Sector News Archive (38 items)
HEFCE launches strategy for technology-enhanced learning
HEFCE has published 'Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology - a revised approach to its strategy for e-learning' (HEFCE 2009/12). This revised approach follows an independent re...
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Call for case studies on collaborative projects in higher education
Call for case studies on collaborative projects in HE, which directly impact on the creative sector and economy by developing employee skills and attributes. This call is part of the Looking-Out proj...
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ARTS COUNCIL'S DANCE MAPPING PROJECT
In view of the remarkable increase in dance activities in the UK, Arts Council England has commissioned a mapping exercise in order to obtain a comprehensive view and understanding of the dance sector...
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Change Academy 2009
The call for proposals to participate in Change Academy 2009 is now open. Change Academy is a year-long programme of support for teams from higher education institutions that enables them to develop ...
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AHRC Launches New £8m Fellowship Scheme
AHRC Launches New £8m Fellowship Scheme Arts and Humanities Research Council announces the launch of a new fellowship scheme with an initial annual allocation of £8 million. The new AHR...
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Art, Design & Communication in HE Journal – special edition
Art, Design and Communication in HE Journal – special edition. Edited by Linda Drew (UAL). What has the HEFCE funded Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) initiative meant for t...
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HEFCE announces major initiative and funding opportunity
A major initiative was announced recently that will enable students, academics and higher education institutions to benefit from the combined experience and knowledge of educators throughout the count...
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2005-2010 CETL programme formative evaluation
2005-2010 CETL programme formative evaluationIn January 2007 HEFCE commissioned the Centre for Study in Education and Training (CSET) at Lancaster University to conduct a formative evaluation of the C...
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HELPing the HE in FE SECTOR
Strengthening links between research and practice related to delivering higher education in further education is the aim of a new online resource launched by the University of Plymouth’s Higher ...
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Pedagogy Journal
The English Subject Centre is proud to announce the publication of a special issue of the journal Pedagogy featuring articles about English studies in the UK and edited by two of its staff, Ben Knight...
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Dance and Imaginative Writing lead growth in creative subjects
The latest statistics for the number of students studying creative arts and design subjects in higher education reveal that there is healthy growth across the whole creative arts and design sector, an...
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'Mapping Dance' study published
PALATINE, the Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music has published the first study to map the extent to which dance provision in the HE sector develops employability and entrepreneurial skills in t...
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Art,Design Media Subject Centre Magazine
The Art Design Media Subject Centre's new magazine 'Networks' is now available and can be downloaded from the Subject Centre's website. Published three times a year, it contains a range of news items,...
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PRISM: A New Web-Based Resource is launched
PRISM: an interdisciplinary learning website for the performing and creative arts has been launched by PALATINE (the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music). The website UR...
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2007-08 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS)
The project strand of the NTFS presents opportunities for higher education institutions to work with National Teaching Fellows to build on current expertise for their own benefit and that of the wider...
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CASPAR - an e-tool for self and peer assessment
CASPER, which stands for Computer Assisted Self and Peer Assessment Ratings, is in the final stages of being produced, by The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP). The e-tool has developed f...
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Emerging Practices in Entrepreneurship Education for Creatives
Sally Kellet is the founder of ‘Creative Warriors’ which is an innovative new resource in creative enterprise education, providing an online resource of start up stories for enterprise edu...
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Distributed e-learning in Art, Design, Media
Cumbria Institute of the Arts (on behalf of ADM-HEA) has conducted a national inquiry, led by Dr Cheri Logan, into distributed e-learning in art, design and media higher education. The research aimed...
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The latest ISSoTL Newsletter is available online
The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) serves faculty members, staff, and students who care about teaching and learning as serious intellectual work. The goa...
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Creating Entrepreneurship Report
'Creating Entrepreneurship: entrepreneurship education for the creative industries' was launched on 21 May 2007 at the offices of National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) in Lon...
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Latest English Subject Centre Newsletter
Inside the English Subject Centre newsletter you will find articles, reviews, news and reports which collectively aim to provide a discursive, reflective forum for teaching and learning issues. It wil...
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Mapping Dance - new publication available
As part of its ongoing work on entrepreneurship and enterprise, PALATINE wished to carry out a mapping exercise that would assess the scale of dance provision in the higher education sector with part...
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Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts
Arts Council England recognises that Higher Education institutions are powerful investors in the arts and major players in cultural provision and development. They are central to creating the arts wo...
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UK study of students? first year experiences published
The first major UK study of students’ first-year experiences in higher education has found that over 80% of students found their studies stimulating and over 70% thought the teaching they receiv...
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Careers Education Benchmark Statement
Careers Education Benchmark Statement has recently been published by AGCAS (the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services) on behalf of the UK Higher Education sector. This key document will b...
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Gowers Review of Intellectual Property
In December 2005, the Chancellor of the Exchequer asked Andrew Gowers to conduct an independent review into the UK Intellectual Property Framework.Intellectual Property is a critical component of our ...
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Leitch Review of Skills published
The Government commissioned Sandy Leitch in 2004 to undertake an independent review of the UK's long term skills needs. The completed Review sets out a compelling vision for the UK. It shows that the ...
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Widening Participation Research Service Launch
The Higher Education Academy has launched its new Widening Participation Research Service (WPRS) to provide services and activities to improve the dissemination of widening participation research acro...
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ADM-HEA Regional Meetings
The ADM-HEA Subject Centre is currently facilitating one-day regional meetings across the UK to raise the profile of the ADM learning and teaching community, discuss key issues, regional issues and ac...
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HEPI survey response
The Higher Education Academy has responded to the survey published on 31 October by the Higher Education Policy Institute into the academic experiences of students at English Universities.Professor Pa...
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New PALATINE Publication
A new PALATINE publication is now available.This report, written by Mark Evans (Principal Lecturer, Performing Arts, Coventry University) is an examination of models and practice for the effective int...
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HEA launches Case Study Finder
The Higher Education Academy has launched an online Case Study Finder service. This innovative tool can search for examples of practice across a wide range of key areas including assessment, employabi...
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Student Employability Profiles
The Higher Education Academy (HEA), together with the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE), has launched a series of Student Employability Profiles for all degree programmes, which will he...
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Entrepreneurship Education for Creative Industries
The Subject Centre for Art Design Media (ADM-HEA) has been undertaking a major twelve-month research project in association with professional organisations and subject associations in the creative ind...
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ArtsMatrix to deliver Business Skills Programme for Creative Industries
Bristol-based ArtsMatrix will deliver a major Skills Development Programme under which hundreds of creative industries businessmen and women in South West England will be given greater access to new s...
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New Creative Industries Minister
Shaun Woodward, the new Creative Industries and Tourism Minister, feels he is 'ideally placed' to promote UK businesses and has pledged to harness his first hand experience working in broadcasting to ...
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Partnership, Provision, Participation and Progression....
In May 2006, the Learning and Skills Council published their strategy for HE at a time of funding pressure across the learning and skills sector and in the context of the 2006 White Paper Further Edu...
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Arts and culture are key to the growth of the British economy
The arts sector is "not a sideshow but right at the centre" of the economy, said Mr Gordon Brown. His comments came at the launch of a £12m programme aimed at finding the people who ...
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