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Project/Key Intended Key Quality Activity/Output detail Activity Period Foc Strategic Nation Stakeholders Risk Contact Status Actual KPI achieved to date Major success? Key highlights Issues and Evaluation and What is the evidence of impact? Who were your main What are you planning to do in the Please provide links to further activity outcomes Indicator / Type activit us Func(s)/Pro (optional (optional (if any) changes (if any) Impact Assessed (actual benefits received by beneficiaries? next 6 months to capture evidence of information in relation to case Milestones y of g(s) activity ) ) beneficiaries) impact? (what methods e.g. case studies, surveys, websites. occurs imp will studies, survey) eval contribute 200 to 9-10 Support small Innovation and Raise Fund at least three Fundin H1 Yes Evidence- UK- Individual Medium Victor Comp Miniproject continue to be a success Outcomes can take some time to Two jointly A new online Yes This is effectively an impact Staff in Subject Our methodology will consist of or mini- research awareness of small grants (in g informed wide academics Ottaway leted of the centre. We have 27 current mature but rewards can be excellent, funded system was evaluation (which has not begun Communities mapping the original work and the projects. supported. R&D topics. collaboration with practice projects, of which 18 are overdue for example two of our past awards projects used to collect yet) and the write-up will report the intended outcomes on a mind HSaP). and we plan to ensure that they have resulted in teams being awarded between and analyse benefits and impact in more detail. map, and then updating this as a complete this year. THES awards, including 'teacher of the MEDEV and submissions, 1. Funding for small pedagogic longitudinal follow up to the year' in 2009. One project directly HSAP (the via the research (mini-) projects the project. We are planning to We funded two 'Scottish Funding influenced the GMC 'Tomorrow's first since the www.health.ac. benefits include: undertaking the interview Pies of all past Council' projects in Scotland in Doctors 2009' in the area of Student IPE projects uk website. project work. As these are peer- (completed) projects to determine October 2009 (total grant ~£10,000). Selected Components. funded in reviewed proposals and funded the following: 1 - have the 2005). from a large pool of applicants planned outcomes had the A joint call for applications was held The outcomes / recommendations of Approximately then it is clear that the proposals intended effect? 2. - what with a closing date of Sept 09. one of our mini-projects has been 100 reviewers funded are of high quality unintended outcomes were there, MEDEV made 3 individual awards adopted by the professional body recruited. (good/innovative ideas; well and what effect have these had? totalling £10,582 and has agreed to (RCVS) to ensure that all schools use Approximately developed methodology; outcomes 3 - what outcomes (intended or jointly fund two further mini projects the 'Extra Mural Studies' (EMS) Driving 100 proposals meaningful to the sector; etc.). otherwise) could be directly or with HSAP, totalling £8.728 (MEDEV Licence advice for students who are on in total. Bidders have a certain status and indirectly attributed to this work, contribution £4,364). placement in their final year. may obtain/secure matching or especially those which might be follow up funding. This is what we considered to carry 'esteem', want to find out about. 2 - Benefits such as further funding, further of _evaluating_ past funded academic papers, invitations to ... projects (especially in a (e.g. collaborate with others, longitudinal way) includes: deriving speak at an event, working party, an understanding of the full impact external examiner, etc.). 4 - other of the project on the sector, the comments (with the benefit of host institution, the students and hindsight) about the small grant the individual. We are less and the perceived value to the PI interested in finding out whether or the sector. We may also they did what they set out to do undertake a small SWOT (this is already covered by the fact analysis, along the lines of our that they have a primary contact in OER evaluation methodology, of the subject centre who signs off other stakeholders to see what changes to projects and agrees the wider perception of the small final payment on completion) but grants programme is. more about the consequences, Full partner in Contribute to Project meets Participate in Fundin Ongoi Yes Evidence- UK- Individual Medium Gillian On The funding for VETNET LLN will run Wikivet is set to become one of the few VETNET LLN VETNET LLN relation to esteem. particularly in benefits students, Students Both VETNET LLN and WikiVet http://www.vetnetlln.ac.uk/ and strategic project deliverables. VETNET LLN and g ng informed wide academics Brown track out in Summer 2010, but the NE & major veterinary resources available has secured staff in FE and in HE organisations have been continued, to the http://w01.rvcwiki.wf.ulcc.ac.uk/in engagement outcomes. Wikivet projects. practice York's Region has enough funding world wide. Success of project attracted partner seeking to promote progression credit of the project leads, in very dex.php/Main_Page (SE) projects. until Nov 2010. Ongoing input to funding from a major pharmaceutical agreement to pathways for students hoping for different ways. VETNET LLN Regional & National Advisory company. become a careers in rural and veterinary funding comes to a complete end Boards. (Beneficiaries - Universities subscription areas. in 2010, and the VETNET team and Colleges) Funding for Wikivet organisation have secured agreement of the ran out in 2009 but has since entered following the Beneficiaries - veterinary staff / participating sites to continue to into a funding contract with Pfizer for end of funding students / practitioners around the fund, at a much reduced level, £50k p.a. for 3 years. in 2010. world. privately. WikiVet has been funded for the next 5 years by a GB is still a member of the WikiVet pharmaceutical company. In our steering group. (Beneficiaries - experience strategic projects veterinary staff / students / need as long as possible, and practitioners around the world). preferably more than 2 years, to achieve substantial embedded We initiated, as part of our outcomes for the participants. miniproject and then the JISC Continuation of these projects, 'communities of practice' (DeL2) evidence that they provide value programme, WikiVet, which is on the to participants, is strong evidence point of securing ongoing funding for of success. the next 5 years from a major commercial sponsor. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Promote Produce print, At least 3 joint Collaborate with at Fundin Ongoi Yes Evidence- UK- Individual Medium Megan On From 2003 onwards (FDTL4), our UMAP has been recommended for We work with UMAP enables schools to be Students We are not responsible for http://www.umap.org.uk/ strategic event or other activities. least three CETLs or g ng informed wide academics Quentin- track work was instrumental in establishing uptake by all schools in the UK by the over 70 SE defensible in relation to evaluating strategic engagement http://www.rcvs.org.uk/Templates engagement dissemination SE projects in the practice Baxter the UMAP consortium, in 2010 Medical Schools Council. projects (in assessment practice. It is not projects; however we will develop /Internal.asp?NodeID=1361639&i projects and activity. sector. identified as mandatory for all total) such as without controversy, however the a questionnaire for CETLs and nt1stParentNodeID=94964 and evaluation. medical schools in the UK. We Academy alternative (importing a foreign other projects to complete to say http://www.medev.ac.uk/show_w facilitated the initial meetings, helped projects like process from the US or possibly how the Academy has assisted orkshop_page_public?entry_id=1 broker partners, and supported the mhhe, and Australia) might have destroyed them with the progress of their 63 project (particularly the intellectual external the UK outcomes-led approach to work. approaches - this has established a projects like curriculum diversity. high quality process, not a 'shared IVIMEDs, mcq' database) into the future. We CETLs etc. It is Staff leading project proposals were instrumental in securing JISC a huge benefit from SC expertise and are funding to support ongoing activities commitment of able to create more ambitious and of the collaboration, but the original 5 staff time. well-thought-out project proposals. schools were essentially self-funding. Up to 16 schools joined the partnership prior to the involvement of the Medical Schools Council and the GMC. We work with CETLs to share deliverables e.g. via newsletter articles, workshops and conferences. e.g. Joint workshop in March 2010 with CETL Academic Practice (Oxford). In March 2009 the Funding Councils established the AHSCs (http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2 009/centres.htm) and in Dec 2009 HIECs (http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/news__even ts/latest_news/health_innovation_ed ucation_cl.aspx) were announced. Lead strategic Successful Partners Lead one SE project Fundin Full Yes Institutiona UK- Individual Medium Suzann On 18 partner HEIs (including one non- Input to GMC patient consent for Our project Students Please refer to project plan for full www.medev.ac.uk/oer engagement OER project participate, where appropriate. g Year l strategy wide academics e Hardy track funded partner). All deliverables met making audio-visual recordings has been list of activities. Methods include project. 