The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) run by the Higher Education Academy opens its application ‘window’ in January 2018. Each University is able to support up to three candidates for NTF and Loughborough University now has an established process for choosing and then mentoring potential candidates for submission. The first stage in this process isRead more
Loughborough University and the Higher Education Academy Community of Practice: on Assessment and Feedback are pleased to offer a one-day event focusing on developing and implementing a self-regulatory approach to assessment. The event is taking place on Wednesday 20th September 2017 in the Stuart Mason Building and is being facilitated by the Centre for AcademicRead more
You may not have noticed that the HEA have relaunched their website. This may not seem too significant in itself but within the new site there are a number of additional resources and clarifications that are important. This blog post look at one of these. The webpage on Good standing – https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/recognition-accreditation/ukpsf/good-standing – clarifies whatRead more
The recently published Higher Education Academy (HEA) report by Mick Healey, Abbi Flint and Kathy Harrington entitled Engagement through partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education (York: HEA, 2014) makes for very interesting reading. In declaring that engaging “students and staff effectively as partners in learning and teaching is arguably oneRead more
Congratulations to Dr Peter Willmot on being awarded a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship. The Higher Education Academy has announced today, 12th June, the 2014 National Teaching Fellows. The National Teaching Fellowships are the most prestigious awards for excellence in higher education teaching and support for learning. There were 180 nominations with 55 fellowshipsRead more
It is well recognised that there are limitations and issues in the use of the UK honours degree classification system (e.g. current grade classifications do not provide sufficient information to distinguish between graduates). The adoption of a single GPA system, as commonly used in many countries, could provide key benefits including a finer granularity ofRead more
The Higher Education Academy has reminded us of two events they are running regarding change in learning and teaching: Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching The application deadline for Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching is Friday 14 February 2014. The programme starts Wednesday 5 March 2014. The Leadership Foundation and Higher Education Academy haveRead more
An updated programme for the HEA STEM workshop regarding Practices in peer support – exploring alternative approaches to enhance the student experience is being made available online. Further to previous Teaching and Learning Blog posts – see HEA STEM: Practices in peer support – exploring alternative approaches to enhance the student experience and HEA STEM workshop, 22 January 2014 forRead more
Yvonne Hamblin (Employability Development Manager, Careers and Employability Centre), who inter alia manages the Loughborough Employability Award, has drawn our attention to a recent Higher Education Academy (HEA) publication entitled Defining and developing your approach to employability: a framework for higher education institutions by Doug Cole and Maureen Tibby. As the Association of Graduate Careers and Advisory Services (AGCAS) reports: “ThisRead more
Further details regarding the HEA STEM workshop on Practices in peer support – exploring alternative approaches to enhance the student experience, which we are running in CEDE’s Design Studio here at Loughborough University on 22 January 2014, are now available online. Peer support sees students supporting other students in a number of different ways during the courseRead more