Teaching and Learning
Grants Workshop
Teaching and Learning
Enhancement at UQ
Professor Deborah Terry
8 February 2008
Drivers of Change in T&L
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increased national & global competition
driving efforts to differentiate
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increased focus on student retention &
student engagement
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national & international focus on QA around
teaching
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increasing emphasis on T&L performance indicators
 TQF?
Drivers of Change in T&L
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Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (LTPF)
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CEQ scales – good teaching, overall satisfaction, generic
skills
student success - % F/T employment, % F/T P/T study
student progression – pass rate, retention
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher
Education
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a national focus for the enhancement of learning and teaching in
Australian higher education providers
UQ Teaching and Learning
Enhancement Plan 2008-2010
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Build an understanding of and commitment to
the distinctive features of the UQ student
experience, and support initiatives to enrich
this experience
Enrich all aspects of the teaching and learning
environment
“Support and reward teaching excellence, and
raise the professionalism, visibility, and status
of teaching and learning at UQ”
UQ Teaching and Learning
Enhancement Plan 2008-2010
UQ ADVANTAGE
World-class Research
Strengths and Facilities
High Quality Staff and
Students
International Linkages and
Global Goals
Underpinned by
Professionalism and
Excellence in Teaching
High Quality Teaching
and Learning Environment
Industry and
Professional Engagement
Carrick Promoting Excellence
Initiative
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funding for institutional strategies to build systems that
support staff to engage constructively with Carrick
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improve the quality of UQ’s teaching grant & fellowship
applications
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improve UQ’s internal systems for the management of
Carrick applications, including both evaluation &
dissemination
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build UQ’s capability & capacity in teaching scholarship
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assisted by UQ’s T&L Grant Scheme
evidence that institutional engagement in the SoTL impacts on
subsequent student outcomes (Brew & Ginns, 2006)
Types of T&L Grants
Internal - UQ
National - Carrick
T&L Strategic Grants Scheme
Fellowship
Scheme
Small Grants
Large Grants
Associate
Fellowship
Senior
Fellowship
Grants Scheme
Competitive
Grants
Leadership
for Excellence
in T&L
Priority
Projects
Scope of Grant Schemes
Your project ideas need to match the
purpose of the scheme
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UQ T&L Strategic Grants
Focus on UQ strategic priorities; outcomes relating to courses
and programs; seeding grants; larger grants with broader
application
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Carrick Institute
National and international focus; collaboration between
institutions highly valued; focus on long-term change
For the Fellowship Scheme, the quality and standing of the
applicant (profile, leadership skills etc.) is considered just as
important as the quality of the project
Program for the Day
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UQ T&L Grants – Round 2 overview and
application tips
Morning tea
Carrick Grants Scheme Overview
Carrick Fellowships Scheme Overview
Dissemination and Evaluation
Using Technology to Improve T&L
Curriculum Development
Assessment
UQ T&L Strategic Grants
Round 2 – March 2008
Nature of the Scheme
Will fund projects that:
 promote excellence and innovation in teaching
and learning
 meet key UQ strategic priorities &/or TLEP
priorities
 improve student outcomes
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student satisfaction
student outcomes
student success (progression)
Funding
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$2.5 million of monies obtained from the
Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
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Two funding rounds
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$1.4 million allocated in mid 2007
$1.1 million available from early 2008
75% of the funds will be released when the
grant application is approved – the final 25%
will be released on completion of an interim
project report
Small and Large Grants
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Small Grants
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maximum of $30,000
projects that will be completed within 12 months
Large Grants
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over $30,000 requiring $ for $ leverage funding from
another source for funds over $30,000 (cash
contributions, not just in-kind support)
projects that will be completed within 2 years
Overview
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Small grants may be used:
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to carry out stand-alone projects, e.g., curriculum or
assessment redesign, e-learning or 1st-year
development
as seeding grants to produce pilot evidence for a
larger scale project (e.g., Carrick)
Large grants should:
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aim to achieve significant improvements in student
satisfaction, student outcomes or student success
have cross-disciplinary relevance or impact beyond
the organisational unit either within and or outside UQ.
Eligibility
Project Leaders must be:
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full-time academic staff at UQ or fractional
appointments as long as there is one full-time
staff member on the project team
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must be based within a School, Faculty or
Institute
• Staff from other organisational units can be
included in the project team (eg TEDI, the
Graduate School, Library, SASD, ITS, IED and
ICTE)
Selection Criteria
1. Develop an innovative approach to teaching
and learning aligned to the University & Faculty
T&L priorities and objectives.
2. Demonstrate that the project aims to enhance
one or more of the following student
experience criteria:
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improving student satisfaction (CEQ)
improving student outcomes (GDS)
improving student success
Selection Criteria
3. Provide an explanation of how project
outcomes will be sustained beyond the
life of the project.
4. Provide a strategy for the evaluation of
the project with information on
outcomes for students & how these will
be assessed
Selection Criteria
5. Budget
• include clear, well-justified & itemised budget
• Large Grants need details on how much
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additional funding above $30,000 is required
and details on the source of the $ for $
leverage funding
Small Grants should include details of any
funds obtained from another source if
applicable.
Selection Criteria
6. Provide a strategy on how the
outcomes will be disseminated to
others within the discipline
for Large Grants dissemination must be
across disciplines within UQ and
nationally/internationally
Stage 1: Application and
Selection Process
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Applications submitted to the Chair of Faculty
T&L Committee
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will rank applications (separately for small & large
grant applications)
will be based on rankings provided by the School
Teaching and Learning Committee (if relevant)
All applications must be endorsed by the
Heads of School(s) and the Executive Dean(s).
This endorsement indicates that required
internal resources will be available
Key Dates for
Second Round Applications
Applications
open
School and
Faculty
Selection
and Ranking
Dates
Monday, 29
October 2007
Variable Please
discuss with
your School
and Faculty
Application
closing date –
Faculties send
ranked
applications to
Office of the
DVC (T&L)
Thursday, 20
March 2008
Grants
announced
April 2008
Selection process
Chaired by DVC (T&L)
Faculty Submission Dates
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Arts - Due to the Director of Studies on Monday, 10
March
BACS – Contact Director of Studies for details
BEL – Contact Director of Studies for details
EPSA - Due in the EPSA Faculty Office by Monday
March 10th following School rankings
Health Sciences - Contact Director of Studies for
details
NRAVS - Contact Director of Studies for details
SBS – Due on Thursday March 13 - due date for the
readership scheme March 3
Stage 2: Development and
Reporting Process
Application Round
Expected Completion Date
Second round projects Small Grants - 30 June 2009
Large Grants - 30 June 2010
STAGE 2: Development and
Reporting Process
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Interim report - submitted to Faculty T&L
Committee
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Final evaluation report - University Teaching
and Learning Committee
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Project leaders responsible for the overall
progress of the project, including the
achievement of project milestones, interim
report and final evaluation report.
Making a Successful Application
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Tips and advice on completing the
application
Professor Fred D’Agostino