Introducing the HEA Doctoral Programme

Student Induction November 2012

Higher Education Academy

Academic practice development

Teacher excellence

Institutional strategy and change

We work to enhance the quality of the student experience

Organisational effectiveness

HEA Academic Practice

HEA Teaching Development Grants

HEA International Scholarships

HEA PhD Studentships

HEA Journals

HEA UK Travel Grants

HEA Resource Centre

We develop and disseminate learning and teaching knowledge in our discipline areas but also through some cross cluster activities

HEA Academic Practice – Janet De Wilde

HEA International Scholarships

HEA PhD Studentships

Tarn Driffield

• Forms part of the HEA’s strategy to undertake a significant and extensive study to develop pedagogical knowledge and evidence based practice in Higher Education.

• Enables focused long run study to be carried out within a well-supported environment.

• Creation of yearly cohorts of supervisors and students maximises the potential for synergies and maximum impact on policy and practice.

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HEA Doctoral Programme

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What were we looking for?

Doctoral Programme

Outstanding supervisors

Supportive environment for students

A commitment

to disseminate

findings

Projects ideal for doctoral

study

• 133 applications were received

• We were able to fund 15 applications

• Announcement 24th May 2012

• Celebratory Launch with supervisors 14 June 2012

• 10 students started in October

• 5 students will start in January

• Student inductions – November and February / March

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Where are we….

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James BoothUniversity of Leicester

Kate ThomasBirkbeck

University of London

David GalleyBournemouth University

Ben DukesKeele University

TBC (starting January)Lancaster University

Angelique Hill (starting Jan)University of Exeter

Alison KayEdinburgh University

Gillian HendryUniversity of Strathclyde

TBC (starting January)Nottingham University

Alexander SealUniversity of

Surrey

Abigail PlayerUniversity

of Kent

Saffron PassamAberystwyth University

Catherine Eleri PowellBangor University

TBC (starting January)

University of Stirling

Julie DixUniversity of Central

Lancashire

HEA Funded Students

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Map with students here