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Partnerships
Action on Access, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and HEFCE
The HEA’s partnership on the ‘What Works? Student Retention
and Success’ project concluded its work this year by disseminating
the findings of the initiative through a summary and final report
and a two-day conference. To enable the successful model to
be applied beyond the programme of work, a Compendium of
effective practice was also published, with a second to follow
next year. The HEA and Action on Access are currently working
together to develop a second phase to build on the valuable work
of the ‘What Works?’ project.
Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH)
This year the HEA has worked in partnership with the
Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) to
create over 40 Simulation Development Officers (SDO). These
consultants are working with the HEA and ASPiH to collate,
evaluate and enhance existing simulation-based learning activities
within HEIs and NHS facilities and enable the initiation of new
educational activity that will enhance healthcare education.
UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA)
In January this year the HEA launched the Connections project
in partnership with UKCISA to fund 20 projects that either
support international students studying in the UK or
encourage UK students to take opportunities to be more
internationally aware. Projects range from developing skills for
successful international group work to the creation of a global
agenda in the Biosciences.
UUK, GuildHE, JISC, Centre for Recording Achievement
The HEA worked in partnership this year to provide support
to the sector for the implementation of the Higher Education
Achievement Report (HEAR). These activities built on the HEAR
trial experiences and included conferences and workshops for
stakeholder communities covering different aspects of the HEAR.
The HEAR was officially launched in October 2012 and the HEA
will lead support for the HEAR across the sector.
QAA
The HEA’s partnership work with QAA on external examining
continued this year, with a jointly held conference on external
examining in May 2012 to disseminate the new QAA guidance
for external examiners within the UK Quality Code for Education
and the HEA’s A handbook for external examining, written to
support the QAA guidance.
QAA and the HEA in Scotland worked together this year on
the conclusion of the ScotPID personal development planning
project (with the Centre for Recording Achievement) publishing
a report on the outcomes of the successful project. The HEA also
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