Sources of funding for Higher Education in the UK Dawn Leeder, RLO-CETL University of Cambridge Eddie Gulc, Senior Adviser Higher Education Academy
Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects
CETL Funding 2005-2010 HEFCE funded - ~ 315 million 81 CETLs funded (7 in NI) Largest ever single T & L intervention Aim: to improve the status of teaching in HE
RLO-CETL Funding 3.75 million (capital & recurrent) Staff Reward & Development ~ 20K per year Mini-projects ~ 30K per year
Overview of funding sources Funding Councils Research Councils Higher Education Academy EU Funding Charitable Trusts
Funding Councils Funding councils in the UK Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 4,510m Scottish Funding Council (SFC) 1,600m Higher Education Council - ELWa (Wales) 400m Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland)? Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) 110m Provides funding for networks and innovative services for HE & FE
JISC Joint Information Systems Committee JISC March 2007 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities.aspx
JISC services Academy JISC Academic Integrity Service JISC infonet Archives Hub JISC Internet Plagiarism Advisory Service Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) JISC Legal Athens JISC Monitoring Unit BUFVC (British Universities Film & Video Council) JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres) Census Dissemination Unit JISC TechDis Copac Jorum CrossFire JSTOR Digimap Collections Land, Life & Leisure Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Mimas Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) National Academic Mailing List service (JISCMail) EDINA Netskills Education Image Gallery OSS Watch (open source software advisory service) Eduserv (innovative technology services) Procureweb ESDS International Satellite Image Data Service Film & Sound Online SUNCAT Hairdressing Training TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images) Index to The Times 1790-1980 TechWatch (Technology & Standards Watch) Information Environment Service Registry (IESR) Text Mining Centre Intute UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education UK Data Archive (UKDA) JANET UKBORDERS JANET CSIRT UKOLN JISC CETIS (Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards) Zetoc JISC Collections
Funding for research Research Councils Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) Medical Research Council (MRC) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Public/private partnership Led by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Each Partnership is part funded by the Government (balance of costs comes from the company partner) Research Councils all involved with this
Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) - 2.5m NTFS Individuals - 50 x 10K Projects - up to 200K (9 funded in 2007) Research Observatory 30K per project Expressions of interest by 19 March http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/elearning/elro Professional Recognition (Associates, Fellows, Senior Fellows) Support (advice, brokerage, advocacy) Subject Centres http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding
Subject centres Art, Design and Media Bioscience Built Environment (CEBE) Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF) Economics Education (ESCALATE) Engineering English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) HEALTH Network Group Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Information and Computer Sciences Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE) Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education) Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR) Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) PALATINE - Dance, Drama and Music Philosophical and Religious Studies Physical Sciences Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
Mini-Projects up to 3.5K - deadline 11 April http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding/detail/fun59 Development Projects up to 5K - deadline 31 March http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/funding Subject centres Art, Design and Media Bioscience Built Environment (CEBE) Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF) Economics Education (ESCALATE) Engineering English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) HEALTH Network Group Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Information and Computer Sciences Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE) Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education) Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR) Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) PALATINE - Dance, Drama and Music Philosophical and Religious Studies Physical Sciences Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
EU funding Framework 7 2007-2013 Four principal programmes: Cooperation 32.4 billion help Europe gain leadership in key areas of science & technology by having our best brains from across Europe working together Ideas 7.5 billion to foster competition and excellence in frontier or fundamental research People 4.7 billion fellowships for research training and career development Capacities 4.2 billion to ensure scientific and technological capacity-building, for example in the area of infrastructures or in helping European regions to gear up their scientific potential
Funding with strings Charitable Trusts Eduserv - themes - e.g. online identity Gatsby Charitable Foundation - science and engineering education Royal Society - themes - e.g. science in schools NESTA - mainly for 14-19 Wolfson Foundation - buildings, libraries Wellcome - bioscience Leverhulme - health Etc, etc
Global initiatives Funding without boundaries, but still with strings HSBC Global Education Trust Projects in and out of school which help educate children and young adults aged 3-25 Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE) British Council, must meet MDGs Universities UK International Strategies Group 5 key areas of international activity: reputation policies and strategies students information partnerships and links
The Power of Collaboration Universities Collaboration in e-learning (UCeL) 2002-2007 (~ 90K p.a.) Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects (RLO-CETL) 2005-2010 (~ 600K p.a.) Next? Globalisation International Visiting Fellowships 2009-2014 (, $, etc ) One thing leads to another but be flexible
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Conclusions No obvious single solution Identify opportunities Show evidence Match each call to your strengths Collaborate, network Talk to people! Be creative Be flexible Evolve, mutate Anything s possible