'OOER' deliverables and to date. guidance selected in the surveys, focus groups, literature achieved, new change Subject Strand review, case study capture, partners to present at extensive dissemination activity encouraged the JISC conference 2010. Publish with Newsletter and Distribute Document ISBN etc. Publicat Ongoi Communic UK- Staff in Medium Suzann On One issue of the Newsletter (as Publication of two major parts of the Both reports Beneficiaries - veterinary staff / These two reports entitled ISBN numbers, other print information in all references to ion ng ations/rep wide subject e Hardy track planned) with a further 3 (one special medical 'core curriculum' coinciding timely wrt students / practitioners around the BeSST: a core curriculum for and distribute cited in the arising in the SC print. utation communitie issue) planned. Two special reports with the revised (2010) ethics core other sector world. psychology in undergraduate printed literature. sector. manageme s in press. curriculum publication in Journal of activity and medical education (ISBN978-1- materials, nt Medical Ethics. need. 907207-15-0) and Teaching, including CDs, Learning and assessment of Law etc. Collaboration with UKCLE and in UK Medical Education (ISBN: Psychology Network. 978-1-907207-14-3) will be distributed during February and March 2010 Provide an Journal Increased or Answer at least 800 Acade Ongoi Sharing of UK- Individual Medium Victor On To the end of January 2010 we have Enquiries to MEDEV range from simple The enquiries enquiries / publications, improved enquiries. mic ng effective wide academics Ottaway track received 211 enquiries via our e-mail requests for signposting to requests for that we receive consultation greater RAE evaluation and Contrib practice enquiries service, received a further help with completely reconfiguring parts are more service. rating for educational ution ~500 direct to SC staff, and also of curricula. We are involved in sophisticated educational R&D. responded to numerous telephone everything from facilitating answers to than in 2000; journals enquiries. researching replies. requiring complex answers. Work Report Responses to Circulate at least one Survey H1 Evidence- UK- Sector Medium Megan Comp Five 'light weight' evaluation studies Two works have provided or supported with/support published. survey national survey. informed wide agencies Quentin- leted circulated via our NPCs list, such as the definitive versions of parts of the evaluation collected. practice and our Baxter the prevalence of 'professionalism core curriculum in Medicine. studies. owners awards' in medical, dental and other schools. The two special reports highlighted above are the results of in depth evaluation studies completed in 2009. Identify three Collaborative Academy Establish working Acade Ongoi Institutiona UK- Staff in Medium Megan On MEDEV activities mapped, as far as The two Students We have ideas for encouraging themed areas: operational documentation groups with cognate my ng l strategy wide subject Quentin- track possible, to the three themed areas. workshops students to work with the SDU to student plan around of activity in SCs to identify activitie and communitie Baxter Discussion with other SCs around depend on report examples of practice engagement; three themes these three priorities; document s change s collaboration. student around sustainability in the NHS. enhancing with cognate areas for future plans. facilitators quality; SCs. complete. There are two workshops planned availability. education for around student engagement. sustainable development. MEDEV and HSaP have appointed two external consultants - one in IPE and one in External Examining to lead QE activities. Contact has been made with the NHS SDU (http://www.sdu.nhs.uk/) with a view to collaboration around sustainability. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Promote Work with Sector One major event (in Event Ongoi Employabil UK- Staff in Medium Megan On Employer engagement is central to One of our past miniprojects (reported Employer Professional Bodies and employer PSBs, informed of collaboration) around ng ity and wide subject Quentin- track the subjects that we support. above) produced the 'EMS Driving engagement in Employer Organisations engagement in employers employer employer employee communitie Baxter License' adopted by the PSB (RCVS) to the NHS is the the sector. (where needs. Case engagement. learning s The MSC is undertaking a review of engage students. subject of appropriate), studies of (EEL) selection for Foundation Training major funding subject closer HEI- (http://www.medschools.ac.uk/About debates: associations employer Us/Projects/isfp/Pages/default.aspx). workforce on working. planning, employment Will be responding to the GMC mtas/medical issues. 'Future of Medical Regulation' education consultation and running a national England, etc. It event in relation to the GMC is a really Tomorrow's Doctors 2009. We are challenging planning a national event in relation area to be to GDC The First Five Years working in. changes; and one event for NPCs in veterinary education. Our work with AoME (see elsewhere) is essential to this agenda. Work with Sector more NSS Newsletters articles, Student Ongoi Assessme UK- Staff in Medium Megan On Our work in assessment led by When the SC was established the Staff in Subject http://www.medev.ac.uk/resource sector on informed of 'Feedback' one event possibly engage ng nt and wide subject Quentin- track UMAP (University of Manchester) Chair of the GMC education committee Communities s/staffeddev/plagiarism/ assessment, issues, results aimed at students. ment feedback communitie Baxter- has been adopted by the Medical declared that if MEDEV did nothing but plagiarism and solutions. improved. s assess Schools Council as mandatory for all solve 'assessment' then it would be a feedback. ment schools in 2010--> success. Gillian Brown - MEDEV involvement with National Plagiris Plagiarism conferences (reviewers of m abstracts etc.) Work with Students Student voice Recruit at least 2 Student Full Evidence- UK- Professiona Medium Megan On MEDEV continue to successfully run Students http://www.medev.ac.uk/resource students and aware of SC. in SC activities students to SC Engage Year informed wide l bodies and Quentin- track the Student Essay competition. s/students/index_html student Number of increased. event/s; expand ment practice employer Baxter Student pages available on website. engagement. applications More students student AB organisation and Site visits request contact with for essay prize aware of membership; s Gillian students within discipline. competition Academy. increase student Brown increased. articles in newsletter. Four students (one recent graduate) are on the Advisory Board that we share with HSAP. We are also continuing to look for two further student representatives. Two articles written by students have also appeared in the 01 newsletter. Inform sector Key areas of R&D/strategic Advertise at least Resour Ongoi Communic UK- Universities Medium Gillian On The total of fundops available on the Universities and Colleges http://www.medev.ac.uk/resource of funding need are projects are in 200 funding ces ng ations/rep wide and Brown track MEDEV website averages 70 valid s/fundops opportunities. addressed by the most opportunities per utation Colleges opportunities each week; with 155 the sector with important annum. manageme entries since the last annual report assistance of areas. nt (3/4 of the target). We expect fewer appropriate funding opportunities to be levels of advertised as the recession becomes funding. prolonged. Work with the SC linked with R&D projects Collaborate in at Fundin Full Sharing of UK- Staff in Medium Megan On MEDEV has supported 2 individual The outcome sector to two new are networked least 2 SE project g Year effective wide subject Quentin- track and 2 project strand NTFS proposals of these is not develop funded into a wide proposals. practice communitie Baxter (both project proposals currently in yet known. proposals and projects. support and s stage 2; we were supporting at least support the dissemination one JISC proposal which is on ice implementation network. pending JISC spending review. of projects. Work with Greater Funding Inform funders of at Commu H2 Inform and UK- Government Medium Megan Behin This is a challenging time to be trying stakeholders funding bodies least one funding nity influence wide and Quentin- d to steer funding. We had undertaken to raise channelled informed of area. consult policy devolved Baxter sched extensive work in the area of awareness of into areas of areas of ation administrati ule developing a 'clinical commons' for areas of particular funding / on patient consent but the £100K being funding need. needs of the priority needs. held by the JISC is subject to the constituency. spending review. Run relevant Raised Broad Run at least two Event Full Curriculum UK- Individual Medium All On A creativity workshop took place in Individual Academics events awareness of understanding 'innovation-related' Year design wide academics track October: Celebrating 25 years of promoting key issues in of TLA issues, events. Kolb's Learning Cycle: an innovation and our sector. and quality appreciative workshop 2009. creativity. assurance. A workshop proposal has been agreed in the area of 'the performance of teaching'. Proactively Be the most Raised Regular monitoring Acade Ongoi Communic UK- Individual Medium Victor On In the first 6 months of the current Individual Academics and reactively reliable source awareness of identified mic ng ations/rep wide academics Ottaway track reporting year we have publicised identify and of new across the information sources contribu utation 178 news items, 152 events, 232 carry relevant information. sector of news, (e.g. FCs, SAs, Govt tion manageme funding opportunities, 104 jobs and news, events etc. and Depts) via websites, nt 134 calls for contributions. The (conference evidenced mailing lists and eBulletin mailing list has 1204 people information), approaches. media. on it. funding opportunities, etc. Review Uptake of Quality L&T Commission at least Fundin Full Evidence- UK- Staff in Medium Suzann On This work is incorporated into the Collection of both open and non-open Staff in Subject Please see the OOER project www.medev.ac.uk/oer learning and quality materials and 3 reviews of e.g. g Year informed wide subject e Hardy track OOER project where over 1000 electronic learning materials - over Communities plan for full detail of ongoing teaching materials by approaches books or teaching practice communitie materials are under review. 