1. HE in FE Research & Scholarly Activity: Identifying the Terrain Mark Stone, HELP CETL Director Nick Davy, Community of Practice Developer Sue Burkill, Head of Educational Development & Learning Technology Higher Education Learning Partnerships [HELP] Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning [CETL]

2. Setting the Scene National picture? UPC faculty collaboration and support Related aspects of the HELP CETL Research including HE in FE staff attitudes to Research and Scholarship

3. The UNIVERSITY and its Partner Colleges PLYMOUTH Exeter Camborne Barnstaple Taunton Torbay Exmouth Newton Abbot Jersey Bridgwater Brixham Truro Helston Penzance Cannington Tiverton Minehead Culdrose Falmouth Liskeard Bodmin Dartmouth Dartington Okehampton Bicton Saltash Sidmouth Schumacher Duchy Redruth Weymouth Bristol Bude St. Austell CORNWALL COLLEGE ST AUSTELL COLLEGE DUCHY COLLEGE TRURO COLLEGE PENWITH COLLEGE RN SCHOOL OF METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY RNAS CULDROSE HIGHLANDS COLLEGE - JERSEY NORTH DEVON COLLEGEEAST DEVON COLLEGE PLYMOUTH COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF FE ESTOVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE RN HYDROGAPHIC SCHOOL HMS DRAKE SCHUMACHER COLLEGE DARTINGTON COLLEGE of ARTS BRITANNIA ROYAL NAVALCOLLEGE SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE EXETER COLLEGE BICTON COLLEGE SCHOOL of MARITIME OPERATIONS HMS DRYAD SOMERSET COLLEGE of ARTS & TECHNOLOGY CITY of BRISTOL COLLEGE FALMOUTH COLLEGE of ARTS Associated Partner College Accredited Partner College WEYMOUTH COLLEGE JOHN KITTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

4. Developing Knowledge, Individuals & Communities 1.Staff secondments [Community Developers] 2.Student involvement 3.CPD & Fellowship Awards 4.Development Activities 5.Communities of Practice 6.External collaboration 7.Dissemination & recognition Aspects of an integrated programme

5. HELP CETL interest and focus Support in the here and now Facilitation up the research & scholarship ladder Capacity Building including structures Sustainability Partnership and Collaboration Research and Dissemination on the process

6. Example Issues Individual - advice and mentoring Group - critical mass and isolation Institutional - priority and consistency Consortia - support and policy National - policy impact / few practitioners Knowledge – unrecognised / under reported