Sunday 23 September 2012

International Scholarship Scheme Grant By the Higher Education, UK

Description
The HEA International Scholarship Scheme has been designed to benefit the UK Higher Education (HE) sector by bringing back interesting, challenging and innovative learning and teaching practice to the UK. There is a significant need for international policy and practice in HE learning and teaching to be shared and learnt. This scheme supports individuals in the sector to undertake specific investigations outside of the UK and deliver specific outcomes for dissemination within the UK sector at the end of the scholarship through various means, as appropriate to enhance the UK student learning experience.

Benefit the scholarship might cover as follow:
  • International travel
  • Accommodation and living expenses
  • Fees to be paid to organisations overseas
  • Release of time from teaching, research or administrative duties
  • Administrative support costs
  • Materials (e.g. production of poster)
  • Impact evaluation
  • Attendance at dissemination events

Eligibility
The interested applicants must meet the requirements below:
  1. The programme is open to bids from practicing academics in UK HEIs which subscribe to the HEA.
  2. The award of the International Scholarship to an HEI will be the responsibility of the HEA.
  3. The HEI scholar should have a successful track record in the relevant area demonstrated through publications and other disseminated work.
  4. The scholar will provide a series of report to the HEA outlining their progress.
  5. The HEI will be required to agree to the Terms and Conditions of the International Scholarship Programme. These Terms follow standard HEA Terms for receipt of Grant funds and are not able to be amended.
  6. An HEI Letter of Support is required as part of the application package to indicate the HEIs ability to meet these requirements, and to confirm any match funding that is noted on the application form.

Application Procedure
Further application process info, please visit this link: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/international-scholarship-scheme/apply/

Submission Deadline
9 January 2013.

Website Link
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/international-scholarship-scheme/grants

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