Innovation in learning and teaching

What are the projects?

These projects have successfully bid for funding of up to £50,000 each to develop innovations in learning and teaching for either undergraduate or postgraduate taught provision.

Lead institution & contact	Project	Funding amount	Project value
Anglia Ruskin University Contact: Sally Everett	Delivering enhanced skills for postgraduate students through employer-informed team based learning	£37, 697	£77,811
Askham Bryan College Contact: Deirdre Rooney	Piloting a bespoke smartphone and tablet 'app' to uncover real time student perceptions of outstanding teaching and learning	£16,175	£32,350
Aston University Contact: Sarah Hayes	Analytics plus: Enhancing retention and progression of undergraduate (UG) students through effective and co-ordinated advancement of institutional learning analytics	£50,000	£120,000
Barnsley College Contact: Lorraine Copley	Recognising 'discovery learners': Making HE pedagogies responsive to equivalent qualifications	£50,000	£291,604
Bath Spa University Contacts: Rebecca Schaaf, Neil Glen and Jeffrey Boehm	Creating shared personal learning environments: Promoting engagement and understanding through interaction and co-creation with mobile digital technology	£48,154	£130,028
Bedford College Contact: Susan Blackman	Identifying and using creative thinking strategies to improve success and learner satisfaction	£20,000	£99,268
University of Bedfordshire Contact: Alexander Kofinas	A gamification-informed approach to developing knowledge and professional practice	£32,000	£68,000
University of Bedfordshire Contact: Mary Malcolm	Developing relational and management skills (PG)	£21,216	£73,360
Birkbeck College Contact: Gretchen O'Neill	Experimental investigation of interventions designed to increase student retention and performance	£49,326	£98,652
Birmingham City University Contact: Matt O'Leary	Improving learning and teaching through collaborative observation	£48,727	£97,493
Blackburn College Contact: Peter Shukie	Interactive essays	£26,286	£52,574
University of Bolton Contacts: Duncan Cross and Julie Prescott	Student-led technology enhanced learning and teaching	£33,050	£63,800
Bournemouth University Contact: Sonal Minocha	Global talent: From education to employability	£50,000	£100,000
Bournemouth University Contact: Sonal Minocha	Global talent: From employability to excellence	£50,000	£100,000
Brunel University London Contact: Mariann Rand-Weaver	Digital examinations	£50,000	£100,000
Buckinghamshire New University Contacts: Richard Mather and Helena Chance	Traversing digital-creative perspectives: Preparing design and technology students for interdisciplinary work	£39,000	£82,750
Burnley College Contact: Peter Mounsey	Fostering a growth mindset culture in higher education	£41,000	£82,000
Bury College Contact: Cathy Gill	Enhancing academic study skills	£49,990	£99,926
University of Cambridge Contact: Rajesh Jena	ZEIT-GEIST: an immersive simulator for teaching of radiation oncology	£42,294	£87,860
University of Cambridge Contacts: Amy Ludlow and Ruth Armstrong email [email protected]	Pushing boundaries: Co-producing learning and measurement This project has supported the development, delivery and evaluation of Learning Together	£25,000	£51,500
Canterbury Christ Church University Contacts: Marian McCormick, Chris Harvey and Rayya Ghul	Evaluating the 'traffic light tool': A potential high impact pedagogy	£49,942	£85,738
University of Central Lancashire Contact: Claire Lowe	Lancashire skills for graduates: A model for integrated learning	£50,000	£100,000
City College Plymouth Contact: Fiona Horrell	HE STEM graduate talent programme	£30,883	£61,159
City of Sunderland College Contact: Sally Dixon	Breaking down barriers to learning: A cross-curricula action research project	£50,000	£100,000
Coventry University Contact: Sylvester Arnab	GameChangers	£33,294	£66,588
University of Derby Contacts: Ruth Ayres, John Hill and Chris Bell	Applying learning analytics to measure the impact of digital practice enhancements on student engagement and digital capabilities	£50,000	£125,285
University of Durham Contact: Malcolm Murray	Gamifying the on-boarding of PGT students	£13,541	£47,446
Goldsmiths' College Contact: Matthew Yee-King	CodeCircle: Browser-based creative coding leading to deeper learning and wider skills acquisition	£47,830	£95,660
Goldsmiths' College Contact: Claire Maclean	Innovation in employability and enterprise	£40,000	£80,000
University of Greenwich Contact: Christine Couper	A structured conversation enabling and measuring responsive pedagogy	£38,700	£82,200
Harrow College Contact: Dyllan McTaggart	My Harrow College	£30,000	£60,000
University of Huddersfield Contact: Philip Clegg	Enterprise placement year: A game changer!	£44,600	£89,200
University of Hull Contact: Graham Scott	Developing the use of learning analytics across the STEM disciplines to increase student engagement and improve student outcomes	£31,108	£62,812
