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144:(ILTHE), the LTSN, and the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund National Co-ordination Team. As a part of the Higher Education Academy, the subject centre was funded by grants from four higher education funding bodies in the UK (Higher Education Funding Council for England, Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and Department for Employment and Learning), subscriptions from higher education institutions, and grant/contract income for organised initiatives. In 2010 it was announced that all subject centres would be closed, and a reduced service to subjects provided by the HEA at York. This process was completed in 2011 396: 596: 610: 174:
Engineering Education was a peer-reviewed, international journal freely available via the website of the Engineering Subject Centre and distributed in paper format to all UK university libraries and Engineering departments. Engineering Education was published in the summer and winter each year. The
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The Centre maintained a comprehensive list of both national and international events. The centre also held a number of events every year covering a diverse range of subjects relating to the practice of the working engineering academic. Although for a UK audience many subjects covered are related to
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higher education community. This was achieved through development of research and evaluation both for the higher education (HE) community as a whole and through the discipline-specific expertise of the subject centres. The stated aim of the academy is: "to improve the learning experience for
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The Engineering Subject Centre's Resource Database had direct online links to around 1500 approved engineering-specific and general learning and teaching resources, such as guides, reports, case studies and organisational websites, in addition to the centre's own range of publications.
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journal supported papers in the traditional format and those incorporating or demonstrating multimedia and web technology.
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Projects were awarded up to £3500 over 12 months to complete small scale research or development projects.
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from 2000 to 2011. The academy encouraged, supported and enabled teaching excellence in the
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Engineering Education: Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre
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The Engineering Subject Centre was based in the Faculty of Engineering at
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The logo of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre
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The Higher Education Academy Strategic Plan 2005-2010 (PDF 39 KB)
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130 jobs will go as HEA set to scrap its subject centres
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Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
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The logo of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre
Advance HE
Economics
Engineering
Health Sciences and Practice
History, Classics and Archaeology
Languages Linguistics and Area Studies
Materials Education
Sociology, Anthropology, Politics
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Loughborough University
Learning and Teaching Support Network
Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Times Higher Education 18 November 2010


EngSC archive website
Archived
Wayback Machine
The Higher Education Academy Strategic Plan 2005-2010 (PDF 39 KB)
Official website
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