Transcript Supporting Learning and Teaching in Engineering

The Higher Education Academy
Engineering Subject Centre
Introduction
 What is the Engineering Subject Centre?
 Some background to the Centre
 Examples of the Centre’s activities
The Higher Education Academy
 Formed in May 2004, from a merger of the Institute
for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
(ILTHE), the Learning and Teaching Support Network
(LTSN), and the TQEF National Co-ordination Team
(NCT)
 Funded by grants from the four UK funding bodies,
subscriptions from higher education institutions, and
grant income for specific initiatives.
What is the Engineering
Subject Centre?
 One of 24 subject centres forming the subject
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network of the Higher Education Academy
Based at Loughborough University
Employs 10 staff (8 FTE)
Complemented by 9 Associates across the UK
Funded until July 2009
Networking
 The Centre is well established in the UK engineering
community
 Strong brokerage role between national bodies and
engineering in higher education
 Examples:
 Played a major part in the decision and review of the Engineering
Benchmark Statements from the QAA with the Engineering Council
UK and Engineering Professors’ Council
 Working with the Royal Academy of Engineering on “The London
Engineering Project”
 Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning
(CETLs):
 www.engsc.ac.uk/an/cetl/
The Engineering HE community
 ~250 departments at over 100 HE Institutions across
the UK
 Departmental Contacts:
 >85% departments at 98% HE Institutions
 >50 FE college contacts now established
 Mailing lists
 1200 on mailing list
 750 on engineering JISCmail list
 70 on engineering FE JISCmail list
Keeping you up to date
 Effective communication:
 e-bulletin,
 translate newsletter
 news and events via the website
 Departmental Contacts:
 Visits to departments, meetings with Learning and Teaching
groups, facilitating discussion groups, organising events inc.
workshops.
Website
www.engsc.ac.uk
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Key communications
medium
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News and Events
Activities and Networks
Educational Resources
Journal
About the Centre
HE in FE
The Common Room
Subject Centre Activities
 Funding Opportunities
 Mini-Projects - £3,500
 Special Interest Groups - £1,500
 Engineering Subject Centre Awards
 Teaching Awards
 Student Awards
 Reviews
 Book reviews
 Software reviews
www.engsc.ac.uk/an/
Key Themes
www.engsc.ac.uk/er/resources/
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Assessment and feedback
Curriculum Development
e-Learning
Employability
Engineering Maths and
Statistics
Enterprise and
Entrepreneurship
Ethics
Foundation Degrees
Internationalisation
 Learning and Teaching Theory
 Personal Development Planning
(PDP)
 Supporting New Academic Staff
(SNAS)
 Student Retention and Motivation
 Sustainable Development
 Widening Participation
 External Examining
 Linking Research and Teaching
 Professional Standards
 Work-Based Learning
What is in your packs?
CD of Resources - Resources in Learning and Teaching
 Case Studies – for example: teaching activities,
assessment methods
 Pdf’s of Resource Guides
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Assessment of learning outcomes
Guide to lecturing
Mini-Project Resources
Entrepreneurship
Engineering Education - the Journal of the Higher
Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre
 The Subject Centre supports the development of
research in engineering pedagogy
 promoting research – new journal:
www.engsc.ac.uk/journal/
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