1000 to date. capture. materials/appr sector. highlighted. software and publish s oaches, where in newsletter. appropriate. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Support for Schools Increased Visit new schools. Visit Full Sharing of UK- Staff in Medium Megan On Most Y2000 schools have been We have kept our profile with the new Staff in Subject new enabled to ability to Year effective wide subject Quentin- track visited in the last 12 months schools high. Communities programmes/pr respond more support and practice communitie Baxter (Warwick, Durham, Keele) and we ovision. rapidly and record s have met with NPCs (PMS, Aberdeen collaboratively initiatives, DS) at a variety of conferences and to new TLA flexibility / events such as ASME, AoME, ADEE opportunities. evolution in AVTRW meetings, etc. response to market forces. There have been regular meetings with Nottingham Veterinary School in the reporting period. We have an event planned with Lancaster Medical School, and a date with the new Dental School at UCLAN/Liverpool (both Y2005) which has been rearranged due to staff illness. The Country Advisor (Wales) is a representative from one new school (Swansea) and a visit is planned in late March. We are due to arrange meetings to see UEA. Support for At least one New areas and Establish new NPC System Full Institutiona UK- Universities Medium Megan On Our NPC network of key contacts has See elsewhere a description of the Universities and Colleges new national, new national, priorities are networks where s and Year l strategy wide and Quentin- track remained at 82 members across the success of the first national workshop regional, regional, identified. necessary. Appoint process and Colleges Baxter various medical, dentistry and with generic PG Cert HE leads. cultural or cultural or specialist and policy es change veterinary communities. In all cases thematic thematic advisors. Maintain a new key contact has been priorities. priority NPC cover. established where staff have left. identified per We also have 3 Country Advisors year. and 2 Thematic Consultants: IPE and External Examining (in collaboration with HSaP). A new network in Veterinary Care Professions met under the MEDEV umbrella in Feb 2010. Our work, in collaboration with 4 other SCs and AY, with generic staff development leads would fall into this category. Support for At least three Innovation in Run at least one Event H1 Curriculum UK- Professiona Medium Comp Our event "PBL in Practice in Modern Professionalism is set to become a Because of the Students changing schools curricula event on curriculum design wide l bodies and leted Medical Education" was aimed at significant part of dental education recent review curricula and modernise modernisation. design and employer curriculum awareness. following the re-rewrite of TFFYs PSB of TD2003 and QA. curricula with development. organisation documentation. current review innovation. s One dental school has innovated a of TFFYs 'professionalism and leadership' curricula are prize (with the help of the SC, based relatively on experience with the student essay stable. prize). Regular MEDEV article MEDEV article Write articles in Publicat Ongoi Evidence- UK- Individual Medium Suzann On 1 article in every edition of Medical Bringing in other members of staff to Continued Up to date digests of electronic Staff in Subject http://www.medicalteacher.org/; articles in high in every issue. appears in collaboration with ion ng informed wide academics e Hardy track Teacher and The Clinical Teacher. the process - involvement of OER commitment of learning and teaching materials Communities http://www.theclinicalteacher.com quality every issue of sector leaders. practice Project Officer both and news in the biggest impact /; educational Medical Publication in the IJWBC (in press: publishers to journals in our sector. http://www.inderscience.com/ijwb journals and Teacher and Brown, Smothers and Quentin- SC originated c other media. Clinical Baxter). material in Teacher every edition The Academy of Medical Educators may establish a Journal. Support for Citations of The most Review and Publicat Ongoi Evidence- UK- Individual Medium Suzann On Many MEDEV miniprojects end up as The Higher We have had See above Staff in Subject high quality authors, visits effective and contribute articles. ion ng informed wide academics e Hardy track high quality journal publications, for Education limited impact Communities educational to websites, innovative practice example, "Changing pattern of Academy was on other media journals and etc. (and evidence student selected components (SSCs) acknowledged but we have other media. based, where selection; An opportunity to increase in the credits. not specifically possible) research exposure?" has an article targeted other practices are accepted for Medical Education. media. harnessed and shared. Focus on Activity Improved One event for Externa Ongoi Employabil UK- Staff in Medium Victor On In conjunction with HSAP we have quality endorsed by understanding External Examiners, l ng ity and wide subject Ottaway track just appointed an external examiners enhancement QAA, and rigor in possibly in examin employee communitie advisor to work across all of the such as standards external collaboration with the ers learning s constituencies of the two subject external raised. examining. QAA. (EEL) centres. Discussions will take place examiners. with the external appointment once the formal contract has been signed to finalise the work programme, including any events. Scope and Most efficient Technology Commission at least Publicat Full Enhancing UK- Staff in Medium Suzann On Two articles on technology-based Staff in Subject promote new uptake of the supported two articles on ion Year learning wide subject e Hardy track teaching were commissioned for Communities technology most effective learning and technology based through communitie 01.20; 'NICE eLearning resources in based technologies. teaching teaching for technology s evidence-based decision making' developments. shared across newsletter. (ELT) and 'From traditional dental lectures the sector. and conferences to more interactive methods: The Manchester experience'. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Support for At least one Sector aware Run on-line Event Full Enhancing UK- Individual Medium Nigel On We host Eddie Gulc, SA, York, in Series of Not possible to Yes Greater understanding of and Staff in subject on line follow up survey combined http://www.medev.ac.uk/show_p 'flexible school of and using workshop for Year learning wide academics Purcell track Ncl, who has been a tremendous workshops on directly ability to implement change communities with telephone survey of sample ast_workshop?entry_id=158 learning'. adopting new flexible eModeration for at through help to us with reviewing and other a variety of attribute a of participants http://www.medev.ac.uk/show_p flexible learning least 10 participants. technology advice particularly in relation to flexible policy decision ast_workshop?entry_id=152 methods of techniques. (ELT) flexible learning. methods at this level to http://www.medev.ac.uk/show_p learning. our ast_workshop?entry_id=147http:/ We are in the final stages of planning intervention, /www.medev.ac.uk/show_past_w two on line workshops for online but we are orkshop?entry_id=149 moderators; and to run at least one creating of our normal workshops fully on line. options by providing relevant development activities. Liaise with Greater uptake Identify, Conduct 10 site Visit Full Communic UK- Staff in Medium All On AT least 8 site visits to NPCs have Our schools are 'managed' rather than schools on a of SC services catalogue and visits to NPCs and Year ations/rep wide subject track taken place so far this year, with structured: for example, medicine relies departmental by institutions; disseminate others. Assist with utation communitie meetings also occurring at other on 'service teaching' from a wide or measured by resources local/regional T&L manageme s events. variety of places including the arts and organisational overall relevant to our events. nt humanities. There is always a key basis to learn quantification sector. 4 visits are diaried and a further 3 person who coordinates and manages of and respond indicators (HEI awaiting a date. the curriculum. to local needs. statistics). Broker Uptake and Detailed Identify two existing Networ Ongoi Sharing of UK- Staff in Medium All On RAFTT is ongoing and growing. RAFTT materials are being converted interaction and activity of understanding networks and ks and ng effective wide subject track Partners in UK Council for to OOER status in Jorum Open. sharing, and networks / of specific undertake at least SIGs practice communitie Communication Skills Education are support for COP. approaches. one joint activity with s partners in the OOER project - we networks and each. hope to secure some communication communities of skills teaching materials for Jorum practice. Open. Commission Publication of Increased Invite tenders for 2 Networ H1 Evidence- UK- Individual Medium Suzann Not Consultants appointed but resources Funding will be Staff in Subject and evidence at an institutional publications/resourc ks and informed wide academics e Hardy yet are not specifically planned as part of tight for Communities disseminate 'institutional evidence for es. Disseminate via SIGs practice starte this. commissioning resources. change' level. change in the website. d - on specific student track OER materials are being resources; also learning commissioned. it is a lot of experience. work to 2 reports in press, further materials commission to be commissioned e.g. Supporting materials. New Academic Staff. Take a subject Better support Value diverse Identify specific System Full Institutiona UK- Staff in Medium Gillian