Introduction to FILTA
CAPOD has £10,000 in the Fund for Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment to disburse via a competitive bidding process. The main purpose of the fund is to encourage initiatives that develop new patterns of learning and teaching, especially where such development requires pump-priming finance that cannot be provided from normal departmental resources. However, the expectation is that successful initiatives will be maintained and supported within the School without recourse to further FILTA funding.
The University is committed to achieving excellence in both teaching and research and believes the latter informs the former in Higher Education. Thus bids that demonstrate the synergy between teaching and research are encouraged. (For example, projects that exploit the potential of research material for taught courses or that involve research on the effectiveness of learning and teaching methods.) Nevertheless, the major focus will always be on initiatives that lead to enhanced student learning. The FILTA is complementary to CAPOD's Strategic Enhancement of Learning Fund (SELF).
Dissemination of Project Outcomes
Evaluation of effectiveness and dissemination of good practice arising from the funded projects are an integral part of the FILTA scheme. On acceptance, members of staff who receive an award will be required to furfill the 4 Project Outcomes stipulated below:
- To publish the outcomes of their project in some way, for example:
- Article in a relevant discipline journal
- Article in the e-journal Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (or similar)
- Case study on the BeSoTLed website (this option might be particularly useful for initiatives that did not work out as planned)
- Case study for one of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres (many will pay for case studies, eg Bioscience, Classics, English, Physical Sciences)
- Presentation or poster at an Enhancement Themes conference or workshop
- Presentation or poster at a Higher Education Academy or Subject Centre conference or workshop
- Presentation or poster at a pedagogical conference (eg AMEE, GIREP,TOEBI)
This list is not meant to be exhaustive. The main aim is to ensure that the outcomes of the project are disseminated beyond the institution, by whatever means the project team finds appropriate.
- To produce a printed and laminated A2 poster no later than one year after receiving the award; £10.50 will be allocated to your award to have this done by the Print & Design unit. (This may be a copy of a poster produced as part of the first requirement.) The poster will be used by CAPOD to publicise the outcomes of the project within the University (eg at TLA Open Fora).
- To submit a short report (~1 pages A4) one year after receiving their award. This will outline briefly how the funds were spent (noting in particular any deviations from what was originally proposed), what impact the initiative has had and whether it will continue and how the outcomes have been (or will be) published.
- Award recipients may also be asked to give a presentation on the project at a CAPOD dissemination event or TLA Open Forum.