HEA/JISC Grant Funding 10/11

HEA/JISC Open Educational Resources (OER) Phase Three Programme:
Embedding and Sustaining Change 
  1. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Joint Information Systems Committee(JISC) invite institutions to submit funding proposals around OER related work as follows:

Strand/

Programme Initiative

 Description
 Funds

Strand 1: PG Cert

Development

Postgraduate Certificate Development

through an HEA change programme in

this area.  An additional grant will be made

available to those institutions demonstrating

the most effective use of the change

programme.

12 Projects

Total available

up to £0.45m

Strand 2: Open Materials

for accredited courses

(OMAC)

Projects will involve the release of high

quality resources to support HEA

accredited programmes or schemes of

professional development that meet the UK

Professional Standards Framework for

Teaching and Supporting Learning in

Higher Education (UK PSF)

15 projects at

a maximum of

£20,000.

Total available

up to £0.3m

Strand 3: Embedding OER

Practices in Institutions

The focus of these projects will be on

whole institutional change, with outputs

stated as reviewed change strategies

addressing the development & use of OER's

by teaching staff and students.  An

additional grant will be made available to

those institutions demonstrating the most

effective use of the Change Programme

12 Projects

Total available

up to £0.45m

Strand 4: OER Themes

All projects will involve the collection and

release of OER.  In addition, each will

demonstrate the application of this activity

in responding to identified opportunities and

challenges for the sector.

Projects from

£40,000 to

£200,000

Total available

up to £1.6 m

2. The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Monday 5th September 2011


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3. Funding is available for projects starting from 3rd October 2011 for up to one year. All projects must be complete by 2nd October 2012.

4. We are holding a community briefing event where potential bidders will be given information about the background to the call, its objectives and the bidding process. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions of executive staff. This meeting will take place at 2pm on 17 August 2011 via the Elluminate platform. Participants may join at: http://bit.ly/ukoer3 briefing from 13.45 (but no earlier please). A recording of the briefing will be made available after the event at: http://bit.ly/bit.ly/ukoer3recording . The system used for this online briefing event will be Elluminate Live! and anyone intending to attend is strongly advised to view the hardware and software requirements for this system at http://www.elluminate.com/support .

Eligibility

5. Proposals may be submitted by Higher Education (HE) Institutions funded by HEFCE. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate work that supports the HE in FE agenda. HE and FE institutions in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not eligible to bid but may be involved as partners in proposals led by HE institutions funded by HEFCE or FE institutions in England which meet the criteria outlined above.

6. Proposals may be from single institutions or consortia unless indicated otherwise in the relevant terms of reference. Partnership arrangements may be developed outside the sector (for example with research council sites, publishers, commercial suppliers), but the lead partner must meet the criteria outlined above. Funds can only be allocated through the lead partner.