Advance HE’s new Innovative Practice Grants are designed to support our Small, Specialist, Independent and College-Based HE members from within the UK in sharing good practice and impactful initiatives through small grant funding for case studies.
Sharing good practice and learning from each other is a cornerstone of how we support our member institutions. Through funding small case studies, the Innovative Practice Grants are an opportunity for Small, Specialist, Independent and College-Based HE members to share success stories about higher education projects that have had a demonstrable impact on their staff or students.
Grants of £500 will be awarded to successful applicants from Advance HE Small, Specialist, independent and College-Based HE member institutions to provide short case studies of recent practice (750-1000 words) that align to the core themes.
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Themes
This year, we are looking for case studies which align to the following themes:
Innovations in teaching and learning
Initiatives or projects that share innovative and forward-looking approaches to teaching and supporting learning such as student engagement, employability, assessment, student retention, technology-enhanced learning, or engaging with the Professional Standards Framework and staff development.
Members who have successfully bid to explore under this theme are:
- Barnsley College
- The Bedford College Group and University Centre
- Grwp Llandrillo Menai
- Hartpury University
- Middlesbrough College
- Morley College London Waterloo Centre
- Royal Northern College of Music
- St George's University of London
- UHI Perth
- University Centre Askham Bryan
- University of St Mark and St John
Building inclusion and belonging
Initiatives or projects that share impactful and engaging examples of building inclusion and equality on campus such as student or staff training initiatives, gender/race or other equality projects, strategic data collection and analysis, innovative policy development, or projects to embed/support engagement with inclusion.
Members who have successfully bid to explore under this theme are:
- Bridgwater & Taunton College / University Centre Somerset
- Gower College Swansea
- Hartpury University
- Newcastle College University Centre
Engaging leadership
Initiatives or projects that share how leadership is used to make a difference such as, student leadership projects, research leadership, leading change or culture programmes, diversifying leadership, staff leadership development, or projects that display an innovative approach to leadership.
Members who have successfully bid to explore under this theme are:
- AECC University College
- Barnsley College
- Glasgow School of Art
- Plymouth Marjon University
Summary of Key Dates
- Application deadline: 22 March 2024 (23:59 GMT)
- Successful applicants notified: w/c 22 April 2024
- Case Study submissions deadline: 07 June 2024
Other Information
Exclusivity
For transparency, it is expected that the final report and outputs are primarily shared with Advance HE member institutions. Successful applicants wishing to share their published submissions outside member institutions are kindly requested to ask for permission in writing beforehand. Any such requests should be submitted to: communications@advance-he.ac.uk.
Payment
Each grant is worth £500, and this scheme is only open to applications from Small and Specialist or College-Based member institutions. Payment will be made to the member institution. To enable this, Advance HE may request the completion of a supplier set-up form once the grant is awarded.
Advance HE will supply a Purchase Order for the grant funding. Institutions will need to raise an invoice for payment of the grant funding. Advance HE requires this invoice to be submitted by a set deadline to ensure payment. Payment will only be made on receipt of an invoice from the institution.
Advance HE will supply a Purchase Order for the grant funding. Institutions will need to raise an invoice for payment of the grant funding. Advance HE requires this invoice to be submitted by a set deadline to ensure payment. Payment will only be made on receipt of an invoice from the institution.
Questions
If you have any questions or require any further information, please contact: Networks@advance-he.ac.uk.
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