Transcript PowerPoint Presentation - Universities’ Collaboration in
for Higher Education in the UK
Dawn Leeder, RLO-CETL
University of Cambridge
Eddie Gulc, Senior Adviser
Higher Education Academy
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
CETL Funding 2005 - 2010
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HEFCE funded
~£315 million •
81
CETLs funded (7 in NI) •
Largest ever
single T & L intervention •
Aim:
to
improve
the
status
of
teaching
in HE
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
RLO-CETL Funding
•
£3.75 million
(capital & recurrent) •
Staff Reward & Development
~ £20K per year •
Mini-projects
~ £30K per year
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Overview of funding sources
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Funding Councils
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Research Councils
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Higher Education Academy
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EU Funding
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Charitable Trusts
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Funding Councils
Funding councils in the UK
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Higher Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE) £4,510m • Scottish Funding Council (SFC) £1,600m • Higher Education Council - ELWa (Wales) £400m • Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland) ?
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Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC) £110m Provides funding for networks and innovative services for HE & FE
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
JISC
Joint Information Systems Committee
JISC March 2007
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities.aspx
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
JISC services
Academy JISC Academic Integrity Service Archives Hub Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) Athens BUFVC (British Universities Film & Video Council) Census Dissemination Unit Copac CrossFire Digimap Collections Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) EDINA Education Image Gallery Eduserv (innovative technology services) ESDS International Film & Sound Online Hairdressing Training Index to The Times 1790-1980 Information Environment Service Registry (IESR) Intute ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education JANET JANET CSIRT JISC CETIS (Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards) JISC Collections JISC infoNet JISC Internet Plagiarism Advisory Service JISC Legal JISC Monitoring Unit JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres) JISC TechDis Jorum JSTOR Land, Life & Leisure Mimas National Academic Mailing List service (JISCMail) Netskills OSS Watch (open source software advisory service) Procureweb Satellite Image Data Service SUNCAT TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images) TechWatch (Technology & Standards Watch) Text Mining Centre UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research UK Data Archive (UKDA) UKBORDERS UKOLN Zetoc
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Research Councils
Funding for research
• • • • • • • Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences
Research Council (BBSRC)
Engineering & Physical Sciences
Research Council (EPSRC) Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) Medical Research Council (MRC) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Science and Technology Facilities
Council ( STFC) •
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Public/private partnership
Led by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Each Partnership is part funded by the Government (balance of costs comes from the company partner) Research Councils all involved with this
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
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Higher Education Academy
National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) -
NTFS Individuals 50 x £10K Projects up to £200K (9 funded in 2007)
£2.5m
Research Observatory £30K per project
Expressions of interest by 19 March
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/elearning/elro
Professional Recognition
(Associates, Fellows, Senior Fellows)
Support
(advice, brokerage, advocacy)
Subject Centres
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Subject centres
Art, Design and Media
Bioscience
Built Environment (CEBE) Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF) Economics
Education
(ESCALATE)
Engineering
English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) HEALTH Network Group Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST)
Information and Computer Sciences
Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE)
Materials
(UK Centre for Materials Education) Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR) Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) PALATINE - Dance, Drama and Music Philosophical and Religious Studies
Physical Sciences
Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Mini-Projects
up to £3.5K
- deadline 11 April
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/fun59
Development Projects
up to £5K
- deadline 31 March
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/funding
Subject centres
Art, Design and Media
Bioscience
Built Environment (CEBE) Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF) Economics
Education
(ESCALATE)
Engineering
English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) HEALTH Network Group Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST)
Information and Computer Sciences
Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE)
Materials
(UK Centre for Materials Education) Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR) Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) PALATINE - Dance, Drama and Music Philosophical and Religious Studies
Physical Sciences
Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
EU funding
Framework 7 2007 - 2013
• • • • Four principal programmes:
Cooperation € 32.4 billion
help Europe gain leadership in key areas of science & technology by having our best brains from across Europe working together
Ideas € 7.5 billion
to foster competition and excellence in frontier or fundamental research
People € 4.7 billion
fellowships for research training and career development
Capacities € 4.2 billion
to ensure scientific and technological capacity-building, for example in the area of infrastructures or in helping European regions to gear up their scientific potential
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Charitable Trusts
Funding with strings…
• • • • • • • • Eduserv - themes - e.g. online identity Gatsby Charitable Foundation - science and engineering education Royal Society - themes - e.g. science in schools NESTA - mainly for 14 -19 Wolfson Foundation - buildings, libraries Wellcome - bioscience Leverhulme - health Etc, etc
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Global initiatives
Funding without boundaries, but still with strings…
• • HSBC Global Education Trust Projects in and out of school which help educate children and young adults aged 3-25 Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE) British Council, must meet MDGs
Universities UK International Strategies Group
• • • 5 key areas of international activity: • reputation • policies and strategies students information partnerships and links
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
The Power of Collaboration
Universities’ Collaboration in e-Learning (UCeL) 2002 2007 (~£90K p.a.) Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects (RLO-CETL) 2005 2010 (~£600K p.a.) Next?… Globalisation International Visiting Fellowships 2009 2014 (£, $, € etc…)
One thing leads to another… … but be flexible
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
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Be creative!
Don’t ignore bandwagons
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Be creative!
Bandwagons contain money…
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Sources of funding for HE in UK
Others are!
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Conclusions
• No obvious single solution • Identify opportunities • Show evidence • Match each call to your strengths • Collaborate, network • Talk to people!
• Be creative • Be flexible • Evolve, mutate • Anything’s possible…
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