External news
A wide variety of agencies issue news items of potential interest and relevance to healthcare educators. This RSS feed is provided from the HEALTH Network Group.
News from the Higher Education Academy
Call for submissions to ITALICS (June 2012) and New Directions (issue 8)
The Higher Education Academy has opened submissions for the first issue of ITALICS (Innovation in Teaching And Learning in Information and Computer Sciences) for 2012 (June) and issue 8 of New Directions, our journal highlighting education in the physical sciences at the tertiary level. more
HEA and UKCISA open Internationalisation funding call
The HEA, in partnership with the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA), invites institutions to submit applications for funding to projects which support the theme of internationalisation. more
Submissions open for teaching development grants
As part of its £1.5 million teaching development grants programme, the HEA has opened its second individual grants call with £315,000 funding available. The awards will be made to individuals responsible for learning and teaching on the themes of internationalisation and employability. more
Aggregated news from other places
Lisa Nilsson: anatomical cross sections in paper
Fri 3 February 2012
Lisa Nilson ahs made a fascinating series of anatomical cross secions using a paper folding and rolling technique called 'quilling'. The use of colour is interesting as she has attempted to render the cross sections realistically. more
New international standards to aid data sharing
Fri 3 February 2012
Led by researchers at University of Oxford (UK) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) at Harvard University, (USA), more than 50 collaborators at over 30 scientific organizations around the globe have agreed on a common standard for integrating biological data sets. This will make it possible to consistently describe the enormous and radically different databases that are compiled in the bios... more
UK’s first ever core skills and training framework for health
Thu 2 February 2012
Skills for Health is advancing its development of a core skills framework for statutory and mandatory training across the UK health sector, building on work already undertaken in England in the London, North West, South Central and West Midlands regions. A core framework will offer the health sector common guidance and standards which should be helpful to organisations in guiding minimum standards... more
HEA Resource Centre
Thu 2 February 2012
Find discipline specific materials and toolkits for use by academics in teaching, including journals, case studies, short guides and pedagogic support items. more
HEA Health Sciences Conference 2012
Thu 2 February 2012
The Health Sciences discipline cluster is based at the Higher Education Academy in York and consists of a core of 11 team members who are spread across the UK. The cluster primarily represents the disciplines of Nursing, Medicine Dentistry and Veterinary science and all subjects related to health. The first annual conference for the Health Sciences disciplines is to be held at the East Midlan... more
Research Excellence Framework panel criteria published
Thu 2 February 2012
Research Excellence Framework panel criteria published The final criteria and working methods that the Research Excellence Framework (REF) panels will use when assessing research are published today. Publication of this information, by the REF team on behalf of the four UK higher education funding bodies, is a key stage in preparations for the REF. Through the REF, the quality of research in a... more
Reminder: SFC proposals for implementing Putting Learners at the Centre
Thu 2 February 2012
This a a joint consultation issued jointly by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council. It represents the next step in the Government's plans to reform post-16 learning in Scotland. more
Amendments to Health and Social Care Bill published
Thu 2 February 2012
The Government has tabled a series of amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill in advance of its Report Stage in the House of Lords, which begins next week. Health Minister Earl Howe has tabled a number of amendments that reaffirm the Government’s commitment to putting patients at the heart of the NHS and handing power to GPs and nurses. Alongside the amendments, the Department of ... more
Decisions on HEFCE funding for higher education 2012-13
Thu 2 February 2012
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced its funding decisions for higher education in England following the annual grant letter (Note 1) from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and subsequent decisions by the HEFCE Board. This announcement covers HEFCE funding for the academic year 2012-13 (Note 2). The overall level of government support for te... more
Higher Education Academy health sciences newsletter
Wed 1 February 2012
The new Health Sciences team at the Higher Education Academy have just issued their first newsletter containing details of apointments, news, events and funding opportunities. It can be viewed here - HealthScinewsletter1 more