an introduction to escalate: the higher education academy education subject centre
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Created by Julie Anderson, ESCalate, November 2008TRANSCRIPT
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www.escalate.ac.uk
ESCalate
Higher Education Academy Education Subject Centre
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Education Subject Centre for Advancing Learning and Teaching
ESCalate produces and disseminates resources for staff and students in HE wherever it is delivered:•Education Studies, •Foundation Degrees,•Continuing Education,•Lifelong Learning, •Initial Teacher Education
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ESCalate structure• HE Academy Network • Centre in York• 24 Subject Centres • ESCalate based at Graduate
School of Education, University of Bristol
• Network of academic consultants and associates across the UK
• Departmental links and contacts plus ESCalate members and/ or registered colleagues - open to all!
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ESCalate website – key source of information:• Resources – including teaching
support, reports, research findings, academic papers and evaluations
• Online registration
• E-submission of funding bids
• External Examiner online register
• Online event registration
• Book reviews, electronic bulletins and newsletters
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Recent ESCalate statisticsRegistered colleagues/
members: 2935382 active contacts within
institutions, with 259 further people offering to be contacts
209 registered External Examiners - with an additional 314 potential External Examiners
HoDs: 37644 registered on the Expertise
Exchange with144 searches Website:
5,200 hits a day
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ESCalate - across the world
Australia, Cambodia,Canada, Dubai,
Ethiopia, Finland, France,Holland, Hong Kong
India, Jordan,Kuala Lumpur, Nigeria,
Pakistan,Portugal, South Africa,
Sultanate of Oman, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey,United States,West Indies …
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Thematic awards for 2009 - 10
• Student wellbeing (2 x £10k max)
• 21st Century teacher educator (2 x £15k max)
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Open awards 2009-10
• Hot Topics – (£50) individual award to promote discussion of an important current issue
• Sharing Ideas – (£500) for dissemination of good ideas and interesting practice
• Student award – (from £200-£1000) for supporting individual or group learning
• Developing pedagogy and practice – (up to £5k) for development activity by individual or group
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Hot Topics, Sharing Ideas
• Applications can be made throughout the year, depending on available funding
• Make an application and we’ll evaluate it as fast as we can
• We’ll make a single payment when the work has been completed
• We’ll keep everything as simple as possible
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Student awards
• NB Deadline 18th June 2009!
• Find a mentor
• Apply on-line
• 500 word submission
• Costing and financial plan
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Additional ESCalate activity includes:• Leading HEA funded
Internationalisation project across all centres with Languages SC
• Events organisation including Student Conference, Initial Teacher Education Conference, HE in FE Conference
• Employability module – online for students and staff
• Increasing Subject Centre Collaboration especially re: the Every Child Matters agenda e.g. the ICS-HE project
• Work with CETLs and others
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The first Annual ESCalate Student Conference
•Delegates included •students at all levels •from Undergraduate and •Foundation Degree courses to PhD•Student presenters, including Foundation students•Open Space session allowing all to have a say
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Get involved
Attend ESCalate linked events Write a book reviewDiscuss ideas for newsletter articlesAdvertise your department’s news in the e-bulletin Apply for project funding for yourself or with a
studentSet up a SIG for online discussion …etc.
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Education for Sustainable Development
• One example of ESCalate’s response to developments in HE
• Involve Henry Liebling as a champion for ESD
• Representation on the HE Academy ESD group
• Web site created athttp://esd.escalate.ac.uk
• Support for ESD through Research Grant to Sally Inman, London South Bank University
• Resource creation and development
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Contact details
Email us:• give us feedback • ask about ESCalate and
how it could support your work
Thank you