HEA doctoral programme
January 13th, 2012
The HEA Doctoral Programme forms part of the Academy’s strategy to undertake research to develop pedagogical knowledge and evidence-based practice in HE. Seven Doctoral studentships are available in the academic year 2012 - 2013.
The Academy invites supervisors in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to bid to host one or more of these doctoral studentships under the following conditions:
Research Requirements
The proposed topic should be discipline specific learning and teaching research or interdisciplinary/generic pedagogical research and should have a clear benefit to either practice or to policy on practice. The research should be aligned with HEA themes which cover the broad areas of
- Employability
- Assessment and Feedback
- Flexible Learning
- Internationalisation
- Retention and Success, including widening access, gender, and transition issues
- Reward and Recognition
- Education for Sustainable development
More information and the application form (to be returned by 10 February 2012) can be found at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/doctoral-programme