HEA Workshop and Seminar Series – funding available

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July 1, 2013Funding Standard

HigherEducationAcademyIn support of its 2013-14 workshop and seminar series, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) has issued calls regarding STEM, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities subjects, as well as opening up a theme-based stream.

The HEA wishes to cover a number of areas (see below), and a grant of £750 is available to support each workshop/seminar, with the deadline for submissions set for 31 July 2013. Further information is available at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/seminar-series

STEM

  • improving the employability skills of STEM graduates;
  • innovative approaches to teaching and assessing large classes;
  • giving effective feedback to students;
  • growing diversity in the student population;
  • practices in peer mentoring;
  • impact of information technology in learning and teaching;
  • students as partners;
  • enhancing lab skills.

Social Sciences

  • teaching research methods in the Social Sciences;
  • active and experiential learning in the Social Sciences;
  • employability and global citizenship.

Arts and Humanities

  • interculturalism, global citizenship and the Arts and Humanities;
  • creativity, innovation, professional practice and the Arts and Humanities;
  • interdisciplinarity and the Arts and Humanities.

thematic focused

  • employability;
  • education for sustainable development (ESD);
  • internationalisation;
  • the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR).

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