Middlesex University has been awarded
£2.5m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England for the
creation of a National Centre for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (CEWBL) for Work Based Learning.
The money will be
used to extend Work Based Learning practice throughout the University and embed elements of
existing excellent practice within other University programmes. Knowledge creating partnerships between
the University and external partners will also be further developed and supported. Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ken Goulding, says, “The CETL will have a major impact on the learning
experiences of our students. We will be able to use the funds to invest in staff, buildings and
equipment to support and enhance successful learning in new and challenging ways.”
The Centre for Excellence in Work Based
Learning(CEWBL) is one of 74 Centres for Excellence
in Teaching and Learning awarded to Universities in
England by the the Higher Education Council for
England HEFCE in 2005. The CEWBL will be at the
leading edge of developing and rewarding teaching
and learning which is directly related to the
demands of knowledge-driven economies.
The CEWBL builds upon the work of the Middlesex University Institute for Work Based Learning (IWBL)
and WBL and Accreditation Unit (WBLAU) of the
School of Health and Social Sciences. It aims to
maximise the impact of excellence practice in Work
Based Learning within Middlesex University and to
provide a catalyst for dissemination of good
practice with other Centres for Excellence and the
Higher
Education Academy.
International Centre for the Study of Coaching
The International Centre for the Study of Coaching
has been established at Middlesex University by a
partnership of the Professional Development
Foundation, I-Coach and the University. The Centre
has already been very successful in attracting
candidates for the innovative Middlesex Professional
Doctorate (DProf) who wish to focus on coaching.
This is excellent news and
demonstrates how the programme has
built upon the excellent UK Quality
Assurance Agency (QAA) report on the
institutional audit of Middlesex
University (see the QAA website on
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/) which
commended Work Based Learning.
New Work Based Learning Centre in Ireland
NCWBLP is working with a group of prominent
industrialists and academics to launch an Irish Centre
for Work Based Learning Partnerships in 2004/5 http://www.icwblp.org/
