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BMAF and Scotland

Below you can find links to

  • 1. BMAF activities in Scotland.
  • 2. General links for Higher Education in Scotland;

BMAF Contact for Scotland: Richard Atfield

Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance resources for Scotland

Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Research (SHEER)
BMAF were one of five subject centres involved in the Comber and Walsh project, and Daren Comber has continued to assist BMAF in this area as a member of the Reference Group for their 'New Lecturers' project.

BMAF Events Held in Scotland

BMAF Teaching and Learning Grants Awarded in Scotland

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Plagiarism: overcoming the cultural issues associated with plagiarism for international students, Charles Juwah, David Lal, and Ahmed Beloucif. The, 2005/06

University of Abertay, Dundee
Development of a Toolkit for Enquiry Based Learning Materials for BMAF Disciplines, Peter Morrison, University of Abertay Dundee, 2008/09

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Teaching applied business skills within the large class context: entrepreneurship models, Dr Laura Galloway and Prof William Keogh

Napier University, Edinburgh
Assessing the value of simulation games in Marketing Education: Niki Hynes and Nicola Whitton, 2005/06

Glasgow Caledonian University
Expectations and Experiences of Postgraduates' Employability Skills: Employers' Perspectives, Dorothy Macfarlane, 2007-08
Feedback on assessment via Gradebook (Electronic coursework submission system), Sabina Siebertm 2008/09

University of Glasgow
The placing of skills in Accounting degree programmes in Higher Education: some contrasting approaches in the UK, Wan Ying Hill and Margaret Moore Milner, 2005-2007

General Links

HEA Scotland Website
The Higher Education Academy's website contains various resources and links relating to higher education in Scotland.

Scottish Enhancement Themes
The Enhancement Themes initiative aims to enhance the student learning experience in Scottish higher education by identifying specific areas (Themes) for development. The Themes encourage academic and support staff and students to share current good practice and collectively generate ideas and models for innovation in learning and teaching. You can sign up for the email Newsletter to keep updated on breaking news.

Graduates for the 21st Century
The Enhancement Themes initiative is running a series of symposiums and events at Scottish universities on the theme of enhancement called Graduates for the 21st Century. A series of papers detail the outcomes of these events.

QAA Scotland
The Quality Assurance Agency's Scotland office works closely with the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council, and other higher education organisations, to develop and operate arrangements that reflect the needs of higher education in Scotland.

Universities Scotland
Universities Scotland works on behalf of the the Scottish higher education sector and seeks to assist the sector to deliver its essential contributions to the economic, social and cultural needs of Scotland, and to enhance it's reputation.

Scottish Funding Council
The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) is the national, strategic body that is responsible for funding teaching and learning provision, research and other activities in Scotland's 43 colleges and 20 higher education institutions.

Scotland Higher Educational Development
The Scotland Higher Educational Development (SHED) website provides a means of promoting collaboration amongst educational developers in all Scottish Higher Education institutions, by sharing resources, delivering support programmes for academic staff and supporting delivery of learning and teaching.

Student Participation in Quality Scotland
Student Participation in Quality Scotland (SPARQS) is a free service which is funded by the Scottish Funding Council to assist and support students, students' associations and institutions to improve the effectiveness and engagement in quality assurance and enhancement in institutions across Scotland.

Lifelong Learning in Scotland
The Scottish governments five year plan for lifelong learning in Scotland was published in 2003 and can be read in .pdf format at the Scottish Government website.

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework
The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework aims to promote lifelong learning in Scotland by helping employers and learners access and understand the full range of qualifications available in Scotland.

SHEEN Sharing: Scottish Employability Projects
A project of the SHEEN Employbility Coordinators' Network (ECN)

Academy Scotland Travel Fund
The Academy Scotland Travel Fund provides funding to help Scottish colleagues attend conferences, network meetings and special interest groups organises by the Higher Education Academy and its Subject Centre network that are being run in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

ESD Scotland Seminar Series
During 2010 the Higher Education Academy Education for Sustainable Development Project is running a series of seminars aimed at encouraging discussion of interesting practice, opportunities and disincentives, and ways to pursue the various implications of Education for Sustainable Development in Scottish Higher Education.

Funded Projects

Aiming University Learning at Work, Glasgow University

NEWS

December 2010
The latest Scottish Enhancement Themes newsletter is now available.

The Open University in Scotland has launched a new course on Sustainable Scotland

University of Edinburgh's campaign to cut emissions by transforming the lifestyles, travel habits and consumption of its population