Funding and Support
CILASS has a strategic aim of building on and extending the existing teaching excellence in Inquiry-based Learning at the University. We will facilitate this process of creative and innovative pedagogical development through the distribution of funding and through the support available from the core team and our partners at the University.
CILASS offers two distinct schemes that give academic staff the opportunity to take forward curriculum development and research projects in the field of inquiry-based learning.
Departmental / school funding (scheme now closed)
Is offered to all schools and departments in the faculties of Arts & Social Sciences for strategic inquiry-based development at the University of Sheffield. There is a rolling programme of engagement over the five year cycle of CILASS with each school or department offered two opportunities to bid for funding for curriculum development projects.
Details of funded projects can be found in the projects section of the website
Internal IBL Grant scheme (scheme now closed)
Offers grants and other support to individuals or groups to enhance or initiate IBL related activity in teaching. Applications to this scheme are open to all faculties across the University. Details of funded projects can be found on the projects section of the website
External IBL Grant scheme (scheme now closed)
Colleagues from external HEIs were invited to apply for IBL grant funding through the subject centre network.
SURE: Sheffield Undergraduate Research Experience
This scheme offers opportunities for undergraduate students at The University of Sheffield to become directly involved in the research activity of the University, take part in `real life´ research projects in subject areas that are of special interest to them, and experience what it´s like to work in partnership with academic staff or collaboratively in a research group.
Funding for events and conferences
Funding is available to CILASS academic champions, project leaders and all colleagues across the University to attend IBL related events and conferences.
Support
CILASS offers a variety of support options for project leaders including
- LDRA support: The two Learning Development & Research Associates Sabine Little and Anna Nibbs are available to support project leaders through the lifetime of their project from initial development through to implementation and evaluation.
- Programme management support: Nicola Reilly provides advice and guidance on the application for funding and on project management issues
- LeTS supportLeTS gives specialist advice and support on learning technologies to CILASS project leaders.
- Academic Fellows Tim Herrick, Nadine Wills and Clare Rishbeth provide support and guidance to project leaders on pedagogical issues
- Evaluation support: Support with the evaluation process is available from the LDRAs and from colleagues in LeTS.
- Dissemination support: Support with the dissemination and sharing of CILASS projects is avilable from Anna Nibbs and from Dee MacCormack, Quality Enhancement Officer.
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