| | | RSC Wales Quick Guide to Funding
Click on the link below to read our Quick Guide to Funding. Also on this page you can find links to other resources, details of JISC projects in Wales, materials from recent events and contact details for further help.
All information is correct at the time of writing, but please note that circumstances can easily change, especially where funding is concerned! So please check original websites carefully for the fullest information on funding opportunities, eligibility, deadlines etc.
Good luck with your projects!
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 Quick guide to funding Book
| | | | 1 | Useful links
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Follow the links below for some key web resources to help with bidding for project funds.
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| | | 2 | Wales and JISC projects
As of summer 2010, all Higher Education and some Further Education institutions in Wales are involved in some form of JISC project, either in their own right or as partners in projects led by others. The following list shows the many Programmes in which Welsh institutions are engaged, and gives an indication of the wide range of JISC Programmes which are seen as relevant to education in Wales:
On the JISC website, each Programme page has links to pages for individual projects (including contact information and links to project websites). These can be a good way of finding out what's going on and you can contact projects directly for more information.
In addition, during 2010-2011, all Welsh Higher Education institutions are receiving a portion of HEFCW capital funding, via JISC, to run technology-enhanced learning projects which build on existing work. These projects are taking place under the Building Capacity Wales programme. More information will be available as these projects evolve. If you want to find out what work is being funded in your organisation, the best way to find out is probably to contact your head of learning and teaching, or your technology-enhanced learning support staff. Library and Information Services are also good places to find out about current projects in your organisation.
Last but not least, your Regional Support Centre, JISC RSC Wales, is funded partly by JISC and partly by WAG to support technology-enhanced learning in Wales. We're part of a well-established network of JISC Regional Support Centres across the UK, and are increasingly part of the JISC Advance group of services.
JISC has produced a bilingual brochure Enabling Innovation 2006-2009/Galluogi Arloesedd 2006-2009. This describes projects funded under the JISC Capital Programme, and gives a good overview of how funds have been invested in Wales. |
| | | 3 | Resources from Funding event 6 July 2010
We ran an event on 6 July 2010 called "JISC Funding Calls for FE and HE: How to boost your chances of success". Below are some materials from the event. Please contact us if you would like to follow up any queries about the event by contacting support@rsc-wales.ac.uk.
- Presentations from the day (PowerPoints saved as pdfs)
 Overview of JISC funding processes - Alice Colban, JISC PDF document Overview of JISC funding processes (26 MB wmv file, approx. 14 mins runtime)- Some guidance on submitting successful bids for JISC Projects - Ruth Drysdale, JISC PDF document
- The Alice in Wonderland guide to submitting JISC bids - Andrew Haldane, UWIC PDF document
- How RSC Wales can help - Paul Richardson, RSC Wales PDF document
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JISC funding call used for the group activity
Below are some links to websites relating to the activity. One goes to the JISC funding page for Grant Call 11/08, where you can download the call documentation (you'll need to scroll to the bottom of the page to see the files).
Another link below goes to the page for the JISC Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Programme which was funded under Grant Call 11/0: on this page (as for each JISC programme) you will find links to ALL projects funded under this call. Note that for very new programmes, it may take a while for project details to be added, as institutions may still be completing the necessary formalities).
If you follow a link to any JISC project page on the JISC website (here's a representative example) you should find a link (on the right hand side) to the project's own website/blog. (Note it may take a little while after the start of a project for its website to be set up.) Some projects may also disseminate via a variety of additional social media, on YouTube or Slideshare for example. These will usually be indicated on their website/blog as the project matures.
 Grant 11/08: Call for Institutional Innovation Projects in Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development file- JISC Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Programme (with links to projects funded under grant call 11/08): file
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| | | 4 | Where to get further help
If you have a query about applying for funding for a technology-enhanced learning project, contact us at support@rsc-wales.ac.uk.
We publicise selected JISC funding opportunities in a variety of ways, including on Twitter , our various JISCmail lists (contact us at support@rsc-wales.ac.uk for details) and our monthly e-bulletin, sent to all our contacts. We don't try and cover all JISC calls, but we traditionally focus on thoses which are likely to be of particular interest to colleges and other organisations with less experience of bidding to JISC.
For the full details of all JISC funding opportunities, visit www.jisc.ac.uk/funding for details of the JISC-ANNOUNCE mailing list, or follow JISC on Twitter. |
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