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Email not displaying correctly? Click here to view it in your browser. Health Sciences e-bulletin HEALTHe No. 1 - May 2012 Introduction Welcome to the Health Sciences first e-bulletin. Our thanks go to our colleagues at MEDEV for their advice and support. We wish them well in their new configuration. HEALTHe will be published in the first week of each month. If you received this edition via a contact and would like to be on our mailing list, sign up via My Academy and follow the instructions to sign up for our mailing list. This edition links you to current HEA activities. Future editions will provide links to a broad range of activities of interest to the Health Sciences community.   The Health Sciences Team All members of the team have now been appointed led by Geoff Glover. Contact your discipline lead if you would like more information about our work.  Health Sciences Conference Book now, for the Health Sciences Conference - Innovation, Simulation and the Evolution of Technology-enhanced Learning, East Midland Conference Centre, University of Nottingham, 31 May 2012. Bringing together over 200 health science professionals and speakers from across the UK to explore the latest use of technology to enhance Nursing, Medicine, Health, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine education. Bite size sessions: quick fire [booster] presentations of innovative projects harnessing technology from mobile phones to simulation; Micro-teaching: condensed sessions demonstrating technology-enhanced approaches to learning and teaching with classes of mixed discipline students; Virtual / eGallery: showcasing interactive resources such as screencasts, videos, applications and podcasts being used in health science settings, as well as informal poster sessions.   Forthcoming Health Sciences Events in May • Workplace based learning in action: Developing the UK research network, Cardiff • Preventing and Minimising Gambling Related Harm in Higher Education Communities: Project Dissemination, Manchester • Teaching Entrepreneurship in Non-business Disciplines: The case of Veterinary Medicine, London • Should I stay or should I go? – Why healthcare students consider leaving university and why they decide to stay, Manchester • Dread looking after Doctors? ---a one-off workshop by Dr Kate Granger, Leeds. • Promoting Pharmacists and Nurses as Educators in the Multi-Disciplinary Team (within the context of Antimicrobial Stewardship), London • Getting ready for the REF: Strengthening submissions in medical education research, London   Other Events The Centre for Workforce Intelligence is holding a series of road shows for stakeholders who have an interest in the future of medical and dental training. The next is in Leeds on May 23rd.   Funding Opportunities Funding has been provided to enable us to offer a grant of up to £1,000 to institutions to host and deliver a workshop or seminar on teaching and learning in a discipline context. An additional fund of up to £500 is available for speaker expenses. We can also support travel within the UK. For more details see workshop/seminar and travel grants.   Become an Academic Associate The Health Science team would like to hear from academics or practice educators with current experience, who are leaders in their field, can work as part of a team, and who share the HEA's ambition to improve learning and teaching and the student learning experience.   News Health Education England (HEE) has launched its webpage including an April newsletter. Find out more about the new commissioning process here. The Nursing and Midwifery Council welcomed the publication of the interim report of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence's (CHRE) strategic review of the organisation as an opportunity to look forward.   HEA Annual Conference, 3rd- 4th July. "Great Expectations – are you ready?" This two day conference will be held in Manchester. More details here.   And Finally: the Creative Curriculum Do we need to use the humanities more in developing the health sciences curriculum? A meeting, a new play and some serious thinking about the way forward in developing the knowledge base for clinical education. Crossing Paradigms: a colloquium of clinical education. For more information about this Health Sciences supported conference contact Caroline Pelletier ‎[C.Pelletier@ioe.ac.uk]‎   Useful links • Academy Update • Follow the HEA on Twitter • Become a fan of the HEA on Facebook About the Higher Education Academy The HEA is a national body for enhancing learning and teaching in higher education in the UK. We work with institutions across the HE system to help bring about change in learning and teaching to improve the outcomes for students. We do this by recognising and rewarding excellent teaching, bringing together people and resources to research and share best practice and by helping influence, shape and implement policy. The HEA supports staff in higher education throughout their career from those who are new to teaching through to senior management. We offer services in 28 disciplines and throughout the UK, and have offices in England, Wales and Scotland. Through the partnership management team we work directly with institutions to understand individual circumstances and priorities and bring together resources to meet them. Owned by Universities UK and Guild HE, the HEA is funded by the four national funding councils, institutional subscriptions and project income. For more recent news, events and funding opportunities, subscribe to Academy Update. The Higher Education Academy, Company Limited by Guarantee Registered Number 4931031. Registered Office: The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR, United Kingdom. Registered as Charity Number 1101607.

 

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