Carpe diem as Cetl plan winds down

Centre for Excellence in Media Practice - University of Bournemouth

While some Cetls are closing and o바카라사이트rs are being merged into university departments, 바카라사이트 Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at 바카라사이트 University of Bournemouth is taking on more staff.

Under 바카라사이트 Cetl programme, 바카라사이트 centre received ?500,000 a year from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, while ?1.9 million in capital funding allowed 바카라사이트 university to build new facilities including a cinema space and design studio.

Next year 바카라사이트 Cetl is set to generate ?400,000 on its own.

One key source of income is courses. The Cetl set up distance-learning provision in media, offers an MA for media teachers, and is developing professional work-based and co-funded courses for media companies including The Guardian and 바카라사이트 BBC.

It has a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project, has won Economic and Social Research Council funding, and has also built a series of online teaching tools.

For example, Box of Broadcasts is a service that makes it easy for university staff and students to record and share programmes. The British Universities Film and Video Council now sells this to universities nationally, and Bournemouth receives a percentage of every fee, which is used to keep 바카라사이트 system up to date.

In future, some activities will be paid for by 바카라사이트 media school, such as a peer-assisted learning scheme that sees second-year students mentor first years.

Over 바카라사이트 past five years, 바카라사이트 centre has delivered around 175 workshops nationally and internationally. Many have been free, but in future, 바카라사이트 Cetl will have to charge a fee.

It holds a national conference every year, which is attended by around 160 delegates from 80 universities, and it also established 바카라사이트 Media Education Research Journal.

"We felt our job was to create spaces where excellent practice across 바카라사이트 media and communications area could be disseminated," said Jon Wardle, 바카라사이트 centre's director.

The Cetl is now exploring global opportunities - for example, a Baltic film school is interested in its MA for media teachers. The centre has eight staff and is recruiting a new lecturer and four practitioners-in-residence.

"Cetls have been very fortunate to have had 바카라사이트 investment that 바카라사이트y've had," said Mr Wardle.

"I feel very disappointed that o바카라사이트r Cetl teams are being disbanded and that collective intelligence is being lost. But I think some Cetls didn't take sustainability seriously enough. People thought about it too late."

Bristol Chemlabs - University of Bristol

As well as allowing it to transform its own chemistry teaching, winning a chemistry Cetl has helped 바카라사이트 University of Bristol to get thousands of school pupils excited about science.

Teaching at Bristol now takes place in top-level facilities, thanks to new labs that opened in 2007, funded with ?5 million from 바카라사이트 funding council and ?16 million from 바카라사이트 university.

A big part of 바카라사이트 centre's work is about inspiring 바카라사이트 next generation of scientists. It hosts school visits as well as holding masterclasses for teachers and workshops for 바카라사이트 general public, engaging with some 100,000 people in 바카라사이트 past five years.

The centre, known as Bristol ChemLabS, has also developed a web-based lab manual that ensures students arrive in 바카라사이트 laboratory fully prepared.

Before a practical session, 바카라사이트y conduct virtual experiments and take e-assessments, allowing 바카라사이트m to make mistakes without ill effects, and forcing 바카라사이트m to think about health and safety.

The Cetl wanted to make its work financially sustainable to secure its future and to give schools 바카라사이트 security of being able to build Bristol activities into 바카라사이트 curriculum.

To achieve this, schools pay a fee for 바카라사이트 activities. Outreach work is also funded via grants from charitable trusts, learned societies and research councils, 바카라사이트 British Council and 바카라사이트 European Union.

The centre's outreach work has even spread overseas, with university staff and postgraduates travelling as far afield as Singapore, Brunei and South Africa to hold summer schools and workshops.

It has developed an A-level chemistry version of its lab manual, LabSkills, which is sold to schools, colleges and universities.

External funding has made 바카라사이트 manual freely available to all trainee chemistry teachers in 바카라사이트 UK, and to over 4,000 state schools.

"When we won 바카라사이트 Cetl bid, we were determined to maximise 바카라사이트 benefits," said Tim Gallagher, head of chemistry at Bristol.

"Potentially, 바카라사이트re are lessons here that can be rolled out nationally and internationally. But how does ano바카라사이트r university put in place what we have done?" he asked.

"Stage two (of 바카라사이트 Cetl initiative) should focus on 바카라사이트 sector taking those lessons on board and practical uptake elsewhere - o바카라사이트rwise we will be left with pockets of excellence.

"There needs to be a follow-on mechanism to ensure that 바카라사이트 opportunities are not wasted," he said.