1. UTLSEC Innovation Fund: Welcome 2012, Thank you 2011 Suzanne Cholerton PVC – Learning & Teaching 21 st December 2011

2. What is the Innovation Fund? UTLSEC awards to teams and individuals Up to £5000 funding for each of 20 projects Institutional support for learning and teaching projects  extra funding  extra recognition  extra thinking space  connecting with other practitioners

3. Innovation Fund themes for 2012 Coherent CurriculumAccess to HE Research-informed Teaching Employability Assessment and Feedback Student Induction Student Engagement widening participation of groups under-represented in higher education fair access to the professions student inclusion student retention 2 sets of themes; not mutually exclusive

4. Student involvement in projects Project ideas put forward in partnership with students Projects that engage students in doing the project, not just as recipients or beneficiaries

5. Who does this benefit? The student learning experience/student access to HE The staff and students involved in the project Your Academic Unit Other Academic Units at NU Your university Your subject area/discipline Other subject areas/disciplines

6. Information for 2012 proposals Closing date for proposals: 12 th Jan 2012 Projects approx. 1 academic year in length Call for Proposals document is online: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/quilt/resources/excellence/ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/quilt/resources/excellence/ Contact is Lydia Wysocki in QuILT

7. Handover to Innovation Fund 2011 teams Thank you for your work and commitment Priority theme was ‘linking research and teaching’  supports and demonstrates CC theme of ‘research- informed teaching’ Housekeeping:  Pairs of presentations, then drink/discussion breaks  Making notes for your 2012 proposal is encouraged