Transcript Health Sciences and Practice presentation

Higher Education Academy
Health Sciences and Practice
Subject Centre
Academy Developments
LTSN has been incorporated in a new body,
The higher education academy
Since 1st may 2004 (launched October 2004)
Along with
The institute of learning & teaching in higher
education (ILTHE),
The body for professional accreditation
And also the national coordination team (NCT)
For teaching quality enhancement
The Higher Education Academy works with the UK
higher education community to enhance the student
experience. The Academy is the first choice of the
sector for knowledge, practice and policy related to
the student experience in higher education.
This exciting new initiative has a strong stakeholder
focus and will help institutions, subject communities,
individuals, the Government and funding bodies to
provide an exceptional environment for student
learning.
The Higher Education Academy's vision, is for students in
UK higher education to enjoy the highest quality learning
experience in the world.
Their mission is to support the sector in providing the best
possible learning experience for all students.
Their strategic aims are to:
1. Identify, develop and disseminate evidence-informed
approaches
2. Broker and encourage the sharing of effective practice
3. Support universities and colleges in bringing about strategic
change
4. Inform, influence and interpret policy
5. Raise the status of teaching
Health Sciences & Practice
Subject Centre
aims to
promote the development of
good practices in health care
through enhancing the quality of
learning, teaching and assessment,
both in higher education institutions
and in practice based education
Health
Promotion
& Education
Speech &
Language
Therapy
Chiropody
&
Podiatry
Environmental
Health
Radiography
Optometry
&
Orthoptics
Other
Related
subjects
Audiology
Public
Health
Gerontology
Mental
Health
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
Nutrition
&
Dietetics
Complementary
Medicine
Rehabilitation
Sciences
Nursing,
Midwifery
& Health
Visiting
Occupational
Therapy
Healthcare
Ethics
Centre Director
Prof Catherine Geissler
Advisory Board
Academic Director
Subject Advisers
Dr Margaret Sills
Administrator& Marketing Manager
Stevie Robinson
Centre Administrator
TBC
CETL Liaison & IPE Manager
Dr Marion Helme
Senior Learning & Teaching Coordinator
Natalia Ognjenovic
Communications & Resources Officer
Charles Kasule
ICT Manager
Kwansuree Jiamton
Learning and Teaching
Consultants
Technical Officer
Chakkapas Visavakul
Key Contacts
Learning & Teaching issues
• Interprofessional education
• Enhancing learning using Technology
(e learning)
• Assessment in/of Practice
• Placement learning and mentoring
• Life long learning & CPD
• Work based learning
• Problem based learning
• Educational Research
Cross disciplinary themes
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Ethics and legal aspects of health care
Team work and communication skills
Research methodology
Reflective Practice
Inequalities & the determinants of health
Health Promotion
National Priorities in HE
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Widening participation
Employer Engagement
Student retention
Fair access
Teaching excellence
Assessment
Sustainablity
Internationalisation
Learning and Teaching Consultants
• Assessment
• Enquiry & Evidence in Learning and
Teaching
• Ethics and Legal aspects of healthcare
• Inclusivity
• Supporting New Academic Staff
• Scotland
• Wales
UK Network
• Learning and Teaching consultants
• Subject Advisers (specific disciplines)
• Key contacts in Health Science and Practice
Departments of UK Higher Education Institutions
• Links with professional bodies and other related
organisations
• Special Interest groups
• Mailing lists
Key Contacts
Every department / school / Faculty
that is teaching courses in health sciences and
practice
(undergraduate, post graduate, professional
development and / or continuing education)
is invited to be represented by a key contact(s)
who is a first line of communication with the
Centre.
Key Contact role
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Receiving communication from the Network & disseminating to all relevant
staff within the department / school
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Making yourself known as a HSAP representative in your institution
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Promoting the potential benefits of involvement e.g. CPD, access to a
broader community and a UK wide information network
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Encouraging staff to contribute articles for publication and to participate in
our activities
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Alerting the Network to learning, teaching & assessment issues arising from
work in their institution, also of relevant projects, publications etc.
