Welcome to the Higher Education Academy Scotland

Scotland has a distinctive and renowned higher education system. The HE Academy Scotland recognises and supports the particular nature of HE in Scotland.

We aim to:

  • Support the professional development of individual staff
  • Support institutions
  • Support communities of practice
  • Contribute to national policy

 

 

 

 



Features

HEA in Scotland opens funding call for Curriculum for Excellence scholarship schemeThe HEA has opened the call for staff across Scotland’s higher education community to apply for funding through an innovative new scholarship scheme. The scheme will provide successful applicants with the opportunity to experience Scotland’s new education system for pupils aged three to eighteen, Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), first hand. They will receive £750 funding to help support a local secondary school visit, engage with teachers and pupils and consider the impact of CfE on future higher education content and delivery within their respective discipline when these students enter higher education from 2015.