Behin The veterinary nursing/para MEDEV services to veterinary nursing FE sites Staff in Subject based for diverse subject-related subject needs, such s and Year l strategy wide subject Brown d veterinary groups are on track. publication in VETNETworks has delivering Communities approach. student groups issues. Subject as dental nursing process and communitie sched Dental Nursing, Dental Materials, prompted interest in Academy and these including those groups and work with sector es change s ule Dental Hygiene & Therapy are a little MEDEV workshops. programmes in practice. engaged in to increase support. behind for two reasons: dental staff are widely enhancing availability and dispersement of dispersed. student colleges delivering programmes. learning. Proactively Relevant Raised Maintain links with Work Ongoi Inclusion UK- Professiona Medium Megan On In the summer 2009 the DH launched We have previously had major success Unfortunately Professional Bodies and http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/m identify issues issues well awareness of TechDis and others with ng wide l bodies and Quentin- track 'Unleashing Aspiration: The Final in the area of support for diversity; and we didn't hear Employer Organisations edia/227102/fair-access.pdf and solutions understood by the need for such as PSB to raise professi employer Baxter Report of the Panel on Fair Access it is not a high priority at the moment, that this was relating to the sector. institutional awareness of new onal organisation to the Professions" chaired by Alan however the publication of this report under diversity. response to approaches to bodies s Milburn made 80 recommendations gives us some impetus to including an development in student and diversity. (updated in December) which angle from this in our next NPCs time to respond learning place MEDEV is considering how we might meetings. with a timely diversity, help schools respond to. event, etc. to sharing back up the national best launch. practice. Establish and 1 new Harness / Invite proposals for Networ H1 Evidence- UK- Individual Medium Gillian On Monitoring of COPs and SIGs The new Staff in Subject support special COP/SIG gather needs at least one ks and informed wide academics Brown/S track ongoing. New website (due Apr 10) website is Communities interest established or from schools to COP/SIGs, and set SIGs practice uzanne will allow ease of process to create essential for groups. revitalised. inform up wikis etc. Hardy COPs from each workshop if desired. increasing Mailing lists or direction and flexible support community development. for COPs. websites updated. Promote Specific Particular Run event aimed at Event Full Employabil UK- Individual Medium Victor On We have appointed an external This appointment is a nationally HSaP has had Staff in Subject understanding practice-based needs of theoretical basis of Year ity and wide academics Ottaway track consultant jointly with HSaP to recognised IPE leader. some difficulty Communities of learning in information practice-based learning in practice employee provide strategic advice in the area finding a practice available and learning in, for example, learning of IPE (this post is managed by suitable including IPE. taken up by including IPE assessment. (EEL) HSaP). student as it practice documented would be best educators. and We have attended relevant IPE if they came understood. events (EIPEN conference) and from their allocated a space on our Advisory constituency. Board to an IPE student representative. Support Development Understanding Work with at least Work H2 Internation UK- Universities Medium Megan On Many UK schools contribute actively 25 international students are enrolled There are Staff in Subject schools in of at least one of the needs of one school with a with alisation wide and Quentin- track to the internationalisation of the w/e Sept 2009. It is too soon to 'spread significant Communities 'internationalis school abroad. international specific professi Colleges Baxter curriculum agenda, but are limited by the word' but in time I am sure that they issues for this ation' issues students. 'internationalisation' onal statutes and quotas. We have will be willing to share their story. kind of (such as new strategy, and the bodies disseminated provision - schools PS/RBs. including abroad). Newcastle University has announced ensuring PSB the development of a new medical registration school in Malaysia (branch campus), following with students enrolled in 2009-10 for graduation. the first time. MEDEV is liaising regarding sharing experiences in relation to internationalisation. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Promote sector Institutional Best practice Identify and promote Visit Ongoi Institutiona UK- Sector Medium Megan On This is a key development in Individual Academics to lead local uptake of widely change agents, ng l strategy wide agencies Quentin- track professionalising teaching (in the institutional approaches disseminated. promote confidence. and and our Baxter professions) in the UK. change. consistent with change owners supporting the needs of our constituency. Keep Institutional Institutions Complete HEI Commu H2 Communic UK- Sector Medium On MEDEV started using Integra in We believe that greater circulation of IPP reports are institutions/HEI support from aware of the statistics and, where nity ations/rep wide agencies track August and had a few initial issues to the IPP reports will increase their value produced by s informed of institutions for work of necessary, write to consult utation and our resolve with help from Academy to the constituency. AY and timing progress. their staff to MEDEV in Deans and similar ation manageme owners York, including merging duplicate is dependent engage. their with updates on SC nt records and catching up entry of on when they organisation. activity. current data. This is primarily around become activity records and we anticipate available. being caught up by the end of March. We have We circulated 2007-8 IPP reports to previously NPCs quite late last year been told not (September) but we hope to be on to issue our time this year. own reports (which we used The institutional IPP reports from to do). 2008-9 are not yet available from Academy York but when they are MEDEV will send relevant copies to NPCs. Work with host Ongoing Host aware of Staff of the SC Other Ongoi Institutiona UK- Sector Medium Megan On We are involved in the following: We hosted a high level meeting of the institution. support from the local work contribute directly to ng l strategy wide agencies Quentin- track JISC projects (OOER; Learning Maps two CETLs led by Newcastle University host. of the SC. host T&L activity and and our Baxter and ID Maps); support for CETLs to look at outcomes and impact on the (working groups, change owners primarily CETL4HealthNE; working host institution. committees, events). with QuiLT in relation to local learning and teaching issues; collaborated with PG Cert HE lead to run the workshop for generic staff. Staff of the centre teach on MBBS and the MClinEd programmes; mark assessed work; have tutees and undertake admissions interviewing in medicine. We have regular meetings with staff in the dental school. Lead, respond New concepts Grassroots Broker relations Networ Ongoi Inform and UK- Staff in Medium Megan On The workshop and MP programmes to and support documented views between relevant ks and ng influence wide subject Quentin- track allow us to review 'hot topics' to the top down and and informing parties through SIGs policy communitie Baxter constituency, some issues which are grass roots disseminated. policy events, information s not funded can be supported in other initiatives development. sharing, etc. ways. identifying and informing We have, led by partners in Bristol, policy. had primary input to the GMC consultation on clinical recordings. 36 events have been attended by Subject Centre staff Keep fully up News fully The SC to be Scan information Resour Ongoi Inform and UK- Individual Medium Suzann On 309 news items entered so far this Substantial contribution to the to date with documented. nationally sources, call for ces ng influence wide academics e Hardy track year, 40 of which are consultations Tomorrow's Doctors consultation and inform the SC/Academy recognised as proposals and policy from the funding councils, PSBs, process and made our own response. sector of quoted by a key provider, network with SSAs. employers, etc. educational news alongside Publish information and health- agencies, PS/RBs, as the in web databases, related sought out by source of and newsletter and strategic constituency. route to through events. initiatives. influencing strategic policy advice. Develop a UK- Country owns Country- Appoint and maintain Commu H1 Inform and UK- Government Medium Victor On Appointed Country Advisors for wide outcomes. specific strategic policy nity influence wide and Ottaway track Scotland, Wales and Northern perspective, solutions. advisors where consult policy devolved Ireland. Initially meetings and at drawing from necessary; link ation administrati least 2 follow up meetings held with common and through the Advisory on all 3 appointees. distinctive Board. regional CAScotland attended the priorities. Practitioners forum and will attend the QE conference. Engage policy SC sought out Strong Invite professional Event H1 Inform and UK- Sector Medium Megan On MEDEV has attended all meetings of makers and by stakeholder partnerships and regulatory influence wide agencies Quentin- track the Interregulatory Group, and leaders in SC bodies for joint and at least bodies, Academy, policy and our Baxter engaged PSBs with the OER project. activities; activities. one joint and other owners undertake joint activity with stakeholders to A professional association (British activities with key participate in at least Dental Association) attended one of strategic stakeholder one SC activity. our workshops. stakeholder bodies. bodies where appropriate. Lead major Stakeholders Activity valued Run event in policy Event