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Meeting with other Key Contacts
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Hosting a Subject Centre workshop
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Maximising opportunities to encourage staff to
a)consider their strategy for helping students learn
b)evaluate and disseminate good practices in learning and teaching
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Making yourself known to all relevant academics in your institution
Subject Advisers’ role
1. Assist Centre with relevant discipline enquiries
2. Encourage wide discussion and sharing about learning and
teaching issues and the Health Sciences & Practice Subject
Network
3. Take a lead in stimulating debate by: moderating email
discussions, leading workshops or other events, and preparing
reports for publication in Newsletter or elsewhere
4. Engage the community through liaison and co-ordination with
practitioners and specialist bodies, encouraging discussion and
reflection, and through dissemination related to their area of
expertise.
5. Liaise with practitioners and specialist / professional bodies
6. Convene meetings or host a workshop on a topic of interest to their
subject area, providing a venue and feedback to the Centre.
7. Advise the Centre on issues and resources in their specialist area.
8. Review learning & teaching materials and web resources
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Newsletter (termly)
Ebulletin
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Website
Special Interest Groups
Publications – Occasional papers
Workshops and meetings e.g. Festival of learning
Research and development e.g. Mini-project grants
Project support (FDTL4)
Collaboration with other Centres: Triple (IPE),
mhhe, ETHICS, Interoperability
• Student essay competition
Website
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News
Events (including other HEIs)
Resources ( Learning & Teaching)
Funding opportunities
Download Occasional papers etc
Contact Subject Advisors
SIG discussions
Links
Mini-Project Grants
• Grants of around £5000 are available for:
• State of the art papers
• Evaluations & preparation for dissemination
• Seed corn money for new projects
Mini-Project Grants
Aim to:
• improve the experience of learning and
teaching in higher education for learners,
teachers and the organisational cultures in
which they operate.
• develop scholarship and debate about how
to best improve learning and teaching
practice, through commissioning reviews
of literature, policy, and studies of the
experience of teachers and learners in a
variety of learning environments
Mini-Project Grants
Funds are allocated using the following criteria:
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Need established
Aims and objectives clearly specified
UK Higher Education Institution or linked with a HEI
Evidence of support from the institution (human and / or
financial resources allocated)
Equality and equity issues addressed
Gender sensitive
Value for money demonstrated
Methodology justified
Ethical issues addressed
Clear evaluation strategy
Clear dissemination strategy
Student / client involvement where appropriate
Special Interest Groups (SIG)
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Assessment
Critical reflection
Employability (forthcoming)
E-Learning
Ethics
Foundation degrees in AHPs
Interprofessional Education
Mental Health in Higher Education
Practice Learning
Problem Based Learning
Public Health
Workshops
Funded Workshop Scheme:
• One of funded workshop, where learning and teaching
professionals from the health sciences are given a grant to run a
workshop with a certain focus in mind.
• This is a one day event, where the HSaP supports the running of
the workshop.
Departmental Workshop Scheme:
• Departmental teams of four learning and teaching professionals
from the health sciences, submit a proposal on how their want to
improve or change things within their department.
• This scheme will need a head of department involved for the new
developments to be taken seriously.
• Four departmental teams from different HEIs are involved in this
workshop, and a special panel of professionals is also convened for
the feedback to the groups.
• This workshop is run on two separate days.
Festival of Learning
Workshops:
• Various workshops are ran at the festival. Giving
participating academics the chance to experience and
find out more about how other learning and teaching
professionals are enhancing the students learning
experience.
Posters:
• The poster session allows learning and teaching
professionals to showcase their work in the form of a
poster presentation with a chance for discussion with
other professionals.
Contact details
Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre
• http://www.health.heacademy.ac.uk
Email: [email protected]
Higher Education Academy
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk