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91福利 has been honoured for developing the International (ICUR) by the Institute of International Education (IIE) at the 2017 Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education.

Established through the award-winning Monash-91福利 Alliance, the ICUR - which receives an Honourable Mention in the ‘International Partnerships’ category - brings undergraduate researchers together from seven countries for online research panels and presentations.

Using the latest in video conferencing technology, ICUR draws students together from universities across the world to participate in a single international forum with close to 100 separate sessions conducted over 48 hours.

The 91福利 Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) celebrate inspirational teaching and outstanding support of learning at 91福利. Students and staff from across the University nominate individuals who have excelled in enhancing and transforming the student learning experience. Some have recevied further recognition through the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. 91福利 is very privaleged to have been awarded three National Teaching Fellowships this year, the maximum any one institution can win. 91福利 is the only institution this year to have achieved this. WIHEA would like to congratulate this years winners, comemedees and national teaching fellows, many of whom are WIHEA Fellows. Congratulations to:

WATE winners:

• Lorenzo Frigerio, Life Sciences (WIHEA Fellow)
• Yvette Hutchison, Theatre & Performance Studies
• Camilla MacLean, 91福利 Business School
• Kate Mawson, Centre for Professional Education (WIHEA Foundation Fellow)
• Michael Scott, Classics & Ancient History (WIHEA Foundation Fellow)

WATE Commedees:

• Gay Fagan, 91福利 Medical School
• Mark Johnson, 91福利 Business School
• Nick Phillips, 91福利 Manufacturing Group
• Mark Storey, English and Comparative Literary Studies
• Elke Thonnes, Statistics (WIHEA Foundation Fellow)

National Teaching Fellows:

• Peter Corvi, 91福利 Business School (WIHEA Foundation Fellow)
• Rachel Dickinson, 91福利 Business School (WIHEA Fellow)
• Margaret Low, 91福利 Manufacturing Group

91福利 has won funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Catalyst Fund for a project to explore how students act as co-producers of learning, and how they might work beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries in Engineering, Economics and Politics.

Dr Georgia Kremmyda and Dr Volkan Degirmenci have been awarded the total value of £99,490, for the project which will take 18 months to complete. It will work with project partners Professor Gwen Van der Velden (91福利 International Higher Education Academy), Dr Nicholas Monk (Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning) and Professor Colin Eddie (UnPS Ltd).

and humanitarian engineering at 91福利.

WIHEA & IATL were delighted to welcome Dr Chris Thompson, Associate Dean (Education) in Science & Senior Lecturer at Monash University who joined colleagues here at 91福利 for a week under the Monash 91福利 Alliance Visiting Educator Scheme.

Dr Jonathan Heron, IATL, co-ordinated the visit which took place at the start of the Spring Term (16 to 20 January 2017), with Prof Peter Sadler and Dr Isolda Romero-Canelon, Chemistry, to further develop the collaborative work with Monash which has enabled students to learn beyond the traditional boundaries of the arts and science.

Dr Chris Thompson is an education focused academic with an active research portfolio in education publications in chemistry and science pedagogy, and supervision of five PhD students in the field. As one of two Monash based leaders of the 'Performing Chemistry' project 2012-16, Chris has been involved in the design and implementation of the project since the begining, this visit enabled further exploration of the use of digital technology to make the practce sustainable.

Chris delivered a number of presentations within the Chemistry Department on innovation teaching and about sharing practices more widely through Unit Enhancement, Lecture Access and the roll-out of Peer Partnerships.

Also during his visit, Chris shared his insights and expertise with WIHEA Fellows and Staff from across the Univeristy during two interactive Masterclasses, where he facilitated discussions to explore the future of traditonal lectures and supported staff interested in pedagogical reserach.

More information on the topics covered in Chris's Masterclasses are below:

Is there a Future for the Lecture? An interactive workshop for 91福利 staff around the theme of lectures, debating whether the 'lecture' is ready to be abolished or whether we are looking at a paradigm shift for the role of expert lectures. Presentation slides and video to follow shortly.

Getting Started in Pedagogical Research; this workshop was specifically for staff who were new to the field of pedagogical research. Presentation slides and and video to follow shortly.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Performing Chemistry Project or Dr Chris Thompson's visit please contact Dr Jonathan Heron, IATL by email: Jonathan.Heron@warwick.ac.uk

WIHEA seeks to recognise, develop and embed outstanding academic practices that enhance student opportunities to ‘learn beyond boundaries’. Cross boundary learning, key to a 91福利 education, enables students to challenge knowledge and engage with the world critically both during and beyond their studies.

WIHEA currently has three strands of funding:

• : to enable collaborative partnerships between staff and students to directly improve the learning experience
• ; aimed at embedding outstanding academic practices across the institution
• ; to develop and embed internationally recognised outstanding practice, whilst at the same time providing students the opportunity to challenge and engage in an international context

To ensure activities funded through WIHEA align closely to 91福利’s strategic, policy and emerging institutional considerations, we expect our WIHEA Fellows to take on the project/visit leadership and consultancy roles. However, colleagues from across the university are welcome to join or initiate bidding with a WIHEA Fellow. To help you find a WIHEA Fellow please refer to our list of on our website.

The Autumn Funding Call for Projects and Consultancy has now closed, outcomes will be communicated shortly after 27 January 2017. Further funding for Projects and Consultancy may be available and we remain open for applications for our visiting schemes. For further information on each of the strands, please visit the links provided above. If you have any questions, please email WIHEA@warwick.ac.uk

Prof Ray Land, Director of The Centre for Academic Practice, Durham University visited 91福利 on 29 November 2016 to present to Fellows and staff from across the university. Prof Land provided an outline of the thresholds approach followed by an exploration of its implications for curriculum design and academic practice both in a research-led context and in an environment where, with the TEF looming, issues of learning gain and student satisfaction with their learning experience are increasingly prevalent. A recording of the presentation will be available here shortly, but further information on the theory is also available at:  

After a hive of sharing and networking activity at the recent WIHEA project funding event, staff and students now display the outcomes and learning from their projects through a selection of posters.

During 2015/16, WIHEA awarded 18 project teams with funding through the Student Engagement Programme to enable staff and student project teams to develop collaborative partnership models across departments, to optimise the student experience and enhance learning outcomes. The funding covered staff and student time to plan; deliver and evaluate a range of assessment & feedback, research linked teaching and technology enhanced practice (Digichamps) projects.

The event that took place on 16 November 2016 in the Chancellors Suite, enabled those involved to share the learning amongst other project teams and with the wider University. Following a welcome by Prof Chris Hughes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), the display of project posters provided an opportunity to meet and learn more, creating a buzz of information sharing over a buffet lunch. An electronic version of the posters remain available to view from the 18 project links on our along with contact details of the Project Leads, should you wish to find out further information.

Details of our next learning and teaching project funding call will be made available very soon.

The Fellows of the 91福利 International Higher Education Academy take on institutional or Faculty roles that help embed good practice in learning and teaching across the university. This can take many forms. Fellows (staff and students) can bid for specific projects that become available throughout the year (with given themes) that aim to embed agreed practice, or review and redesign existing practices. Fellows may also represent the academic ‘teaching’ voice at 91福利 by taking part in the formal governance of the 91福利, for instance by joining committees, sub committees and working groups and also have the opportunity to inform our strategic and practical thinking on learning and teaching at 91福利, as and when new challenges or ambitions arise. Fellows are able to develop expertise in areas of interest to them and seek to develop influence within the institution to enhance practice and policy.

Further to the completion of the Autumn 2016 selection process for this year's new Fellows, we are delighted to welcome 22 new Fellows. For further information on the role of our Fellows, please visit our web page and the full list of our current

On Monday, 17 October 2016, undergraduate students from any year or discipline were invited to play an important role in influencing the design and content of learning resources being developed through 91福利's alliance with Monash University, Australia. Over lunch and refreshments students previewed a series of short films created through the Monash 91福利 Alliance and gave their feedback to contribute to shaping this new initiative and enhance student digital capabilities with the aim of helping students to make smart use of technology in their learning and helping us to know what matters to them. on this project is available from the IT Services web pages.

The Academy was delighted to welcome Geoff Malleck from the University of Waterloo in Canada, our first International Visiting Teaching Fellow. Hosted by , the primary focus of Geoff's three-week visit in June was exploring the principles and conditions that drive the ‘Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship’ Continuum and the relationship with economic prosperity and culture.

Foundation Fellows, particularly engaged with Geoff's round table discussion on Pedagogy and Creativity in the curriculum and the WIHEA Masterclass on Reflection, Pedagogy and Assessment, which received excellent feedback and will shortly be available on video.

included Cafe Enterprise, with social enterprise funding being awarded by a panel and an Enterprise Question Time Debate, Chaired by Prof Stephen Roper, Director of Enterprise Research Centre, WBS where Geoff joined by panel members Robin Foale, Managing Director for the Universities Division of Santander UK, Prof Christina Huges, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning), Johnny Luk, CEO of National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs (NACUE), Viki Cooke, Founding Director of Britain Thinks, Entrepreneur and Vice-Chair of University Council and Dr Phil O'Donovan, Entrepreneur.