H1 Sharing of UK- Internal High Megan Behin We worked directly with the PSBs, in policy related aware of policy by the sector. related area. effective wide clients Quentin- d support of Bristol who led this work activity in the implications. practice Baxter/ sched package, on updating guidance for period. Nigel ule 'clinical recordings'. Purcell 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Regularly Increased Maximally Members of System Ongoi Organisati UK- Staff in Medium Victor On We have 78 Subject Specialist communicate collaboration exploited committees; s and ng onal wide subject Ottaway track Advisors; 73 Health Information with and share with subject complementari newsletter recipients; process effectivene communitie / Nigel Specialists; 25 members of the Inter- activities with associations. ty and sector liaise as appropriate. es ss s Purcell regulatory group; 40 members of the e.g. subject enjoys joined OER project; 3 Country Consultants associations. up services. and we have 1313 newsletter recipients. Keep fully up Number and Sector is given Identify relevant Commu Ongoi Inform and UK- Professiona Medium On 40 consultations appeared in our to date with relevance of maximum consultations and nity ng influence wide l bodies and track news feed. and inform the consultations opportunity to notify constituency; consult policy employer sector relevant advertised. respond to respond when ation organisation consultations Increased rate relevant appropriate. s via the of response consultations; website, from their views eBulletin and organisations inform policy. Newsletter. to policy Respond on consultations. behalf of the constituency when appropriate. Promote Staff Raised status Promote RAFTT & Networ Ongoi Raising UK- Staff in Medium Nigel On 5 new programmes accredited or in Supporting institutions through to full Successful UKPSF is Yes Accredited PG Cert programmes in Universities and Colleges Case studies NA Academy recognised for of registered COP activity to share ks and ng the status wide subject Purcell track final stages + one other in process. accreditation completion of being revised clinical education - participants accreditation educational practitioners; accreditation SIGs of teaching communitie accreditation and this may gain FHEA status and the of qualifications 'waiting list' of potential and s for a affect accreditation process is itself Cert/Dip/Maste and CPD those wishing awareness. At least programme accreditation formative and developmental rs in clinical arising from to be one programme following process education with SC courses. registered. accredited. individual our sector. Increased additional number of support accredited programmes. Provide Promotion/reco SC courses Respond favourably Reward Ongoi Supporting UK- Individual Medium Nigel Behin Generic map of all SC activities to Detailed generic map of SC activities to The idea of SC It is early days on this and we Staff in Subject Develop a survey to identify http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/reso references and gnition of (workshops) to at least two and ng and wide academics Purcell d UKPSF in place but not yet UKPSF courses need to consider further the most Communities strategies for achieving this goal urces/detail/ourwork/recognition/n other constituency mapped to the requests for personal recognit championi sched individually mapped to each contributing to effective ways to support and ew_SFs_gainrecognition supporting members. standards support and ion ng ule workshop accredited evaluate this activity. evidence for frameworks. evidence to support teaching programmes is promotion SC courses promotion. problematic at including contribute to this stage but senior accredited still under fellowships. programmes. consideration Promote Membership of Uptake of Review applications, Profess Ongoi Raising UK- Sector Medium Nigel On We are working with the Academy of This is a key development in Earliest date Will be the number of joint Staff in Subject Carry out planned collaboration http://www.medicaleducators.org/ membership of AME increases membership run workshops and ional ng the status wide agencies Purcell track Medical Educators (AoME) who have professionalising teaching (in the for fellowships awarded Communities with Academy of Medical the Academy fellowship of and fellowship training for AME Standar of teaching and our published their own PSF and professions) in the UK. implementation Educators of Medical the Academy of AME. membership. ds owners awarded approximately 200 is Sep 10 Educators; Framew Fellowships. We contribute at every A series of very positive meetings with cross AME/ ork level in the organisation and AME leading to a detailed plan to Academy brokered a key meeting with explore mutual recognition. recognition. colleagues in the HEA. MEDEV advertises all AoME events, and sponsored an exhibition stand at their annual conference. Contribute to Accreditation Greater Work with Academy Profess Ongoi Raising UK- Sector Medium Nigel On All medicine related SC events are Becoming Yes All medically related events have Staff in Subject Continue to ensure all workshops http://www.medev.ac.uk/resources/ the of SC courses equality of the accreditation activity, ional ng the status wide agencies Purcell track approved by RCP more difficult to received RCP approval Communities are approved meetings/workshops development from the RCP status of etc. to refine, Standar of teaching and our obtain RCP and uptake of or RCGP; teaching c/f promote and apply ds owners approval. AME standards Academy and with e.g. REF. the PSF. Framew approval frameworks AME (as ork system not yet including PSF. appropriate). in place. Promote Portfolios in Widespread Maintain SEDA Staff & H2 Supporting UK- Sector Medium Megan On This is scheduled for H2. understanding use for staff understanding membership; professi and wide agencies Quentin- track of portfolio and students. of portfolio possibly run an onal championi and our Baxter accumulation accumulation event for those develop ng owners of evidence. of evidence. wishing to follow ment teaching experienced route entry. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Map SC Accreditation Diversity of Map at least two SC Staff & Full Yes Raising UK- Professiona Medium Nigel On A map of MEDEV SC activities has In due course we will be able to count Mapping will In due course we We are working with the Academy Staff in Subject http://www.medev.ac.uk/resource activities to the of SC and accreditation. workshops to the professi Year the status wide l bodies and Purcell / track been completed in print and on web, the Numbers of fellows/members from enable will be able to of Medical Educators to introduce Communities s/staffeddev/staffcpd/ standards other valued standards onal of teaching employer Gillian both downloadable from the website. respective constituencies gaining dual interaction count the cross-recognition of professional frameworks courses. frameworks. develop organisation Brown recognition. We will also record and with the Numbers of (teaching) accreditation with the including PSF. ment s evaluate as appropriate further specific Academy of fellows/members Higher Education Academy in collaborations between Medical from respective order to streamline sector MEDEV/Academy York and the Educators constituencies processes and raise awareness of Academy of Medical Educators. For PSF (in which gaining dual both organisations among potential example joint events and contributions we are recognition. We members. The first meeting took to journals/newsletter involved). will also record place in October where broad and evaluate as agreement to collaborate was appropriate further achieved, including a potential specific mechanism for managing collaborations processes. This work will be between measured by whether the two MEDEV/Academy organisations can achieve mutual York and the recognition of each others' Academy of accreditation processes, and Medical whether SC events (workshops) Educators. For can be mapped to the professional example joint standards described. The reason events and for choosing this quantitative contributions to methodology is: 1 - to continuously journals/newsletter monitor performance and potential . risks to ensure as much synergy as possible thus avoiding duplication of effort and confusion in the sector. Work with 'new PG Certificate SC support for Appoint advisors, set Staff & Full Yes Raising UK- Professiona Medium Nigel On Two workshops on integrating Both workshops were highly evaluated Second We need to Yes For the ~20 participants at WS2, Individual Academics Continue to evaluate workshops http://www.medev.ac.uk/show_past lecturers' and Leaders institutional up working groups or professi Year the status wide l bodies and Purcell track discipline themes into generic (see URL) and the delegates were workshop continue to benefits included sharing and add follow up telephone _workshop?entry_id=159 PG Academic working with programmes. one-off events to onal of teaching employer programmes. keen to continue the collaboration. included 4 work to understanding of how the survey of sample of attendees http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/event Programmes. MEDEV. develop approach; develop organisation other subject overcome the Academy and SCs can help them focused on impact on practice. s/detail/2009/18_Nov_Successfully_i run activities to ment s All workshops are evaluated on day centres - see generic v in supporting staff and professional ntegrating_discipline_characteristics support new staff. and with 3 month follow up survey. link. discipline development in their institutions; Contribute to a similar workshop 2nd of these workshops had an divide in the sharing experiences with one planned by the Academy in average overall rating o 4.4 on 1-5 area of another; informing Academy reps Scotland. scale where 5 is excellent. education present (MEDEV, HSaP/SWAP, development. Bioscience, Psychology, UK Physical Sciences and Academy York/accreditation) of changes that they would like the Academy to make to support them better; for the wider community not present at the event the benefits/impact will come when suggestions arising from the latter are able to be delivered and a better understanding of the work of the subject network as a whole. Evaluate SC SC leading or SC evaluated. Appoint evaluator (if System Ongoi Organisati UK- Internal Medium Megan Behin We plan two activities: one a general performance. comparable appropriate) or work s and ng onal wide clients Quentin- d survey of staff in our sector in the UK with other SCs with Academy process effectivene Baxter sched and one focussing on the impact of 'impact'. evaluation team. es ss ule miniprojects, taken from a reward and recognition perspective. We responded to the impact evaluation request from York and are considering how to capture our impact on students. Have relevant Remain within Well managed Update documented System H1 Organisati UK- Internal Medium Victor On Procedures were reviewed in relation and budget while and policy for allocating s and onal wide clients Ottaway track to the collaboration with HSaP. Prof transparent maximising transparent/ac funds (in connection process effectivene Paul Wright (external reference - procedures use of funding. countable use with core values es ss from our Advisory Board) attended and policies of resources. below); republish on the allocation meeting for MP for allocating website. funding. funds. Annual SC Consistently Produce one System Full Communic UK- Sector Medium Victor On All plans and reports submitted. planning and represented in high quality operational plan and s and Year ations/rep wide agencies Ottaway track Attended relevant briefing events, reporting Academy information --> one report according process utation and our Academy forum, and similar. according to reporting transparency. to Academy es manageme owners Academy figures. guidelines; publish nt requirements, on website. publish on website. Align activities Maximise Joined up Align operational System Ongoi Organisati UK- Sector Medium Victor On Mini project call aligned and with HSaP; efficiency for approaches activities such as s and ng onal wide agencies Ottaway track successful awards issued. Meeting close working staff of SCs relevant to mini-project calls, process effectivene and our held of SC staff on 2 occasions with SWAP. and the shared print, etc., where es ss owners already. Staff event organised as two/three agenda. appropriate. Meet part of the Advisory Board Away Day constituencies. Federated with HSaP/cognate in early March. In the first 6 months Increased activity SCs at least 3 times. of the reporting year there were 1361 visitors to the advertised on unique visitors to the HEALTH NG HEALTH NG HEALTH NG website with 2161 visits in total. website website. There were 10122 page views. (5000pa). 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Maintain All information Clear and Review financial System H1 Organisati UK- Internal Medium Megan Behin Some financial procedures All staff aware of procurement, Integra data Government and devolved responsibility which is clear comprehensive procedures and s and onal wide clients Quentin- d documented. contracting and other financial rules. insufficiently administration and of DPA signed reports and introduce process effectivene Baxter sched VAT regulations adhered to. clear to run a accountability off and financial refinements; es ss ule MP, external consultant and DP check yet channels published on statements. document financial workshop contracts have been but we plan to overseen by website. statement and reviewed. do one. the Academy budget. and Advisory Meeting with contracts officer Board. regarding MEDEV person information --> Integra (Integra contract). Not resolved. One meeting of the Advisory Board has taken place as per schedule. All minutes etc. available on HEALTH Policies and Minimal Maintain high Review policy for System Ongoi Organisati UK- Internal Medium Victor On NG website. Forming part of the review of Staff procedures for complaints. standards of responding to s and ng onal wide clients Ottaway track Handbook/Manual. All staff have responding to service enquiries; implement process effectivene been advised of procedures. We enquiries. delivery. changes if required es ss have received no complaints about and resources our enquiries service. permit. Develop new Completely New website Respecify website, System Full Organisati UK- Individual Medium James On Redevelopment on track, major website overhaul available by develop, test with s and Year onal wide academics Outtersi track sections of the current website have incorporating MEDEV July 2010. users, launch. process effectivene de been copied to the django web 2.0 tools; website to Maintain Integra es ss environment. Most of the new data integration with match data. structure is now in place, historical Academy CMS HEALTH NG data has been converted for several and Integra. (rewrite in e.g. sections. New design has been Django). created. Consistent Less than 24 Website Review quality System Ongoi Organisati UK- Individual Medium James On Only a few minutes of down time for Staff in Subject delivery of hours always up and processes of s and ng onal wide academics Outtersi track MEDEV site. HEALTH NG down for Communities quality downtime per running. contractors; process effectivene de 6-7 hours due to server issue. Some services such year. streamline data es ss controlled downtime on HEALTH NG as the website. maintenance on in relation to the mini-projects call. HEALTH NG and Current MEDEV site is being MEDEV websites. managed out to be replace by the new website. There have been 26064 unique visitors to the MEDEV site. 58552 pages have been viewed. The most viewed items on the site are a guide called A Good Teacher Is More Than A Good Lecturer: The twelve Roles of the Teacher and Funding Opportunities searches. Follow Brand clearly Clear branding Staff training in style System H1 Organisati UK- Individual Medium Suzann On New corporate identity developed Clear and clean look and feel First issue of Staff in Subject Continue to promote new identity From spring 2010 Academy style recognised as and guidelines for web; s and onal wide academics e Hardy track and piloted. appropriate to both online and printed 01 with new Communities via a rebranded MEDEV website, www.medev.ac.uk guidelines and an Academy information/co maintain compliance process effectivene media livery - Winter from Spring 2010 develop print, SC. mmunication with guides for new es ss 2009, 01.20. 2 website and strategy. leaflet and HEALTH joint reports stationary NG materials. with UKCLE according to and style. Psychology in new livery. Have All activities in Documented Document all System Ongoi Communic UK- Internal Medium Victor Behin This is task is ongoing and will be published the SC policies and policies and s and ng ations/rep wide clients Ottaway d completed by the end of the reporting policies and covered by procedures. processes on process utation sched year. procedures. policies. website and/or in es manageme ule Office Manual. nt Have a staff High staff Meet Annual PDR for all Staff & H1 Supporting UK- Internal Medium Megan On All staff employed by Newcastle development morale. institutional staff; annual professi and wide clients Quentin- track follow the PDR process. Mid year policy HR consideration of onal championi Baxter/V and end of year (depending upon including requirements. promotions round. develop ng ictor individual start date) have been annual ment teaching Ottaway undertaken as host policies and performance procedures. A first draft of some review. specific MEDEV policies are under development. Promote High staff Efficient Allocate tasks/areas Staff & H2 Organisati UK- Internal Medium Megan On Having two additional staff has flexibility in morale. working of responsibility and professi onal wide clients Quentin- track enabled MEDEV to re-allocate tasks working based practice monitor training onal effectivene Baxter/V across more colleagues which has on supporting SC requirements / develop ss ictor increased effectiveness due to outcomes/perf activities at performance. ment Ottaway additional time being available and ormance. busy times. increased staff morale. Training is an integral part of the Subject Centre and the host institution and has been actively encouraged. At recent Team Away Day staff development was a key outcome to take forward and we are actively looking at various options for each member of staff and collectively. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls Hold team Maximised Staff Hold at least one Staff & H2 Organisati UK- Internal Medium Victor On Regular team meetings Further away days and creativity in the empowered to annual staff professi onal wide clients Ottaway track (approximately every 6 weeks) and enhancing our staff workplace. improve the development event onal effectivene one Away Day held on 15th strategic focus development quality of the (possibly with develop ss December. All MEDEV staff to foster an work or work HSaP). ment attended. Priorities have been environment environment. identified and further meetings are that values being held with various staff to creativity. identify future actions. A main item identified during the day was staff/career development and Nigel Purcell has agreed to lead this area of work with support from each staff member with line management Incorporate All activities Activities Map all MEDEV System Ongoi Organisati UK- responsibilities. Professiona Medium Megan Comp MEDEV submitted operational plan core values in mapped to informed by activities and s and ng onal wide l bodies and Quentin- leted for 2009-10 plotted against the core practice by core values. core value policies to core process effectivene employer Baxter values. reviewing statements. values to ensure es ss organisation activities compliance. Emerge s against the at least one new core values. policy relating to the values. Effective Financial Closer working Three AB meetings Acade Ongoi Organisati UK- Professiona Medium Megan On The first