I've been following this discussion with
great interest. As I'm no longer in the UK it may not be my place to say
- but then again I've not let that stop me in the past - and also I was
a UK tax payer at the time these resources were created - so I think
I shall say what I'm guessing most people must be thinking:
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?????
The subject centres were widely acclaimed
as the most useful element of the HEA when the community was surveyed some
years ago - but they were dropped and the central HEA kept on.... we were
told, as I recall, that the subject centre work would continue in some
form
So who has taken the decision to remove
these valuable resources, or make them so difficult to find?
Is it possible to reverse the decisions
have led to the current situation and reinstate the websites, even if they
can't be further developed (although why that is impossible is beyond me)....?
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Thank for doing this Mick.
These will be useful for our PGCert participants, though as a former subject
centre person it feels somewhat strange telling people that something really
useful used to exist, but doesn’t anymore!
I wrote a blog post on internet
death a few weeks back after having difficulty finding some of the HEA’s
centrally commissioned research. http://johncanning.net/wp/?p=1932
I managed to find Marsh and Cheng’s analysis of the NSS in a hidden corner
of the HEA website, bizarrely in the islamicstudiesnetwork domain (another
activity I worked on). There is also a somewhat ominous url for some of
the reports which indicates they are due to be deleted soon.
I’ve actually taken to downloading
everything myself to make sure I have copies of reports for my own use.
I would make it all publically available, but it’s not my right to do
so.
Best wishes
John
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Subject: Re: UK Subject Centre Web Sites
Thanks Mick,
Those of us previously at the Subject
Centres hoped that at least part of the legacy would survive in accessible
form and it is very useful to have your list of those who have achieved
this as a reference..
You are unfortunately correct that
the BMAF and HLST sites can no longer be accessed fully. They were web-portals
of the main HEA site so could not be archived in the same way as others
but resources like the International Journal of Management Education are
still available at http://www-new1.heacademy.ac.uk/ijme.
Many of the earlier BEST reports and documents are still available through
JORUM, as are the OER's developed for new academic staff through the 'Open
for Business' project.
Other materials have been retained
within the HEA's resources centre facility but not in a consistent way
to find easily (for my brain anyway). For example, the 'Enhancing' series
of case studies published by BMAF and HLST, or the HEA's ESD book, cannot
be found in one place as previously, or even under the book title, but
individual chapters can be found - eventually - if the author or chapter
title is known.
If that fails I have PDF copies
of them, and many of the BMAF reports too.
Best wishes, Richard
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On 13 May 2015 at 11:51, HEALEY,
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Apologies for cross-posting
Dear Colleagues
Have you ever wondered what happened
to all those great resources accumulated over more than 10 years on the
24 UK Subject Centre websites?
The good news is that the websites
of two Centres are still maintained – Economics; and Languages, Linguistics
and Area Studies (LLAS); and 16 other Centres have archived their websites.
That leaves six which appear not to be available.
I have added a complete list with
links to those still available to the resource page of my website www.mickhealey.co.uk.
Hope the list will be useful. If
anyone has a link to any of the missing six sites please get in contact.
Best wishes
Mick
PS I’ve been amazed that the bibliographies,
handouts and sets of case studies on the resources page have been downloaded
almost 59,000 times in the last four years. They seem to have had as much
if not more impact as my publications, which have managed fewer than 3,500
citations!
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https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/node/8079
(2014) Developing research-based
curricula in college-based higher education
https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/heinfe/Developing_research-based_curricula_in_CBHE
(2014) Engagement through partnership:
Students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education
https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/engagement-through-partnership-students-partners-learning-and-teaching-higher-education
For a series of international articles
on undergraduate research see:
http://www.cur.org/resources/institutions/international_perspectives/
There have been almost 59,000 downloads
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