Development Funds

The Higher Education Academy subject network for Information and Computer Sciences is involved in a variety of development funds. We run a general Development Fund each year usually launched at the end of August.  We also provide opportunities for funding throughout the year with more specific funding opportunities for example the RLO Development Fund, the Innovative Teaching Development Fund, etc. Further funding opportunities may be found on the Higher Education Academy website.

As a result of our development funds a large number of projects have been developed. Details of all these projects are freely accessible and searchable Using the free text / key word search facility.



Current Development Funds

General Development Fund (Call for submissions now closed for 2010-2011)

The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) is pleased to announce the availability of Subject Development Fund grants of up to £3,500.  The scheme has been designed to:

  • Promote and disseminate effective teaching, learning and assessment activities;
  • Encourage development and exchanged of innovative techniques;
  • Develop good practice in the evaluation of teaching methods;
  • Raise the profile of pedagogic research within the Information and Computer Science disciplines.


Archived Development Funds

CILASS IBL Grant Scheme 2009

CILASS is offering other Higher Education Institutions (HEI), via the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres, the opportunity to join an Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Grants Scheme. The new scheme launched in January 2009 offers grants and other support to individuals or groups to enhance or initiate IBL related activity in their teaching in their home institution.

RLO Development Fund

As part of the JISC distributed e-learning programme, the ICS subject centre supported a special strand of the ICS development fund dedicated to increasing constituency involvement in the development, use and embedding of Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) and Question Banks (QBs).

Innovative Teaching Development Fund

This is a Higher Education Academy – ICS joint venture with Microsoft (based on Microsoft Products)