steiner@heacademy.ac.uk

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