Call: Grants focus area Higher Education Research

Call: Grants focus area Higher Education Research
The focus area Higher Education Research offers the opportunity to researchers from UU and UMCU to apply for grants. Grant applications should be focussed on one or multiple of the following themes: 1) Inclusivity of Higher Education, 2) Interdisciplinarities & flexibilities in student journeys, 3) Transitions & lifelong learning, 4) Learning for engagement in society. Please read descriptions of these themes below.

Small research grants
We welcome all initiatives that contribute to the knowledge base for these themes, and research teaching and learning in higher education. The boundaries of these themes are not set in concrete. The focus can be on (the learning of) the student, (the development of) the teacher, on interactions and/or on education as a setting. We encourage you to bring together different disciplines to look at Higher Education issues.

Please download the applicationform via this link

Themes

Higher education is changing rapidly and needs to do so to keep pace with changes in society. These educational changes should be evidence-informed to improve the quality of education, provide an evidence-base for academic teaching, and to equip Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ to respond effectively to societal changes. In this thematic plan, we define current challenges for teaching and learning in higher education to guide grant application for the focus area in the coming years.

Therefore, the focus area will invest in the following themes the upcoming years:

  1. Inclusivity of Higher Education: equality, diversity, inclusivity and accessibility of HE, academic community, student and teacher experience.
  2. Interdisciplinarities & flexibilities in student journeys: combining perspectives in Higher Education, multi-, inter- and transdisciplinarity, student choice, transitions towards and within HE.
  3. Transitions & lifelong learning: professional performance, transitions towards work, adaptivity, hybridity.
  4. Learning for engagement in society: community engagement, partnerships.

Application for HER research grants

Format: max 2 A4 pages. Please send the proposal to r.h.a.vangangelt@uu.nl.