Aug
Bradford College – Research Call 2009/2010
Filed Under (General, Research) by elearning4bradford on 19-08-2009
Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (TQEF) 2009 – 2010
We have secured funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to enhance the teaching and learning in HEFCE funded higher education provision at the College.
I am therefore calling for bids from those of you associated with H.E. teaching and learning for action research projects for 2009 – 2010. I hope we will receive sufficient bids to run in excess of 20 projects across the College.
Each action research activity will be allocated the sum of £3,500. This may be used to fund staff timetabled hours at a notional rate of £50.00 per hour (or part time hours to pay part time staff or cover). Within this amount is included all costs for publication or any additional materials or resource to support individual projects. There will be an initial meeting of those who are successful in their bids at which aims, research titles and approaches may be shared and networks (real and virtual) established as I expect several pieces of work will be forthcoming under each priority heading. Those undertaking research projects will be expected to produce a written report and to present findings to colleagues at a dissemination event to be held at College. This event will be open to colleagues from across the institution, from partner institutions and beyond.
Under the HEFCE funding conditions, only proposals that will enhance the quality of teaching and learning in HEFCE funded provision can be considered. Themes for the 2009 – 2010 action research projects are consistent with our mission and strategic objectives namely; widening participation, employer engagement, progression and lifelong learning.
The call for action research bids is therefore under the following priority headings:
• E-learning/e-assessment in HE
• Assessment strategies
• Teaching and learning strategies specific to work-based learners
• Enhancement to peer review schemes
• Teaching and learning strategies for students progressing from the new diplomas
• Strategies to enhance learning for students for whom English is not their first language
• Identifying potential in schools
• Teaching strategies to unlock potential of non-traditional HE learners
• Unlocking potential of under represented HE learners
• Enhancing learning through social cohesion
Proposals need to specify the aim of the piece of work and how it relates to the headings above. They must also show how the work will enhance the quality of our teaching in H.E.
