Other Useful Sites

Local

CELT (Centre for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching at QUB)

DELNI (Department for Employment & Learning) is responsible for tertiary level education, training and employment measures in Northern Ireland.

ETU (Educational Technology Unit at QUB)

NIHEC (Northern Ireland Higher Education Council)

Open University of Ireland

QCS (Queen's Careers Service)

STDU (Staff Training & Development Unit at QUB)

The Science Shop

University of Ulster

Top

National

Action Learning for Lifelong Professional Development at Bradford College has compiled an extensive glossary of educational terms and ideas. Wherever possible, references and links to additional resources have been provided.

All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE) is a professional society whose goal is to bring together and support those people who are concerned with advancing higher education in the island of Ireland. It promotes the professional recognition and enhancement of teaching and learning in higher education through a range of activities.

Department for Education and Skills (DfES) works towards developing a better educated and more highly skilled workforce, and building a fair and inclusive society in which everyone has the opportunity to realise their full potential. One of its priorities is to increase and broaden participation in higher education.

Education and Learning Wales (ELWa) is the joint name for the National Council for Education & Training for Wales and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is the funding council for teaching and research in universities and colleges.

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) is the central source for HE statistics. Provides data sets on Students, Students' First Destinations, Staff, Finance, and Non-credit Bearing Course Records.

Higher Education Staff Development Agency (HESDA) aims to support the professional and development needs of staff employed by universities and colleges. The site includes information about HESDA's membership, courses and publications.

Top

Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE) is the professional body for all who teach and support learning in higher education in the UK. It exists to enhance the status of teaching, promote professional standards and support CPD. The site includes details of services to members, events and publications.

Joint Information Services Committee (JISC) is a strategic advisory committee working on behalf of the funding bodies for FE and HE in the UK. It promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and IT.

Learning & Teaching Support Network (LTSN) is a major network of 24 subject centres based in higher education institutions throughout the UK, and a single Generic Centre. LTSN aims to promote high quality learning and teaching through dissemination of good practice in all subject disciplines.

Nottingham University's Centre for Teaching Enhancement is responsible for developing and implementing the University's Learning and Teaching Strategy. It has three distinct but integrated divisions: Teaching Enhancement Division, Institute for Research into Learning & Teaching in HE (IRLTHE), and Personal and Academic Records for Students in HE (PADSHE)

Nottingham University's School of Education is one of the largest university departments of education in the UK, with a well-established national and international reputation for the quality of its research, which includes projects on teaching and learning in HE..

Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) aims to promote public confidence in the quality of provision and the standards of awards in higher education. The site provides details of QAA's activities and includes access to all reports published on the quality of the student learning experience in every subject taught in every university in the UK.

Resource Discovery Network (RDN) is dedicated to providing access to high quality internet resources for the learning, teaching andresearch community. RDN is a collaboration of over 60 educational and research organisations. Currently coverage includes business, computing, engineering, health and medicine, law, life sciences, physical sciences.

Robert Gordon University Aberdeen's Centre for the Enhancement of Learning & Teaching provides services and resources to support learning and teaching.

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) promotes and supports developments and innovations that benefit higher education in Scotland.

Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) is the professional association for staff and educational developers in the UK, promoting innovation and good practice in higher education. The site provides details of SEDA's four major areas of activity, namely accreditation, networks / events, membership services and publications.

The e-University, once fully developed will act as a shop window to the world for the whole of UK higher education.

Universities UK is a body representing the chief executives of all the UK universities. It speaks out for a thriving and diverse higher education sector creating benefits for all. The site includes links to all universities in the UK.

Top

International

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) is a membership organisation and the USA's equivalent of the UK's ILTHE.

James Cook University provides a number of useful resources for teaching and learning under its staff/teaching section..