ESCalate Newsletter Articles

This article gives an insight into HEA Wales's engagement with students in their first year.

This article looks at some of the regulatory requirements needed to enter the Scottish Teacher Education system

This article gives an overview of policy and practice with regard to Welsh language use in education.

This article recounts the complexities of the Education system in N.I.

An article discusses the benefits of bilingualism in Welsh Schools

This article looks at how collaboration across five institutions in Wales aims to nuture a range of networks that supports pedagogoic research

ESCalate asks a series of questions about Alastair's and Gabriel's role within the HEA focussing on their key roles in Scotland, N.I. and Wales

Rob Norris outlines an Academy pilot project for a quality recognition scheme.

An editorial piece written by Escalate's Director Tony Brown

This article tells us about how collaboration has been put to good use in supporting the First Year Experience for students in Wales

This article looks at how Welsh HEIs are using ESD as an auditing tool

Kim Treasure outlines an exciting approach to research in the HE sector in Wales

Capturing and nurturing student confidence

An article about how employability issues are embedded into pedagogic theory

The authors tell us about finding each other! and the benefits of sharing a philosophy of educational research

The author tells us about how to get your research published

This article describes the importance of research within the undergraduate curriculum

A report on the first Escalate Student Conference held in April 2009

The author writes about her experiences of successfully applying for student funding for research

The author writes about her ESCalate funded research project

The authors look at the issues involved in delivering a HE programme in an FE setting

This article talks about the launch of EvidenceNet: a Higher Education Academy initiative

This article outlines the uses, techniques and equipment needed to use video to capture research data

An interview with Andrew Pollard the outgoing Director of the TLRP

Editorial piece for the Autumn 2008 newsletter

Margaret Page form the University of the West of England writes about how IBL is becoming embedded in students learning

Steve Rose writes about how mobile computing devices are supporting learning on a new work-based Foundation Degree programme.

Implications for HE: a summary of a significant resource hosted by ESCalate at http://icshe.escalate.ac.uk.

News of the first Annual ESCalate conference for students

Sarah weatherhead form the University of Wolverhampton looks at technology-enabled models of ITE that support action learning

One in the occasional series of "In Conversation with ..." pieces written for our newsletter

This is an edited version of the keynote speech given by Professor Ian Menter at the ESCalate ITE Conference in May 2008

Dr Jenny Moon writes about how her Teaching Fellow award helped her to travel to Tanzania and take part in an Oxfam project (EQUIP).

Professor Ron Ritchie discusses the introduction of self-driven internal knowledge exchange networks at the University of the West of England

This ESCalate-funded project helped research issues faced by HE and CPD managers arising from the Every Child Matters agenda

Dr Tony Brown wriites about how using a psychodynamic model of student learning may change our thoughts about poorly performing students

One in the occasional series of "In Conversation with ..." pieces written for our newsletter

The 2008 NTF have been announced and this article outlines the aims of the scheme and the winners for this year.

This is the editorial piece by Dr Tony Brown introducing the Summer 2008 Newsletter

Doug Parkin writes about the pitfalls and joys of being a programme assessor and the real pleasure of seeing a skilled teacher at work

An article outlining the funding opportunites available from ESCalate

Editorial piece for Spring 2008 newsletter

The third in a series of articles written for ESCalate giving practical advice on how to improve aspects of your practice to benefit all learners

An Article outlining how re-engineering assessemnt practices can help overcome three major challenges in Higher Education today

The university of Bedford are undertaking a pilot study for Becta

An article exploring where technology is taking us in the next decade and beyond

An overview of the DRC's recently published report on barriers that disabled people face when entering the caring professions

The second in a series of articles written for ESCalate, giving practical advice on how to improve aspects of teaching practice to benefit learners

Bill Rammell's speech written for the FACE conference 2007

Earlier this year Keith Webb a Development Grant holder undertook a study tour of new south Wales, this is his report.

A project report from one of our October 2005 Development Grant partners

An Article outlining what needs to be done to engagae effectively with ESD and how ESCalate will respond to growing interest across the sector

The University of Plymouth made a successful bid to HEFCE for a Centre for Excellence in Sustainability. This report follows one significant project.

A message from ESCalate to the Initial Teacher Education community

The Teaching and Learning Reserach Programme (TLRP) is pleased to announce the fourth round of its Fellowship Scheme

An overview of the work ESCalate has undertaken in the FE sector

A report by the Vice President, Education Strategy, Blackboard

By TechDis

By Dr Jenny Moon

By Dr Poppy Turner

By Dr Peter Boyd, Kim Harris and Jean Murray

By John Burnett

By Alan Bainbridge

By Phil Price

By Ken Jones - Event Report on CPD in Education

By Bob Hunter, Project Officer from The Higher Education Academy

By Craig Blyth, University of Manchester

By Penny Noel, University of Huddersfield Consortium for Post-Compulsory Education and Training

Due to the nature of this piece, we have agreed with the author that they shall remain nameless

By Simon Ball, JISC TechDis

By Elisabeth Lazarus, University of Bristol

By Margaret Simms, Freelance

By Dr Barbara Pavey. Review of ESCalate Student Award Essays 2006

By Fumiyo Kagawa and Prof David Selby, Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth

Written by Andrew Jepson and Gary Wright, students from University of Wolverhampton under the guidance of Julie Hughes, National Teaching Fellow.

By Wendy Belk, ESCalate's 2005 Student Award

By Dr Tony Brown, ESCalate Director

Dr Neville Morley (University of Bristol)

By Steve Outram, Senior Adviser, Higher Education Academy

By Wendy Belk, ESCalate's 2005 Student Award

By Prof Steve Bartlett, University of Wolverhampton and Prof Diana Burton, Liverpool John Moores University

By Mary Wild, Oxford Brookes University. Conference Report

By Dr Barbara Pavey

By Julie Hughes and her students from University of Wolverhampton

By Jenny Hughes, University of Worcester

By Janet Strivens, University of Liverpool

By Wendy Belk, ESCalate's 2005 Student Award

By Alan Mortiboys, University of Central England

By Kate Sankey, University of Stirling

By Prof Bart McGettrick

By Christine Riche, Canterbury Christ Church University College

By Alison Fox, a Senior Teaching Fellow at University of Stirling

By Sheila Trahar, University of Bristol

By Professor John Field, University of Stirling, (This is an abridged version)

By Dr Jenny Moon - University of Exeter

By Howard Colley, Senior Advisor from the Higher Education Academy

By Professor David Egan, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.

By Liz Browne, Director of Studies. Westminster Institute of Education. Oxford Brookes University. Working with ESCalate as an Academic Consultant

By Dr Les Caul, Stranmillis University, Northern Ireland; Academic Consultant for Northern Ireland