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MEDEV launches new website on 30 June
(30th Jun 2010)
HEFCE publishes its response to letter from the Secretary of State
(26th Jun 2010)
Bionic feet for amputee cat
(25th Jun 2010)
Haptics at the Royal Veterinary College
(23rd Jun 2010)
Outstanding ICT initiative award winner announced
(21st Jun 2010)
Nominees invited for the board of the Higher Education Academy
(17th Jun 2010)
Survey of staffing levels of Medical Clinical Academics in UK medical schools
(17th Jun 2010)
New and updated dental, oral and allied health, and food safety tutorials from Intute: Health and Life Sciences
(11th Jun 2010)
The Queen's Speech Forum live to view online Thursday 10 June
(10th Jun 2010)
HEFCW information to institutions on the NSS process
(9th Jun 2010)
Learning and Teaching
ADEE Task Force II: Curriculum content, structure and ECTS
for European Dental Schools Parts I & II
(26th Oct 2009)
3D virtual worlds for health and healthcare
(5th Aug 2009)
JISC Second Life guide helps lecturers teach in the virtual world
(5th Aug 2009)
New publication: Involving Service Users and Carers in Education: the Development Worker's Role
(30th Jul 2009)
Understanding the part-time researcher experience and other resources free to download
(23rd May 2009)
Funding Opportunities
Small grants scheme 2011
Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) (close date: 21st Jan 2011)
International Association for Dental Research
IADR Toshio Nakao Fellowship (in dental materials science) (close date: 15th Oct 2010)
MRC/Welsh Assembly Clinical Research Training Fellowships
Medical Research Council (close date: 17th Sep 2010)
MRC/Stroke Association Clinical Research Training Fellowships
Medical Research Council (close date: 20th Jan 2011)
MRC/Cystic Fibrosis Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Medical Research Council (close date: 20th Nov 2011)
MRC/Kidney Research UK Clinical Research Training Fellowships
Medical Research Council (close date: 17th Sep 2010)
The Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowship
Royal Society of Medicine (close date: 1st Oct 2010)
Harkness fellowships in health care policy and practice
The Commonwealth Fund 2011-12 (close date: 13th Sep 2010)
Transatlantic Fellows Program
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (close date: 31st Dec 2010)
PhD Studentships
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) (close date: 20th Sep 2010)
[More funding opportunties]
Conferences and Events
Designs on eLearning
(Wednesday, 15 September 2010 to Friday, 17 September 2010)
ALT-C 2010: 'Into something rich and strange' - making sense of the sea-change
(Tuesday, 7 September 2010 to Thursday, 9 September 2010)
Item response theory/computerised adaptive testing workshop
(Saturday, 4 September 2010 to Sunday, 5 September 2010)
5th european quality assurance forum: Building bridges - making sense of QA in European, national and institutional contexts
(Thursday, 18 November 2010 to Saturday, 20 November 2010)
[More conferences and events]
Continuing Professional Development
National CPD qualification for the UK's 30,000 Technical Staff working in HE
(10th Jun 2010)
Masters in Leadership in Education for Health Professionals 2010
(19th Apr 2010)
New PG Cert in enhancing the international student experience
(26th Nov 2009)
Jobs
Kimitaka Kaga Visiting Professor in Medical Education at the University of Tokyo School of Medicine, 2011-2012
(23rd Jun 2010)
Director Learning and Teaching/Chair of Teacher Education - The University of Melbourne
(21st Jun 2010)
Dean of Learning Enhancement and Innovation - University of Derby
(21st Jun 2010)
Dean of Learning Enhancement and Innovation - University of Derby
(21st Jun 2010)
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education - College of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Dundee
(21st Jun 2010)
Director of Medical Student Educations (re-advertised) - University of Melbourne
(21st Jun 2010)
UCL Division of Medical Education PhD studentship
(15th Jun 2010)
eLearning Technologist - Stevenson College Edinburgh
(10th Jun 2010)
GDC fitness to practise panel members
(8th Jun 2010)
Principal Lecturer in Learning and Teaching (e-Learning) - University of Brighton
(7th Jun 2010)
Professor/Associate Professor in Assessment in Higher Education - Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, The University of Hong Kong
(7th Jun 2010)
Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - Centre for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, The University of Hong Kong
(7th Jun 2010)
Research Assistant in Medical Data Mining - University of Hull
(7th Jun 2010)
Director of Cancer Research - College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester
(4th Jun 2010)
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and the Student Experience) - University of East London
(4th Jun 2010)
See www.jobs.ac.uk for more.
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