Advisory Board was held in relationships optimality; with per year including an my ng onal wide l bodies and Quentin- track October. The annual Board and staff with Academy outputs colleagues away day (at activitie effectivene employer Baxter Away Day will be held in early March. including other relevant to across the discretion of the s ss organisation This will include a number of new SCs and generic or Academy to Board). Attend s members and look to future Advisory highly specific add value and Academy meetings. initiatives between MEDEV and Board. audiences, benefit the HSAP. depending on sector, and their recognise and We collaborated with two other SCs requirements. value to produce two special reports; 4 distinctiveness other SCs on a joint workshop led by . us, and attended all relevant Academy events regarding organisational effectiveness. The Director has just taken up her turn on Work with Sector SCs 'walk the Feed into cognate Networ Ongoi Evidence- UK- Internal Medium Victor On the SEG. MEDEV continue to provide financial constituencies appreciation talk' reflecting activity such as IPE ks and ng informed wide clients Ottaway track support to the MHHE project. Due to of cognate for joined up changes to and mhhe, and lead SIGs practice funding restrictions in previous years SCs and the agenda and health and at least one new it was not possible to continue with Academy to activities. social care collaborative activity. financial support for the IPE, promote services. however MEDEV continue to work collaborative closely with IPE. A recent example is working. the funding (or part funding) of 3 mini projects in the aforementioned joint call with HSAP. Pursue Activities Distinctive Identify at least one System H1 Curriculum UK- Internal Medium Megan Comp MEDEV has worked with the PSBs separate recognising aspects of SC area where s and design wide clients Quentin- leted via the Interregulatory Group. agenda's distinctive work identifiedcollaboration is not process Baxter Tomorrow's Doctors and TFFY where requirements. and supported. in the interests of the es changes are clearly distinct from necessary. constituency. common activities. Effective All activities Separate and Maintain and review System Ongoi Organisati UK- Internal Medium On The appointment of a Centre management mapped to distinctive effective, sustainable s and ng onal wide clients track Manager and Information Advisor of SC, HEALTH NG aspects of the and appropriate SC process effectivene has enabled time to review systems relationship core values. two SCs work operational systems. es ss and processes and we are actively with host identified and Maintain and review continuing to enhance our operations institution and supported. efficient, effective, and services. Much of the work to continued sustainable, date has been on internal activities maintenance coherent, and and we plan in the second half of the and appropriate SC roles year to look at external activities development and responsibilities. such as marketing as well as the of HEALTH Maintain and extend HEALTH NG partnership with HSAP. NG in our high profile and partnership promote awareness Marketing materials rebranded with with HSaP. of the support similar designs. activities and services available. Joint miniproject review system. Support and enhance effective Shared exhibition stands at events marketing & such as the D&D conference communications. (Wales). Maintain and review efficient, effective, sustainable, coherent, and appropriate HEALTH NG roles and responsibilities in partnership with HSaP. 37817f91-b71a-40e9-ad77-daf232e61538.xls
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Shona Whyte's insight:
This looks neat, but I'm struggling to see an application for language learners - maybe to check written work? The generator gives the names of English tense/aspect combinations and one decontextualised example for each. Maybe the link to more information about each verb form will be more helpful.
Language games developed by the University of Gröningen (Netherlands) used to build a "large annotated corpus and improve natural language processing software."
Shona Whyte's insight:
Grammar Gamble for language geeks, no doubt intended for native speakers, it can provide reading/parsing practice for advanced ESL learners - in Twins, for example, decide whether the highlighted word is a noun or a verb, and indicate your confidence in your decision using a slider.
Shona Whyte's curator insight, December 29, 2012 2:55 AM
Reading/grammar practice suitable for advanced learners, with social media/gaming integration.
Azhar's Reflections:
An unknown alien life form lands on earth and has to learn English to get by in a range of social situations. Players of Academy Island have to progress through different difficulty levels by helping the alien use English in a range of situations such as shopping in a bakery and visiting places such as an art gallery and library. Our game is designed to help learners improve their English language ability, in a fun way.
You can also play this game on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CambridgeESOL.
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A game interface makes the activities seem fun, but it's basically grammar/vocabulary practice - multiple choice gap-fill or dialogue completion based on written sentences in 2-turn dialogues with limited contextual clues.
"This site provides instructions for writing essays in English for a US academic audience. This site also contains academic essays by ESL and EFL students writing in English for university level classes."
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Erlyn Baack, ESL writing instructor, ITESM, Quertaro Campus (Mexico) maintains the site http://eslbee.com on advanced composition for non-native speakers of English: advice, examples and exercises for academic writing for intermediate learners and beyond.
Here's a review by Jennifer Banton (University of Quebec, Montreal)
"Advanced Composition is a clean looking unified site. It is well planned and easy to follow. There is no advertising to clutter the pages, and all images are directly related to the sites' content and purpose. The audience is specified, and the stated goals are achieved. The author takes great care to cite secondary information, and he includes useful links to related sites. All of this sets a very much appreciated formal and academic tone. In comparison to other Online Writing Labs, Advanced Composition stands out as one of the few which offers higher order writing instruction, including university level sample writing."
Via Vanessa Vaile of Blogging English.
English Tenses Timeline - For ESL EFL TESOL TEFL TOEFL Students Teacher and Classes for Quick Reference
English tenses timeline chart for quick reference to English tenses related to their placement in time for ESL EFL TESOL TEFL Classes and Students...
Claudio Azevedo's movie segments to assess grammar goals.
This looks worth checking out for intermediate/advanced learners of English: copy and paste your text into this online grammar checker, and receive free and instant feedback on grammar and spelling errors and word choice statistics.
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Our interactive language games are intended to improve language skills and help English language learners.
Spin the wheel, get 5 versions of a given verb, and identify the infinitive, the 3rd P singular present, simple past, past participle, and present participle.
Shona Whyte's insight:
Nice idea, but I'd have put in some plausible wrong forms, rather than just matching grammatical label with correct form. Finding the -ing form when there's only one is a bit of a no-brainer.
senecalc's curator insight, April 12, 2013 3:47 PM
Have fun while practicing your irregular verbs. Spin the wheel, then answer the question
Carmenne K. Thapliyal's curator insight, April 14, 2013 6:21 AM
Tried it, liked it, I suppose it would be fun for students studying English at a basic level, perhaps 6ème-5ème of collège (France)....
Play Grammar Gamble, the online English grammar test, and beat the scores of your friends.
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Shona Whyte's insight:
Discrete multiple choice questions on sentence-level grammar: choose the correct version of one sentence, or identify grammatical features, then decide how much you're willing to bet.
The set I tested was probably suitable for lower-intermediate/intermediate learners. Feedback is immediate, after each answer, but shows the correct answer without an explicit right or wrong evaluation. (You need to check your total score for this information.)
Obviously very decontextualised explicit grammar practice, which may have its place in your learning programme and may be more fun than usual.
Shona Whyte's curator insight, December 29, 2012 2:48 AM
Decontextualised explicit grammar practice, but may have its place in your teaching and be more fun than usual.
Free online grammar course recommended by ELT professionals.
"What is Grammaring.com?
Aimed at learners, students and teachers alike, Grammaring.com is a resource portal for people interested in English grammar. The current version is intended for those who are at least at an advanced level of proficiency in English (B2 level or above).
How are the topics organised?
At Grammaring.com English grammar is broken down to its finest details, with even the smallest grammatical items and simplest structures displayed on separate pages. The pages are categorised by topic and shown in a traditional tree structure, and at the same time tagged with grammar and vocabulary terms. If there is a direct relationship between items on different pages, the relevant pages are also connected by links. These can be found under the Related topics and Topics with similar tags sections below the main content on each page. This way, instead of discussing grammar topics individually, we are able to show you how various aspects of grammar are related to each other within the system of English grammar as a whole.
Who created Grammaring.com?
