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The next webinar in the HEA Scotland: Embedding Equality and Diversity (E&D) in the Curriculum Lunchbytes series is now available for download.
Practical Examples for Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum was presented by Pauline Hanesworth, the HEA’s Academic Development Officer for Equality and Diversity. Pauline is leading the current phase of the Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum project and previously lectured at the School of Classics in the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David where she also acted as Widening Access Officer. More...

The HEA has published a report which examines the teaching of ethical behaviour in UK business schools.
Creating a culture of integrity presents a series of case studies exploring how the current curricula in UK business schools might need to be scoped differently to provide new business leaders with the tools for becoming the strong ethical leaders of the future. Case studies include how learning and teaching can encourage responsible enterprise and a learner’s perspective on promoting culture of integrity.
The report can be downloaded here. More...

The programme for the HEA Social Sciences Conference, Teaching forward: the future of the Social Sciences, is now available. It includes over 50 parallel sessions across the four conference strands. There will also be two keynote speakers at the conference. Professor Mike Sharples from The Open University will talk on the subject of innovating pedagogy: futures for teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. And in her keynote presentation Professor Keri Facer from the University of Bristol will explore current thinking about the challenges and opportunities that may be presented over the next 50 years and explore their implications for the idea of the university.
More information about the keynote presenters and the conference programme are available here. More...

Over recent months we have been developing our plans to deliver highly focused and evidence-informed projects which will support the sector in our shared drive to inspire teaching to transform learning. We can now confirm we have received the funding to do this.
Our funding, which has been reduced in line with many parts of the sector, has resulted in us bringing forward our existing plans to become financially self-sufficient. More...

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) have announced plans for a joint project to explore how directed independent learning is promoted in UK universities and colleges. The work will look at how courses are designed and delivered to do this most effectively.
Professor Philippa Levy, Deputy Chief Executive (Academic) at the HEA, said: “This important project will help the sector to understand what is needed to help students study independently and how those working in higher education institutions can support them.
More information about the project can be found here. More...

Fifty members of Canada’s international education community gathered on March 20, 2014 in Ottawa to applaud the publication of Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change. This volume is the fifth report in the series Higher Education in the World of the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi). See more...

RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal launches a call for papers for the next Special Section on 'MOOCs: Game Changer or Passing Fad?
The Universities and Knowledge Society Journal (RUSC) is an open-access e-journal jointly published by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC, Spain) and the University of New England (UNE, Australia) that comes out twice a year, in January and July.
RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal launches a call for papers for the next Special Section on 'MOOCs: Game Changer or Passing Fad? '
Call for papers open for the next Special Section on 'MOOCs: Game Changer or Passing Fad?' See more...

This post is an invitation to join the Wikiprogress Latin America online discussion on "Civil Society and Actions to Promote Well-being". You're invited to share your knowledge and experiences regarding well-being programmes in Latin America.
We invite you to leave your comments in Spanish, Portuguese, English or French in the section entitled “Contribuye” of the discussion webpage. To participate, click here.
Here is the link to the page: http://bit.ly/1gl42wf and the hashtag in Twitter is #SociedadCivilYAcciones. More...