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HEA workshop – STEM (GEES): Home and away Introduction to the HEA – Joan O’ Mahony

HEA workshop – STEM (GEES): Home and away Introduction to the HEA – Joan O’ Mahony. Higher Education Academy. Welcome. Dr Joan O’ Mahony Academic Development Officer (Leadership and Strategy) Joan.omahony@heacademy.ac.uk. The Higher Education Academy.

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HEA workshop – STEM (GEES): Home and away Introduction to the HEA – Joan O’ Mahony

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  1. HEA workshop – STEM (GEES): Home and awayIntroduction to the HEA – Joan O’ Mahony • Higher Education Academy

  2. Welcome Dr Joan O’ Mahony Academic Development Officer (Leadership and Strategy) Joan.omahony@heacademy.ac.uk

  3. The Higher Education Academy • Works in partnership with HEIs, student bodies, academic and professional staff and sector agencies and funders. • Champions excellence in learning and teaching in higher education. • Committed to improving the student learning experience by: • raising the status of teaching • adding to the body of knowledge relating to pedagogy • enhancing professional teaching practice • facilitating networks and communities of practice. • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/strategic-plan • The Higher Education Academy Strategic Plan 2012-2016

  4. HEA work in internationalisation • Connections projects • 20 pilot projects – final reports online • Going Mobile: internationalisation, mobility and the European Higher Education Area • Publication by Simon SweeneyFollow up workshop, 6 June, Bristol • Engaging home and international students: a guide for new lecturers • E-publication by Dr Rachel Scudamore

  5. SIGs: internationalisation Transnational education • To join email Dr Gavin Bunting at g.bunting@wales.ac.uk. Internationalisation of the curriculum • To join email Dr Sue Robson, Dr Scott Burgess or Dr Diane Sloan at heasig@newcastle.ac.uk

  6. Funding opportunities • Teaching development grants • Create innovative evidence-informed practice in L&T • Key themes for 2012/13: assessment and feedback; flexible learning • UK travel fund • Funding to attend events in UK • Must apply one month before event • International scholarship scheme • Funding to spend 3-6 months visiting international institution • Doctoral programme • Funding for extensive study in L&T http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding

  7. Workshop & seminar series • Promote research and evidence that has informed departmental and institutional policy and practice • HEA funded • Hosted by individual institutions • Thematic • Employability • Flexible learning • Internationalisation • Discipline • Covering all discipline areas • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/seminar-series

  8. Forthcoming seminars

  9. Future HEA events • HEA Social Sciences Cluster Annual Conference: Teaching research methods: developing a pedagogical culture in the Social Sciences, 23 - 24 May 2013, Liverpool  • HEA Arts and Humanities Annual Conference Storyville: Exploring narratives of learning and teaching., 29 - 30 May 2013, Brighton  • HEA Health & Social Care 2013 Annual Conference: Innovation in Health & Social Care Learning and Teaching: , 5 -6June 2013, Leeds  • HEA Annual Conference 2013: Powerful partnerships: defining the learning experience., 3 - 4 July 2013, University of Warwick  • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events

  10. Keep in touch • Website Details of events, resources and fundinghttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/internationalisation • Mailing listSign up through My Academyhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/my_academy • Email the internationalisation teaminternationalisation@HEAcademy.ac.uk

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