Funding

Teaching Development Grants

Funding for Teaching Development Projects

In order to better support Classics & Archaeology in higher education throughout the UK, the Subject Centre for Classics & Archaeology is initiating another round of funding for Teaching Development Grants (TDGs) for 2009-2010 to support small-scale learning and teaching projects.

Funding for individual projects will normally be up to £5,000 and will be awarded by open competition to projects that will enhance student learning. Applicants might like to note that the Subject Centre has a remit to focus on specific themes which include Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Educational Development, Curriculum and Programme Design, Student Engagement and Assessment.

Programme Aims

The goal of the funding programme is to encourage and reward scholarly research into the development of teaching and learning within a specific ‘classics or archaeology' context. This may, for example, include the development of reusable resources, new curricula designs or evidence of student engagement. The Teaching Development Grant fund aims to enhance teaching and learning through the development of good practices and innovation, the integration of new and traditional approaches, the sharing and dissemination of good practices and the encouragement of subject-based research into teaching and learning.

The objectives of the Teaching Development Project are to enhance teaching and learning in classics and archaeology by:

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  • supporting the development of good practices and innovation
  • facilitating the integration of new and traditional approaches
  • facilitating the sharing and dissemination of good practices
  • encouraging subject-based research into teaching and learning

Projects seeking merely to add a new course to an existing programme or to develop curricular materials for an existing course are not supported unless they illustrate clearly how project outcomes would benefit other institutions. In a similar vein, only proposals which develop curricular resources that can be used by students as part of the project will be considered.

Other important elements are as follows: 

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  • The project clearly focuses on Classics or Archaeology or a combination of these.
    It has excellent value for money.
  • Small proposals with short sharp objectives relating to a defined area of learning and teaching development, or with clearly transferable outcomes are as welcome as larger projects.
  • Dissemination is very important. The Subject Centre will promote the proposal and publish the results of the work.Evaluation is a key characteristic.
  • Proposals should include a plan to evaluate the impact of the approach or materials on learning and to assess their suitability for other institutions.

The TDG application process has now closed for Round 8. A list of the successful applications will be available on the website shortly

For further enquiries about any further grants, please contact us directly at hcahea@liverpool.ac.uk