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

Speech &LanguageTherapy

MentalHealth

ComplementaryMedicine

HealthPromotion

& Education

Gerontology

Audiology

Nutrition&

Dietetics

Chiropody&

Podiatry

Nursing,Midwifery& HealthVisiting

Radiography

Pharmacy

OccupationalTherapy

PublicHealth

EnvironmentalHealth

HealthcareEthics

RehabilitationSciences

Optometry&

Orthoptics

Physiotherapy

OtherRelatedsubjects

Centre DirectorProf Catherine Geissler

Academic DirectorDr Margaret Sills

Administrator& Marketing Manager Stevie Robinson

Centre AdministratorTBC

CETL Liaison & IPE ManagerDr Marion Helme

Senior Learning & Teaching CoordinatorNatalia Ognjenovic

Communications & Resources OfficerCharles KasuleICT Manager

Kwansuree Jiamton Technical Officer

Chakkapas Visavakul Key Contacts

Subject AdvisersAdvisory Board

Learning and TeachingConsultants

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

• 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

• 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

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 Contacts

1. Receiving communication from the Network & disseminating to all relevant staff within the department / school

2. Making yourself known as a HSAP representative in your institution

3. Promoting the potential benefits of involvement e.g. CPD, access to a broader community and a UK wide information network

4. Encouraging staff to contribute articles for publication and to participate in our activities

5. Alerting the Network to learning, teaching & assessment issues arising from work in their institution, also of relevant projects, publications etc.

6. Meeting with other Key Contacts

7. Hosting a Subject Centre workshop

8. Maximising opportunities to encourage staff to a)consider their strategy for helping students learn b)evaluate and disseminate good practices in learning and teaching

9. Making yourself known to all relevant academics in your institution

Key Contact role

1. Assist Centre with relevant discipline enquiries2. 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 bodies6. 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

Subject Advisers’ role

• Newsletter (termly)• Ebulletin (monthly)• 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

Centre Activities

Website

• News• Events (including other HEIs)• Resources ( Learning & Teaching)• Funding opportunities• Download Occasional papers etc• Contact Subject Advisors • SIG discussions• Links

• 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:• 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

Mini-Project Grants

Special Interest Groups (SIG)

• 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

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.

Workshops

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.

Festival of Learning

Contact details

Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre• http://www.health.heacademy.ac.uk

Email: info-hsap@kcl.ac.uk

Higher Education Academy• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk