Engineering Subject Centre
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The Engineering Subject Centre (EngSC) is one of 24 subject centres within the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy
The Higher Education Academy is an independent organisation in the United Kingdom that supports higher education institutions with strategies for the development of research and evaluation to improve the learning experience for students.-History:...
. The Academy encourages, supports and enables teaching excellence in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
higher education community. This is achieved through development of research and evaluation both for the higher education (HE) community as a whole and through the discipline-specific expertise of the subject centres.
The stated aim of the Academy is: "to improve the learning experience for students".
The Engineering Subject Centre is based in the Faculty of Engineering at Loughborough University
Loughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
. It draws upon the expertise of engineering academics and educationalists from across the higher education sector, and works closely with the engineering professional bodies.
History
The centre was originally created as part of the Learning and Teaching Support NetworkLearning and Teaching Support Network
The Learning and Teaching Support Network was an initiative of the United Kingdom higher education bodies to promote high quality learning and teaching in all subject disciplines in higher education...
(LTSN), founded in Jan. 2000. The Higher Education Academy was founded in May 2004, from a merger of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education was a British organisation aiming to enhance the status of teaching in higher education; maintain and improve the quality of learning and teaching in higher education; and set standards of good professional practice...
(ILTHE), the LTSN, and the TQEF National Co-ordination Team (NCT).
As a part of the Higher Education Academy, the subject centre is funded by grants from four higher education funding bodies in the UK (Higher Education Funding Council for England, Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and Department for Employment and Learning), subscriptions from higher education institutions, and grant/contract income for organised initiatives.