ESCalate
Higher Education Academy
Education Subject Centre
www.escalate.ac.uk

Education Subject Centre for
Advancing Learning and Teaching
ESCalate produces and
disseminates resources for
staff and students in HE
wherever it is delivered:
•Education Studies,
•Foundation Degrees,
•Continuing Education,
•Lifelong Learning,
•Initial Teacher Education

ESCalate structure
• HE Academy Network
• Centre in York
• 24 Subject Centres
• ESCalate based at
Graduate School of
Education, University of
Bristol
• Network of academic
consultants and
associates across the UK
• Departmental links and
contacts plus ESCalate
members and/ or
registered colleagues -
open to all!

ESCalate website – key source of information:
• Resources – including teaching
support, reports, research
findings, academic papers and
evaluations
• Online registration
• E-submission of funding bids
• External Examiner online
register
• Online event registration
• Book reviews, electronic
bulletins and newsletters

Recent ESCalate statistics
Registered colleagues/
members: 2935
382 active contacts within
institutions, with 259 further
people offering to be
contacts
209 registered External
Examiners - with an
additional 314 potential
External Examiners
HoDs: 376
44 registered on the Expertise
Exchange with144 searches
Website: 5,200
hits a
day

ESCalate - across the world
Australia, Cambodia,
Canada, Dubai,
Ethiopia, Finland, France,
Holland, Hong Kong
India, Jordan,
Kuala Lumpur, Nigeria,
Pakistan,
Portugal, South Africa,
Sultanate of Oman, Sweden,
Taiwan, Turkey,
United States,
West Indies …

Thematic awards for 2009 - 10
• Student wellbeing (2 x £10k max)
• 21st Century teacher educator (2 x £15k max)

Open awards 2009-10
• Hot Topics – (£50) individual award to promote
discussion of an important current issue
• Sharing Ideas – (£500) for dissemination of good
ideas and interesting practice
• Student award – (from £200-£1000) for supporting
individual or group learning
• Developing pedagogy and practice – (up to £5k) for
development activity by individual or group

Hot Topics, Sharing Ideas
• Applications can be made throughout the year,
depending on available funding
• Make an application and we’ll evaluate it as fast as
we can
• We’ll make a single payment when the work has
been completed
• We’ll keep everything as simple as possible

Student awards
• NB Deadline 18th June 2009!
• Find a mentor
• Apply on-line
• 500 word submission
• Costing and financial plan

Additional ESCalate activity includes:
• Leading HEA funded
Internationalisation project across
all centres with Languages SC
• Events organisation including
Student Conference, Initial Teacher
Education Conference, HE in FE
Conference
• Employability module – online for
students and staff
• Increasing Subject Centre
Collaboration especially re: the
Every Child Matters agenda e.g. the
ICS-HE project
• Work with CETLs and others

The first Annual
ESCalate Student
Conference
•Delegates included
•students at all levels
•from Undergraduate and
•Foundation Degree courses to
PhD
•Student presenters, including
Foundation students
•Open Space session allowing all
to have a say

Get involved
Attend ESCalate linked events
Write a book review
Discuss ideas for newsletter articles
Advertise your department’s news in the e-bulletin
Apply for project funding for yourself or with a
student
Set up a SIG for online discussion …etc.

Education for Sustainable Development
• One example of • Web site created at
ESCalate’s response to http://esd.escalate.ac.uk
developments in HE
• Involve Henry Liebling as • Support for ESD through
a champion for ESD Research Grant to Sally
Inman, London South
• Representation on the HE Bank University
Academy ESD group
• Resource creation and
development

Contact details
heacademy-escalate@bristol.ac.uk
Email us:
• give us feedback
• ask about ESCalate and
how it could support your work
Thank you