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Record your visit!
If you have travelled on a U21 Staff Fellowship,
whether an Anniversary Fellowship or one organised by your own
university, we would be grateful if you could give us some brief
details about your trip on our online form. This will
enable us to build up a record of who has been travelling on
U21-related business, who they have met and what topics of
research have been covered, enabling us and future potential
Fellowship holders to be aware of who around the network is
working in similar areas of research.
U21 Anniversary Fellowships
In
addition to the Fellowships offered by some universities (see
below), to celebrate its 10th anniversary, Universitas 21 has
created a scheme to encourage staff mobility between
participating universities. Called Anniversary Fellowships to
mark the inaugural meeting of the network in March 1997, 13 of
the member universities will have funds available to foster the
triple network aims of collaboration,
co-operation and
comprehensive involvement.
The Fellowships will enable applicants to travel to and
undertake research at another member university in another
country for a longer period of time than is usually possible and
as such will be distinct from the ‘study tour’ which many member
universities are able to support from their existing internal
resources.
Each participating university will be promoting the scheme to
their staff over the remaining months of 2007 and reports of
Fellowships awarded will be posted on this site, together with
information about longer term collaborations forged through the
scheme.
Individual fellowships from U21
universities
The following universities all have a fellowship scheme
available to staff.
University of
Auckland
University of
Birmingham
University of Hong
Kong
University of
Melbourne
University of New
South Wales
University of
Nottingham
National University
of Singapore
University of Auckland
The latest information about the
University of Auckland's U21 Fellowship scheme is available to
current staff through the University's intranet.
All academic and general staff are eligible to apply for a
U21
Fellowships. Summary
information is available
here, but staff are advised to visit the website or offices
of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) for further
information.
The 2007/08 fellowship was
awarded to:
Stijn te Strake, Co-ordinator, New Zealand Centre at Peking
University
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce the
launch of a new U21 Staff Fellowship Programme as part of its
ongoing commitment to the Universitas 21 network. Five awards
worth up to £5000 each will be available in this initiative
which is open to both academic and non-academic members of
staff.
The University of Birmingham U21
Staff Fellowship Programme has been set up to demonstrate the
University’s commitment to staff development and to enhance its
relationship with some of the world’s leading universities
through the Universitas 21 network. The Fellowship Programme
aims to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and skills within
the network and encourage the sharing of best practice. The
programme is designed primarily to provide support to Birmingham
staff (academic and non-academic) who have demonstrated
innovation and excellence in their field.
Since
2004 Birmingham has financed fourteen Staff Fellows on visits to
U21 institutions and those listed below will undertake their visits during
2008-09.
Ms Zena Woolridge (UoB's U21 Tenth Anniversary Fellow)
Comparative business models for Sport.
Ms Cathy Bonner
Embedding service learning/volunteering into the curriculum and
lessons learnt for the development of international work
placements.
Mr Anthony Gardiner
Broadening the base: exploring academically sound ways of
injecting history of mathematics, recreational mathematics and
mathematics education into undergraduate mathematics modules.
Mrs Jennie Milford
Best practise in the field of Study Abroad.
Mrs Sophie Miller
Enhancement of the University's Employability Team and Careers
Service.
Dr Kate Rumbold
Sharing best practice in major research projects: a
collaboration between 'Interrogating Cultural Value in the 21st
century: the case of 'Shakespeare' and 'Making Publics'.
Dr Linda Watson (U21 Tenth Anniversary Fellow)
Early intervention to support the language and literacy
development of deaf children.
More information, including application material (for
Birmingham members of staff only), can be found on the the
University of Birmingham's website by clicking
here.
The closing date for Birmingham staff applications for
Fellowships is 30 January 2008.
University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong U21 Fellowships Programme is open to
all full-time teachers. It supports visit to other Universitas
21 institutions for a 2-month period for the purpose of academic
exchange and/or professional development. Details of the
Fellowships can be viewed at
http://www3.hku.hk/staffing/staff_development/inter_staff_dev_prog.php?id=29
The 2007/8 fellowships were awarded to the following staff
members:
Professor Chan Li-Chong, Department of Pathology
Dr Manolete
Mora, Department of Music
Professor Wang
Zidan, Department of Physics
University of
Melbourne
Information about
applying for the Universitas 21 Fellowship Programme (open to
University of Melbourne academic staff) or Universitas 21
Scholarship Programme (open to University of Melbourne General
Staff), is available by clicking
here.
University of New
South Wales
The UNSW U21 Fellowship Program is
open to both academic and general/administrative staff of UNSW. Previous fellowships have been granted to research in the following areas:
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Student recruitment and
marketing
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Facilities' structures and
operations
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Delivery of a course by distance
in biotechnology
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Alternative approaches to
co-operative education
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Innovative library services
including teaching of information literacy
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Assisting humanities graduates
with employment outcomes
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Research and development
funding; linkages with industry
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Comparative criminal justice
collaboration on-line
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Using the internet for teaching
and training in the social sciences
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Creating a successful bequest
program
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Teaching performance arts to
international students
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Campus planning and development
for people with disabilities
Further
information can be found by clicking
here.
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham has established a budget to support
U21 initiatives to develop innovative teaching, to build up
research networks, to pursue research into best practice and to
promote student mobility where greater numbers are required.
Those receiving support from the fund will be required to
produce a report on their activities to include details of
contacts made and deliverable outcomes which contribute to the
development of the U21 vision.
Information on Fellowships offered by the University of
Nottingham can be found (for Nottingham staff only)by clicking
here.
National University of Singapore
The
National University of Singapore has established an
Administrative Staff Exchange Programme, and welcomes
applications from administrative staff at partner Universitas 21
institutions. Exchanges will be considered for a period of 3 –
12 weeks for applicants with reasonable English skills and the
endorsement of their home university.
Further information can be found by clicking
here.
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