Please see a message below sent on behalf of the Higher Education
Academy.
The Higher Education Academy
Dear Colleagues
This year the Higher Education Academy is seeking to develop explicit
links with staff and educational development communities across the
sector. We began by holding an exploratory meeting in London in
November. It was clear that the colleagues who attended the meeting did
not enthusiastically support the proposal that the Higher Education
Academy might facilitate another educational development network; nor
to engage with an activity to benchmark educational development work
since a lot of activity is already being undertaken in different parts
of the sector.
However, our analysis of the world cafe outcomes and of the feedback
from the meeting suggests that there are ways in which staff and
educational development colleagues would like to continue to work on
educational development issues with the Academy. We would like to
suggest that we support a small number of specialist interest groups to
progress this idea. For example, following a suggestion made at the
meeting we are currently exploring the creation of a special interest
group (SIG) focussed on professional standards. Any new SIG would be
supported by the Academy but its remit and activity would be decided by
the SIG membership.
If you would like to support the idea of SIGs in principle and also have
any suggestions for other SIG topics, please email Jo Masterson,
Project Co-ordinator on [log in to unmask]
Best wishes
Steve Outram
Allan Davies
Barry Jackson
The Higher Education Academy
Innovation Way
York Science Park
Heslington
York
YO10 5BR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1904 717500
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