Imperial College London Contact: Edward Meinert	Data Science 3i: i.ntroducing and i.nspiring i.nnovation data science for healthcare	£50,000	£100,000
University of Keele Contact: Zoe Robinson	Unmaking single perspectives: A listening project	£50,000	£106,055
University of Keele Contact: Ed de Quincey	Learner centred design for learning analytics	£49,988	£99,790
Kingston University Contact: Jane Lindsay	Meeting employer demands for higher order thinking skills	£50,000	£215,000
University of Lancaster Contact: Sarah Kingston	Bridging connections: Improving the links between academic and work-related learning by criminology students	£49,921	£94,498
University of Leeds Contact: Tamsin Treasure-Jones	[email protected]: Learning analytics for reflective learning and professional development	£49,768	£111,541
University of Leeds Contact: Charles Dannreuther	'Mending a broken bridge': Developing scholarly impact & civic engagement for PGT students	£29,988	£59,975
Leeds Beckett University Contact: [email protected]	PULSE: Personalised user learning & social environment	£29,080	£67,200
University of Liverpool Contact: Catrin Eames	Postgraduate healthcare student mentoring by experts by experience	£49,801	£98,472
Liverpool Hope University Contact: Penny Haughan	Institutional memory bank	£50,000	£100,000
London South Bank University Contact: Jennifer Hardi	A pilot study to assess the requirements and academic impact of introducing collaborative multi-disciplinary working within higher education	£50,000	£137,276
Loughborough University Contact: Barbara Jaworski	Student learning through collaborative design and teaching of STEM foundation mathematics	£47,019	£129,923
Manchester Metropolitan University Contact: Helen Laville	Targeted learning tracker app	£50,000	£100,000
Middlesex University Contact: Gareth Williams	Digital showscapes	£23,298	£46,596
Newcastle University Contact: Matthew Forshaw	Improving student engagement and retention through 'human-in-the-loop' learning analytics	£48,824	£102,529
Newman University Contact: John Peters	Collaborative development of pedagogic interventions based on learning analytics	£47,075	£96,055
University of Nottingham Contact: Cristina De Matteis	Come on in to our research labs: Enhancing UG students’ experience of research	£27,108	£54,216
University of Plymouth Contact: Harriet Dismore	Learning for the future: Developing an interdisciplinary learning framework between the arts and sciences	£50,000	£110,449
Royal College of Music Contacts: Matt Parkin and [email protected]	Introducing VLE-based blended learning into the teaching of solo instrumental and vocal performance at undergraduate level	£44,412	£88,940
University of Sheffield Contact: Brendan Stone	Group interdisciplinary undergraduate research projects	£48,689	£99,268
University of Sheffield Contacts: Bryony Olney and Bobby Nisha	Developing design consultants of the future: Embedding augmented reality in learning & teaching	£50,000	£188,285
University of Southampton Contact: Carol Evans	Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evaluate)	£50,000	£100,000
Southampton Solent University Contacts: Osama Khan and Roger Emery	Rich information set for educators (RISE)	£49,012	£103,194
St Mary's University, Twickenham Contact: Liam McCarthy	Collaborative reflection in practice: A cross-institutional project in sports coaching	£22,000	£44,000
University of Suffolk Contact: Christine Smith	placementPAL (peer assisted learning): A digital app to scaffold students' learning and knowledgeable action in work	£47,977	£131,496
University of Sunderland Contact: Jessica Hardisty	Inter-professional collaboration in design and delivery of undergraduate teaching and learning in the care of patients with mental ill health	£50,000	£104,000
University of Surrey Contact: Esat Alpay	Gamification in engineering education: From primary outreach to work transition	£50,000	£105,000
University of Surrey Contact: Naomi Winstone	Feedback footprints: Using learning analytics to support student engagement with, and learning from, feedback	£44,416	£123,055
University of Sussex Contact: David Walker	ePortfolio analytics	£18,000	£60,000
Teesside University Contact: Jonathan Eaton	Enhancing employability outcomes through an immersive learning environment	£49,234	£131,053
University Campus Oldham Contact: Emma Young	Establishment of a student-led academic success hub	£41,600	£91,600
University College London Contact: Clive Lees Young	UCL action for curriculum enhancement	£38,000	£76,000
University of Warwick Contact: Georgia Kremmyda	Developing a student-driven educational model between, beyond and across disciplines	£49,745	£99,490
University of the West of England Contact: Laura Fogg-Rogers	Children as engineers	£49,955	£71,950

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