ESCalate Bulletin No. 54 (2 September 2010)

We have two new funding awards open for bids.

Graduates with Impact, 1 x £15K closing date for applications is October 14th

Work Based Learning, 1 x £15K closing date for applications is October 14th

Shortly we will also be putting details on our website of our Pedagogy and Practice awards for 2010/11

Please email teresa.nurser@bristol.ac.uk if you have any questions regarding the new funding awards

We are pleased to announce that we have recently been successful in obtaining funding from JISC and the HEA to develop an Open Education Resource Repository focussing on Education for Sustainable Development.

More details regarding this will on on our website soon. Contact j.m.wishart@bristol.ac.uk for more information

New resources from The Creativity Centre's InQbate project are now posted on our website.  InQbate is a joint initiative between the Universities of Brighton and Sussex and forms part of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) focusing on creativity.

http://escalate.ac.uk/7372

For conference papers, reports, e-books and films which represent the research findings from 5 years of development and operation of the Creativity Centre project please visit:

http://www.brighton.ac.uk/creativity/index.php

Nominations for National Teaching Fellows are invited from eligible institutions in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Up to 55 awards of £10,000 will be made this year to recognise individual excellence. The award is intended for Fellows' professional development in teaching and learning or aspects of pedagogy.

For further details of the scheme, the nomination requirements, and the full application pack please visit:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/supportingindividuals/ntfs