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31 August 2010

National Teaching Felowship Scheme - 2011 individual awards information released

The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) is applicable to those working in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland. This is the first year in which Wales has joined the scheme.

Up to 55 awards of £10,000 are made to recognise individual excellence. The award is intended for Fellows' professional development in teaching and learning or aspects of pedagogy. Nominations are invited from eligible institutions in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Key dates for the 2011 scheme are:

05 Jan 2011 - Call for Nominations, application form released
23 Mar 2011 - Nominations Close – Deadline for electronic copies nominations
30 Mar 2011 - Deadline for hard copies nominations
21 Apr 2011 - Deadline for submitting profiles and photographs
07 Jul  2011 - All nominees will be informed of the outcome via email, followed by letters
27 Jul  2011 - 2011 winners to be published

The nomination documents will be available to download from http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/professional/ntfs/individual where you will find further details of the scheme, the nomination requirements, and the full application pack.  If you have any questions regarding the individual strand, please contact ntfsindividual@heacademy.ac.uk.

31 August 2010

Higher Education Academy Scotland Travel Fund 2010-2011

The Higher Education Academy Scotland are now inviting applications for travel bursaries up to a maximum value of £200.  The funds are to enable colleagues to attend conferences, network meetings and special interest groups organised ( or jointly organised) by the Higher Education Academy and its Subject Centre Network.  Applications from staff and students in Scotland's 20 HEIs are invited throughout the academic year, although it should be noted that funding is not available for events in Scotland or for those that are being held outside the UK.

If you would like further information or to download an application form please visit the Academy Scotland Travel Fund page on the Higher Education Academy's website.

25 August 2010

Review of external examining arrangements in the UK

Universities UK and GuildHE, in collaboration with the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and other organisations are conducting a review of external examining arrangements in the UK. Recommendations will be made in December 2010.  A discussion paper has been issued to assist in the development of the recommendations and to share initial thoughts. The deadline for responses is Friday 1 October and further information is available on the Universities UK website.

19 August 2010

Involving young people in care in social work education

A National Voice, an organisation run by young people in care, for young people in care has a new resource available for social care professionals, care staff, foster carers and social work educators.  As part of the Leading Improvements for Looked After Children (LILAC) project they offer young person led training sessions.  These focus on participation and making sure looked-after children are involved in decisions relating to both their individual care and the policies and practices of the services that look after them.

Further details of the training available can be found by visiting the LILAC project website.

27 July 2010

Midlands universities in joint study into minority ethnic students’ achievements

 A new £190,000 study commissioned by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) will see two Midlands Universities working together to carry out research into the attainment levels of black and minority ethnic (BME) students.

Dr Gurnam Singh from Coventry University and Professor Glynis Cousin University of Wolverhampton, who successfully bid for the funding through the HEA’s National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS), will begin the joint study in August.

The project aims to address the recommendations of a recent report produced by the HEA and the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU).

More information is available on the University of Wolverhampton's website.

10 June 2010

Prince's Trust supports student social workers

By offering emotional support to disadvantaged youngsters who enrol on the Prince's Trust's Team programme, it is also enabling student social workers an opportunity to gain valuable experience.  The student social worker programme, funded by the Prince's Trust and the Zurich Community Trust (the charitable wing of financial organisation Zurich) aims to offer emotional support to 5,000 youngsters aged 16-25 over the next three years, and challenge their negative perceptions about social workers.  The full article is available on the Guardian website.

21 May 2010

New SCIE e-learning resources available

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has made a range of new e-learning resources available.  The new resources, which are on personalisation and fair access to care, can be found in the e-learning resources section of SCIE's website.

21 April 2010

JISC Grant Funding 05/10: Call for projects

JISC is inviting applications for funding as part of its 'Flexible service delivery programme'.  The funding available under this call is £1.4 million and JISC will seek to fund the most appropriate balance of projects to meet the overall objectives of the programme.

Four specific areas of innovation have been identified for proposals and full details of each can be found at the following page.

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Wednesday 19 May 2010.

21 April 2010

Jo Campling Memorial Prizes 2010

The editorial board of Ethics & Social Welfare are pleased to announce the return of the Jo Campling Memorial Prize for essays written by students on the theme of ‘ethics and social welfare’.

This year there will be two prizes awarded, one for an essay written by an undergraduate (bachelors) student and one for an essay written by a postgraduate (masters/doctoral) student. The author of each winning essay will receive a £150 cash prize, plus one year’s free personal print subscription to the journal.

The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2010 and further information can be found on the journal's website. 

15 April 2010

Improving performance through wellbeing and engagement newsletter

The HEFCE and SFC funded project 'Wellbeing' has published its first newsletter. Each issue will include news, views and updates on wellbeing and engagement topics as well as upcoming events, resources and more.