Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Sources of funding for Higher Education in the UK Dawn Leeder, RLO-CETL Eddie Gulc, Senior Adviser University of Cambridge Higher Education Academy

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK CETL Funding HEFCE funded - ~£315 million 81 CETLs funded (7 in NI) Largest ever single T & L intervention Aim: to improve the status of teaching in HE

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK RLO-CETL Funding £3.75 million (capital & recurrent) Staff Reward & Development ~ £20K per year Mini-projects ~ £30K per year

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Overview of funding sources Funding Councils Research Councils Higher Education Academy EU Funding Charitable Trusts

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Funding Councils Funding councils in the UK Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) £4,510m Scottish Funding Council (SFC) £1,600m Higher Education Council - ELWa (Wales) £400m Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland) ? Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) £110m Provides funding for networks and innovative services for HE & FE

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK JISC Joint Information Systems Committee JISC March

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK JISC services Academy JISC Academic Integrity Service Archives Hub Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) Athens BUFVC (British Universities Film & Video Council) Census Dissemination Unit Copac CrossFire Digimap Collections Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) EDINA Education Image Gallery Eduserv (innovative technology services) ESDS International Film & Sound Online Hairdressing Training Index to The Times Information Environment Service Registry (IESR) Intute ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education JANET JANET CSIRT JISC CETIS (Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards) JISC Collections JISC infoNet JISC Internet Plagiarism Advisory Service JISC Legal JISC Monitoring Unit JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres) JISC TechDis Jorum JSTOR Land, Life & Leisure Mimas National Academic Mailing List service (JISCMail) Netskills OSS Watch (open source software advisory service) Procureweb Satellite Image Data Service SUNCAT TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images) TechWatch (Technology & Standards Watch) Text Mining Centre UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research UK Data Archive (UKDA) UKBORDERS UKOLN Zetoc

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Research Councils Funding for research Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) Medical Research Council (MRC) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Science and Technology Facilities Council ( STFC) Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Public/private partnership Led by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Each Partnership is part funded by the Government (balance of costs comes from the company partner) Research Councils all involved with this

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) - £2.5m NTFS Individuals - 50 x £10K Projects - up to £200K (9 funded in 2007) Research Observatory £30K per project Expressions of interest by 19 March Professional Recognition (Associates, Fellows, Senior Fellows) Support (advice, brokerage, advocacy) Subject Centres

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Subject centres Art, Design and Media Bioscience Built Environment (CEBE) Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF) Economics Education (ESCALATE) Engineering English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) HEALTH Network Group Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Information and Computer Sciences Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE) Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education) Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR) Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) PALATINE - Dance, Drama and Music Philosophical and Religious Studies Physical Sciences Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Subject centres Art, Design and Media Bioscience Built Environment (CEBE) Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF) Economics Education (ESCALATE) Engineering English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) HEALTH Network Group Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Information and Computer Sciences Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) Law (UK Centre for Legal Education - UKCLE) Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education) Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR) Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) PALATINE - Dance, Drama and Music Philosophical and Religious Studies Physical Sciences Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP) Development Projects up to £5K - deadline 31 March Mini-Projects up to £3.5K - deadline 11 April

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK EU funding Framework Four principal programmes: Cooperation € 32.4 billion help Europe gain leadership in key areas of science & technology by having our best brains from across Europe working together Ideas € 7.5 billion to foster competition and excellence in frontier or fundamental research People € 4.7 billion fellowships for research training and career development Capacities € 4.2 billion to ensure scientific and technological capacity-building, for example in the area of infrastructures or in helping European regions to gear up their scientific potential

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Charitable Trusts Funding with strings… Eduserv - themes - e.g. online identity Gatsby Charitable Foundation - science and engineering education Royal Society - themes - e.g. science in schools NESTA - mainly for Wolfson Foundation - buildings, libraries Wellcome - bioscience Leverhulme - health Etc, etc

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Global initiatives Funding without boundaries, but still with strings… HSBC Global Education Trust Projects in and out of school which help educate children and young adults aged 3-25 Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE) British Council, must meet MDGs Universities UK International Strategies Group 5 key areas of international activity: reputation policies and strategies students information partnerships and links

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK The Power of Collaboration  Universities’ Collaboration in e-Learning (UCeL) (~£90K p.a.)  Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects (RLO-CETL) (~£600K p.a.)  Next?… Globalisation International Visiting Fellowships (£, $, € etc…) One thing leads to another… … but be flexible

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Be creative! Don’t ignore bandwagons

Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Be creative! Bandwagons contain money…

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Centre for Excellence in Reusable Learning Objects Sources of funding for HE in UK Conclusions No obvious single solution Identify opportunities Show evidence Match each call to your strengths Collaborate, network Talk to people! Be creative Be flexible Evolve, mutate Anything’s possible…