Colleagues,
HEDG have published the report entitled Educational Development in the
UK on their website. It is available as a free download on
www.hedg.ac.uk/documents.
The principal aim of the study is to provide a snapshot of educational
development in
the United Kingdom at the present time. The report was prepared for
Heads of Educational
Development, but it is hoped that it will have a wider interest among
managers
of higher education institutions (HEIs), educational developers, and
policy makers.
The report provides benchmark data which enable comparisons to be made
between your EDU and other centres with a similar function. Such
comparisons can be beneficial in stimulating debate about the size and
function of EDUs and the issues they face.
Secondly, it provides evidence of what EDUs are doing for anyone who
does not understand what Educational Development(ED) is and is curious
about this relatively new phenomenon in the higher education landscape.
Thirdly, it is hoped that it will provoke discussion among the whole
educational development community about the issues faced by EDUs -
issues about
their relationship with senior managers, with teaching staff and with
students. It is with
this audience in mind that I have included a final section on the
'characteristics of
successful educational development'. To some extent, this section
reflects my own views
and goes beyond the data collected, though I believe that the claims
about 'what works'
can be well supported from the literature on educational development.
The research reported here was undertaken in phases between February
2006 and
September 2007. The report seeks to provide an account of the current
state of
Educational Development Units (EDUs) in the UK. The data on EDUs are
based on a
survey of 43 institutions (3 colleges, 22 post-1992 universities, and 18
pre-1992
universities), conducted in 2006. Further data were gathered through
structured
interviews, discussion at HEDG meetings and a second short survey in
September 2007.
David Gosling
Higher Education Consultant
Visiting Research Fellow
University of Plymouth
tel/fax: 0161 456 6148
mobile: 0784 1647275
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