The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow

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The University of Strathclydein Glasgow
Christine Sinclair Centre for Academic Practice
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• About Strathclyde
• 22,500 students (full-/part-time)
• 13,800 undergraduate
• 8,700 postgraduate
• 20,900 home
• 1,600 overseas
• 33,700 other students

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• About Strathclyde
• Income 150 million
• 44 from Funding Council grants
• 3,400 staff approximately 1,650
  academic/related and 1,750 support staff

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Themes from Strategic Plan 2003-2007

• Innovative Learning
• Research Excellence
• Personal and Professional Development

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Staff Development and Appraisal

• The University views staff development as an
  important way of helping staff to develop their
  potential to be successful in their careers and
  as a means by which the University can implement
  effectively its Strategic Plan.
• "The University is committed to the provision of
  appropriate and timely staff development for
  every member of staff and to the active
  involvement of staff in defining development and
  training needs."

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Staff Development Activities

• Investors In People http//www.iipuk.co.uk/
• Leadership capacity
• Equal opportunities
• Innovative learning environment
• PDP and research planning
• Partnerships and vocational programmes
• Benchmarking/QA for support departments

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Departments Involved in Staff Development

• Centre for Academic Practice
• Personnel Office
• Learning Services
• Also
• Safety Services
• Student Affairs
• Residences and Catering
• Estates Management

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Financing Staff Development

• 3.5 million in aggregate
• (including conference attendance)
• 3.5 of staff costs
• Departmental and central
• Special funds

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Academic Staff Development

• All Academic Staff
• Personal Development Plan (replacing staff
  appraisal)
• Probation requirement for Academic Staff
• 3-day course in Teaching, Learning Assessment
• Advanced Academic Studies
• Desirable
• Membership of Higher Education Academy
• Specific issues - e.g. VLE

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Examples of Staff Development Schemes

• Learning, Teaching, Assessment
• (3 days)
• Joint with University of Paisley
• Intensive, highly interactive
• Content
• student learning various teaching methods
  assessment evaluation course design
  presentationfeedback

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Examples of Staff Development Schemes

• Advanced Academic Studies
• Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma
• Core modules
• Professional Development Planning Learning,
  Teaching Assessment in Higher Education the
  Integrative Module
• Options
• Web based Teaching, Developing an Accessible
  Curriculum for Disabled Students, Supervising
  Postgraduate Research, Academic Writing

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Examples of Staff Development Schemes

• Development of Postgraduates
• Faculty based training
• Generic training programme
• Graduate Teaching Assistants Training
• Training for Supervisors of Postgraduates

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Examples of Staff Development Schemes

• Academic Leaders
• Internal Heads of Department training
• Strategic thinking succession planning
• International European Consortium of Innovative
  Universities
• with Twente, Dortmund and Aalborg Decision
  making Culture Network

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Centre for Academic Practicehttp//www.strath.ac.
uk/Departments/CAP/

• Support for staff and students
• Refocusing on learning context
• (Centre for Academic Practice and Learning
  Enhancement)
• Director five other academic staff
• Working with management, faculties, departments,
  individuals
• An interface for management, staff, students and
  external activities

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Centre for Academic Practicehttp//www.strath.ac.
uk/Departments/CAP/

• applied research assessment
• creativity e-learning
• information literacy managemt development
• PDP postgraduate support
• quality assurance student learning
• writing

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Other Initiatives

• Learning Enhancement Network
• VLE and other IT-related Development
• Faculty-based initiatives

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The Scottish Context

• Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
• http//www.shefc.ac.uk/
• Quality Assurance Agency
• http//www.qaa.ac.uk/
• Enhancement led institutional review
• Enhancement themes assessment, supporting
  student needs, flexible delivery, employability
• http//www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/