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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network (HLST) A Higher Education Academy Subject Centre 2010-2011 What can HLST do for your department? Background (York) Three priority areas of activity have been identified by the Higher Education Academy. They are: • Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) • Student Engagement • Standards and quality ( NSS / External Examiners) • New CEO – Professor Craig Mahoney • Funding cuts so restructure ………. Background (HLST Network) • Core Team and Liaison Officers (Oxford Brookes) • Institutional Partners being replaced by Departmental ‘Key’ Contacts – Person responsible for L and T in your department (Please sign list today). • Interact and engage with Subject Associations, Professional and Industry Bodies • Future may be less subject centres (23 currently) • More centralisation so maybe less sport specific. Useful Resources • • • • • • • Website HLST and York Resource guides (£500) Case studies (£30) JoHLSTE (online journal) LINK 2009/10 Conference material on website PgThe - Working Together in Wales: Learning from the Welsh experience (June 2010) - Olympic Learning Legacies (November 2010) (Deadline for articles 30 June 2010) JoHLSTE • has been added to the Thomson Scientific 'Current Contents/Social and Behavioural Sciences' and the 'Social Sciences Citation Index'. • is now a member of The Publishers International Linking Association (PILA). This means that every article in the journal will have a unique and permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number. • has been recognised by and added to further indexing sites. These include the British Education Index and EBSCO. • is changing the referencing style to that used by the American Psychological Association. The “Enhancing…” Series • Already available: employability, international learning experience, student centred learning • Due in the summer of 2010: learning through assessment Events • HLST Conference – Going for Gold : Enriching student learning through the 2012 Games (St Hugh’s College, Oxford, 9 November 2010). Deadline for workshop and poster proposals: 2nd July 2010 http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/events/annu al_conference Events Buckley Group: Looking at assessment standards with Chris Rust of the ASKe CETL – what is the nature of “firstness” – across our subject areas; position paper on website, What constitutes a pass? Academic Integrity Workshop Invitation-only workshop on 5th July 2010 in Oxford Brookes Business School Services • External Examiner Register • Research Register • Website and monthly newsletter update - news, events, funding • Departmental visits • Links with subject associations • Olympics SIG http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ourwork/olympics_s ig Funding Opportunities Pedagogic research grants projects lasting approx one academic year, answering questions related to understanding and/or enhancing the student learning experience (ranging from institutional strategies to more discrete individual research). See http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ourwork/pedagogicr esearch BASES and HEA HLST • With the potential demise of HLST the emphasis on Sport may be lost in even more generic subject centres hence do we (BASES) have an obligation (opportunity) to provide support/services and opportunities for those working in sport and exercise science. • Comments welcome. Connections [email protected] http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/ New to the site? http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hl st/ourwork/newstaff/newtosite 01865 483861