1. Welcome to Dr Sarah Hayes
On behalf of: The Centre for Learning, Innovation and Professional Practice (CLIPP)

2. First, introducing some faces:
The colleagues above are in CLIPP Academic Practice
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Teaching Fellows and Officers are also in CLIPP Academic Practice, though some are physically located in Schools
Ania Bailey, Director of Centre for English Language and Communication (CELCA)
Ellen Pope, Director of the Learning Development Centre (LDC)
Sarah Davies, Director of Quality

3. Our Strategy for Learning & Teaching
Reviewed via 5 well attended University-wide student and staff consultations in 2016 based on key TEF metrics
Aston’s ‘2 page challenge!’
Our new L & T Strategy is just 2 ‘readable’ sides
Intention for it to remain a ‘living strategy’ mapped (in both directions) to the annual School L & T Strategies
Mapped also to our Digital Learning Strategy

4. Go! Time’s Up! Let’s hear back from you 1 Minute gone! 3 Minutes gone!
With Aston’s key guiding principles in mind:
Co-ownership of our Strategy, Active Inclusivity, Global Significance, Local Impact,  Proactive People,  Digital Technology, Recognition and Reward, Disruptive Efficiency, Embedded Employability 
Take just 5 minutes on your tables to share a few ideas that are uppermost in your mind right now. These may concern:
Your expectations of teaching and learning
Some positive plans you hope to further at Aston
Challenges in the HE sector
Immediate priorities and questions
Any other thoughts
Go!
1 Minute gone!
3 Minutes gone!
Time’s Up! Let’s hear back from you

5. Debating where and meet
Aston’s Research Inspired Teaching Excellence (RITE) Scheme
Learning Technologies Management Committee (LTMG), Aston’s Digital Learning Strategy and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team
Aston’s HEFCE Funded Learning Analytics Project and DADF strengths-based assessment research
25 October CLIPP Sharing Conference
Debating where
and meet

6. Staff Development:
Work-based programmes inclusive of staff in a variety of roles
Examples of some topics covered
In the pipeline:
Staff Development: from ILTP and PGCert to PGDip and M.Ed
An Educational Doctorate (Ed.D)
A new Programme Director ‘s LeadershipModule
Research-led innovation
Teaching Identity
Quality Enhancement
Curriculum design
All assessments are practice-based, real change projects
Sarah H or Julian
Collaborative working

7. Changes to processes allow for:
Quality Enhancement:
Greater stakeholder engagement
Stage-level design thinking
Better learning experiences
Team-based holistic design
Better student progression
New approaches to curriculum design, review and approval
Changes to processes allow for:
Improved assessment
The ability to action University initiatives
More manageable workloads
Sarah D
Stronger School ownership of approval
Better working lives

8. Professional Recognition:
Gain AFHEA, FHEA, SFHEA or PFHEA
Liaison with Associate Deans for L & T
3 submission dates per year
95% KPI
Research-Inspired Teaching Excellence (RITE)
Scholarly Practice
2-3 institutional workshops for each submission date
‘Shut Up and wRITE’ Sessions
30 institution-wide mentors and panel members
Leading to wider engagement
Sarah H or Julian
‘Strong articulation with CLIPP taught programmes
Successful applicants go on to support others

9. Community of Practice:
Inclusive of all staff and students:
Learning Enhancers in each School
Regular ADLT meetings
Birmingham
Digital Student Partners
Project
CPD:
Module design,
Equality,
Personal tutoring
New Teaching Community Web Pages
One to one development work
Supporting sessional tutors
Supporting overseas collaborative partners
Engagement of HEA Fellows
Frank leads with comments from Julian on the sand pit and Sarah H on the Digital Partners project
Learning and teaching ‘sandpit’
A new CLIPP- facilitated practice sharing conference

10. Student Support and Engagement:
LDC
Student partners
Learning gain, retention, progression
Inclusive teaching
Support for personal tutors
Excellent cross-University working
Maths support
Learning analytics
Julian
Integration of support into programmes

11. External links: LTMG Learner analytics HEFCE Advisory Group
A strong focus on L&T research within CLIPP and the wider University
School and centre leadership
Student engagement and learning gain
LTMG
Working closely with BCU, UoB and Newman
LiHE symposiums and books
Degree apprenticeships
Trailblazer meetings
New Aston Learning and Teaching Strategy and Digital Learning Strategy
Teaching at Cranfield, Birmingham, Reading and Kingston Universities
Learner analytics
HEFCE
Advisory Group
HEDG and HeLF
Collaboration with Blackboard and Tribal
Publication
Sarah H
Collaboration with HEA, Jisc and and SEDA

12. Questions
There will be further opportunities this afternoon to discuss your individual development plans in CLIPP’s ‘Speed Dating’ sessions