University of Kent

FAQ

What is Learnhigher?

The LearnHigher project is a collaborative partnership between sixteen HEIs across the country whose practitioners work in learner development and student support roles. It aims to build and drive a web-based network of practitioners and UK Higher Education institutions. This will provide a single, nationally managed, peer-reviewed and regularly updated set of high quality resources for learners and HEI staff who support learners. LearnHigher will provide an easily accessible set of high quality materials and resources provided by HEIs who have developed an excellence in key areas of learner development and support.

How can LearnHigher help me?

The LearnHigher website at http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk provides a repository of resources on twenty different learning areas. Information and resources are posted to this site by the sixteen participating universities and are freely available for downloading. In addition, the Local Assessment Advisory Group (sponsored by LearnHigher) provides events and networking opportunities for staff.

Where is LearnHigher at Kent?

The co-ordination of the topic area lies within the Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching and is therefore well-placed within the institution to draw on the expertise of colleagues involved in the review of both the Teaching and Learning Strategy and the Assessment Strategy. The topic area co-ordinator is based at the Canterbury campus.

The capital funding allocated by the LearnHigher CETL has been used to create and equip a training room in the new Drill Hall Library in the Medway Campus. The Drill Hall Library is the information and resource centre for all the institutions at Medway and therefore is the prime location to be able to disseminate information about LearnHigher. The room itself has been designed to be used for learner support events and staff development sessions and to facilitate blended learning, so that practice of on-line materials may be integrated into more traditional session delivery. ‘Pop-up' computer desks and ‘stand up' computer stations allow students to work individually or in small groups on VLE or other on-line resources (see photos).To date it has been used for study skills workshop sessions, Library resource management meetings, delivery of PGCHE sessions, Local Assessment Advisory Group meetings, LearnHigher steering group meetings, introduction to HE for visiting year 12 students. The capital funding has allowed University of Kent to create a learning and teaching space in the vital centre of the new campus. If you wish to book this room for a teaching and learning event please contact j.cohen@kent.ac.uk.