The content of this site was created by Tibor Borbás and Péter Simon, assistant lecturers at the English Department of the University of Szeged, Juhász Gyula Teacher Training College, and instructors at TANSZÉK Angol Nyelviskola in Szeged, Hungary."
Anthony Hughes has developed this popular grammar reference resource over 15 years. Useful for EFL learners and teachers alike.
firstname.lastname@example.com says "Lots of free explanations and exercises to help you perfect your English grammar."
It looks very well set up: various types of cloze test, videos too. Grammar for intermediate and beyond.
Free English tests online English grammar exercises - lots of discrete point and fill-in-the-blanks exercises, with a time limit and feedback after each answer.
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Alexa Chung is known for being fashion forward, and when I spotted the bright blue nail varnish adorning her nails as she attended Coachella, I had to do a get the look. I love bright shades, they're playful and pretty and when it's sunny they make you look so fresh. I don't know what shade she used, but here are three 'get the look' nail shades.
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Rodial is a brand I've loved for a long time. Sure, it's a name fraught with controversy (see my post on the Crash Diet range ) but people often forget how GOOD most of their line is.
I recently rediscovered my love for the Rodial Glam Balm during a press jaunt to Berlin. First of all, it's below 100ml so will mane it through security (I sobbed goodbye to my Nuxe lotion) and secondly it's a great all purpose balm.
I apply it in air to keep skin soft and moisturised and it's much less greasy than 8 hour cream. It doubles as a night moisturiser too, works well as a primer for foundation and will heal ragged cuticles in two days.
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The Royal Wedding bandwagon rolls on, but this time it stop somewhere I vaguely like. You can get your own mini Princess or Prince scent to spray on, and they're placed in adorable bottles, think Gwen Setfani's Harajuku range of scents. Kate is resplendent in her wedding naughties and William has a mini military uniform.
Princess (Kate) smells of green leaves and white flowers, whilst Prince (Wills) is cedar, and spicy nutmeg.
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La Senza's 50s style Polka Dot bikini:
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Perfume shaped prettiness, think this is so adorable!
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6 Parks near Tok, Alaska
Tok, Alaska (map) | (907) 269-8400
Sites: 35 | Latest Rate: $15.00 | 4 Reviews
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Jun 2013 - $15.00
There are pull through sites for the big rigs, which we have. There was only one other RV in the park the night we stayed. Our biggest complaint was that the trees in the pull throughs need trimming. We really scratched our RV. They need to put the map of the campground at the beginning, because we drove through the whole campground looking for a spot. Other than that, it was very quiet & it was a perfect spot to park for the night. - goldenruler
Jul 2012 - $15.00
Very nice sites with lots of space. It has only pit toilets, which are some distance from the sites. - RV-th0emu
Aug 2011 - $15.00
Another great little Alaska State campground. The big rig sites are on the second loop to the right past the Iron Ranger. We had lots of room to spare leaving our crew cab dually hooked to our 35' fifth wheel overnight, so I think pretty much any "big rig" would fit. There are only a few sites that big; but, early August, 16 miles from Tok, and we saw one other camper in the entire park. Would certainly stay here again. - Sonic
Tok, Alaska (map) | (907) 883-5543
Sites: 74 | Latest Rate: $45.00 | 45 Reviews
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May 2015 - $45.00
Site was one of the prettiest with lots of tree canopy. Site is laid out in circular form with true pull through. Easy to level but you need to watch the trees to make sure your slideout will not get tangled. Showers were free and women's room was clean and plenty of room. No highway noise. Cute grounds with a little museum type layout. I would give it a ten but the internet WiFi did not reach us and we were in the middle of the campground. Good thing in that it forced you to go to the cafe where the owner cooked for you. He and his wife are very nice. If there were more people in the campground he would have had his nightly "pancake toss". Get a pancake in the bucket and you get free breakfast. - Theresa as
May 2015 - $32.00
We loved the park grounds and the tree shrouded sites. Unfortunately we stayed here before the campground was completely operational for the season, so water and sewer were not yet available. The owners are very involved with their guests and take pride in making sure your stay exceeds expectations. I'm looking forward to staying here again in August on our way out of Alaska so we can see the grounds in full swing. The pancake breakfast was excellent!! - Beech35p
Sep 2014 - $32.00
We stayed here in a MH pulling a towed. Pull through sites available but can be extremely tight entering and exiting. Gravel site was level and location of hookups was convenient. Sites were quiet and well removed from the highway. Internet was slow but useable for email. Did not hook up to water, sewer, or use RV wash this trip. Restaurant was closed for the season. We have stayed here before and will again in the future. - RagFtw
Tok, Alaska (map) | (907) 883-5370
Sites: 25 | Latest Rate: $27.00 | 2 Reviews
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Jun 2013 - $27.00
This park is the closest to being priced for what you get on our trip so far. Full hookups are available and they work. Water pressure very good as was the water's taste. Restrooms were old, but well maintained and clean. We will be staying again on our way to Haines after doing the "circle tour" of Alaska. Keep in mind on the Alaska Highway the price hardly ever reflects the quality of the campground. - Teacher's Pet
Aug 2012 - $22.00
This is a nice little, older campground and very quiet. The sites are good sizes and not too close. The sites are behind the sporting goods store and way from most highway noise. Interior roads are tight but manageable. There is some grass and trees between some sites. A good place to stop on the way through for one or two night. We would stay here again. - TexL23
Tok, Alaska (map) | (907) 883-3686
Sites: 43 | Latest Rate: $15.00 | 2 Reviews
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May 2013 - $15.00
A nice state rec area campground and right on the river. Vault toilets were clean, sites were well-kept, price was all right. The Tok River is very high this spring. Some of the picnic areas and tent camping areas had water in them, river should go down soon. Highway noise is minimal if you are on the river side of the campground and traffic isn't too bad yet. We'd recommend for an overnight. - Bob & Bonnie
Jul 2012 - $15.00
Nice pull off the road milepost 1309. This campground is primitive in the sense that come with full water and empty holding tanks but the campground has plenty of room for turnarounds. Only thing is mosquitoes can be bad and they were when we were there. A great alternative to high priced private campgrounds for a nights stay. - monaco cruiser
Tok, Alaska (map) | (907) 883-5877
Sites: 164 | Latest Rate: $39.00 | 57 Reviews
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Jun 2015 - $39.00
Sites were level, hard packed gravel with grass and small trees between them. Park is also surrounded on three sides by a spruce forest. Hookups worked well and they offer a 2-cent/gallon discount on gas at their station across the highway. They have a wand car wash for $. You can't wash on site. Dump easy to get to. Wi-Fi available for $. 1st hour free. Verizon reception OK. - skoog44
May 2015 - $44.00
Rolled in here in the early evening on opening day for the 2015 season and found a nice park and friendly people who were eager to have me there. Spots were level, hard packed gravel with grass and small trees between them. Park is also surrounded on three sides by a spruce forest. Hookups worked well and they offer a 2-cent/gallon discount on gas at their station across the highway. They also offered a free RV wash on-site although I didn't partake. The park wasn't crowded so it was quiet and peaceful. Very nice experience, I would stay here again. - tundraboomer
Aug 2014 - $40.00
We stayed there twice in August and both times our stay was very nice. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The sites are big and there's a place on the grounds to wash your rig after coming off the Top of the World highway (believe me, you'll need it). Make sure you eat at Fast Eddies, which is a short walk from the RV park. We would definitely stay here again. - mollykid
Tok, Alaska (map) | (907) 883-7875
Sites: 78 | Latest Rate: $35.00 | 18 Reviews
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Jun 2015 - $35.00
Quiet park in the woods. Gravel roads and fairly level, gravel sites. Plenty of shade and room between sites; more like a state park, only with hookups. We would stay here again. - FranM
Jul 2014 - $36.00
This park doesn't get noticed since it is at the far end of Tok. This park looks a bit run down but the sites are long and spacious. There is ample space between the treed sites. Wi-Fi is accessible at the office. We will be staying here again on our way home. - Gma Linda
Jun 2014 - $35.00
This park is fantastic, pull-thrus, lots of trees. Quiet. Owners very friendly and can't do enough for you. Has an RV car wash. Just a great park. Would definitely stay here again and highly recommend it. - cands