Enhancement themes
Funding Call
Enhancing the development of student graduate attributes through new approaches to teaching and learning
Do you have an idea for enhancing the development of students’ graduate attributes through new approaches to learning, either within the curriculum or through extra-curricular activity? Would you be able to implement it if you had £300 towards the costs of doing so? The Institutional Team for the latest Enhancement Theme – Developing and Supporting the Curriculum – invites staff, postgraduate tutors/demonstrators and students to submit funding proposals for small projects, up to a maximum of £300, that enable undergraduate students to develop their graduate attributes through reflection and personal development planning OR that incorporate the teaching of research skills into the curriculum in new ways at sub-honours level. Proposals having a broad impact, for example on a programme, module or group of students are particularly welcome.
Further details are available at: Funding Call - further details and how to apply (PDF, 84 KB)
What are the Enhancement Themes?
The Enhancement Themes are Scotland-wide initiatives that encourage and support good practice in teaching and learning in Higher Education, both nationally and internationally.
The Enhancement Themes are managed by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Scotland, which is part of the UK-wide QAA, an independent body responsible for quality assurance in Higher Education. Further details about the Enhancement Themes can be found at http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/
The Current Enhancement Theme: Developing and Supporting the Curriculum
This theme was introduce in summer 2011 and will run for three academic years.
The objective of the theme is to consider how students achieve the attributes required of 21st century graduates :
- How is the curriculum, in its broadest sense, shaped and delivered?
- Who is it for – how is the student body changing?
- What support is required for staff?
(from http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/)
Our involvement in the current enhancement theme
We have an institutional team responsible for overseeing our involvement in the current theme. Minutes of the meetings will be posted here, along with news and a schedule of events at St Andrews and across Scotland.
Timetable of events
St Andrews Launch of the Developing and Supporting the Curriculum Enhancement Theme: Monday 13 February 12.00 until 2pm in Lower College Hall, St Andrews. please confirm your attendance at the event no later than Tuesday 7 February by e-mail to Vanessa Hughes (vls@st-andrews.ac.uk)
The following topics will be discussed at this event:
- · Impact of Marketisation
- · Fostering a Culture of Debate
- · Instilling Research Skills from the Start
- · Articulation of Graduate Attributes
- · Self-Reflection and Personal Development
Outline of New Enhancement Theme (PowerPoint, 14,281 KB)
Upcoming QAA events- booking now:
A series of road-show events will take place during February in Glasgow 1st February), Edinburgh (9th February) and Dundee (29th February). The aim of these events is to introduce you to the work of the DSC Theme and to be part of early activities to identify key areas to be addressed in Phase 2 of the Theme. Registration is now open and further details are available at: http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/events/forthcoming-events/2011/12/08/developing-and-supporting-the-curriculum-regional-roadshow
Enhancement Themes National Conference 7&8 March 2012: The Enhancement Themes conference will take place at Heriot-Watt University, further details, including booking, can be found at http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/annual-conference
Institutional Team Members:
Professor Alyson Tobin
Institutional Team Leader
Dr Ioan Fazey
Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Development
Dr Grant MacAskill
Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Director of Teaching, Divinity
Dr Emily Finer
Lecturer in Russian
Ms Bonnie Hacking
Enterprise and Employability Adviser
Dr Antje Kohnle
Senior Teaching Fellow in Physics
Dr Heather McKiggan-Fee
Educational Development Consultant
Mr Sam Fowles
Students’ Association Director of Representation
Mr Vanessa Hughes
PA to the Vice-Principal (Proctor) and Secretary to the Institutional Team