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Dear Colleague, Information about current funding opportunities from the Higher Education Academy (HEA) is given below. If you would like to discuss any of these, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Mary Dr Mary McAlinden Discipline Lead for Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research. The Higher Education Academy Email: [log in to unmask] HEA Discipline Workshops and Seminars The HEA is currently inviting subscribing institutions in the UK delivering higher education to participate as part of the discipline workshop and seminar series for 2012-13. Grants of £750 are being offered to institutions wishing to host and deliver a workshop or seminar on teaching and learning in the Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research discipline and to produce an associated report for the sector. In order to participate in the scheme a proposal form needs to be submitted to [log in to unmask] by 28 September 2012. The proposal form is available at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/seminar-series, where more detailed information about the scheme can also be found. HEA Teaching Development Grants A call for HEA teaching development grants is now open. The call is for departmental grants of up to £30,000, with a submission deadline on Thursday 27 September. 75% of the funding will be for projects in the areas of (i) assessment and feedback and (ii) flexible learning. The remaining 25% will be allocated to an open call for innovative pedagogic work. Details of the scheme can be found at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/tdg. A further call for collaborative teaching development grants will open in January 2013. HEA UK Travel Fund The HEA UK travel fund provides travel funds for staff and students in HE to engage in activities which contribute to the development of teaching and learning. In 2012-13 the travel fund will support activities in the following three streams: ==> students participating in learning and teaching events; ==> staff presenting papers on learning and teaching practice; ==> staff travelling across a national border within the UK to attend a teaching and learning event. More detailed information about the fund can be found at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/travel-fund.