Greater than the sum of its parts?

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Greater than the sum of its parts?

• The impact of FDTL5 Projects on Politics
• John Craig (Huddersfield University)
• Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent University)

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FDTL5 Politics Projects

1. The Scholarship of Engagement for Politics
   University of Warwick (lead) with University of
   Coventry, Oxford Brookes University
2. Teaching Citizenship in Higher Education
   University of Southampton (lead) with University
   of Keele, Liverpool John Moores University
3. Politics Active Research Learning Environment
   (PARLE) Open University (lead) with Universities
   of York and Huddersfield
4. Preparing Students for Politics (PREPOL)
   Nottingham Trent University (lead) with
   Universities of Birmingham, Lincoln and Central
   Lancashire.
5. Case-Based Learning in Politics University of
   Huddersfield.

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PSA Teaching and Learning Group

• FDTL creates the network and the need for such a
  group
• Subsequent growth beyond FDTL projects and people
• Over 60 members
• Nine panels at PSA Conferences
• Two national conferences
• A range of publications

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Further Collaboration and Events

• Desire to promote innovations in teaching and
  learning across the FDTL projects and beyond
• Links with Professional bodies eg, PSA and C-SAP.
• Showcase event at Palace of Westminster (House of
  Lords) hosted by Lord Parekh in Oct 2008.
  Sponsored by CSAP and PSA.
• Showcase DVD

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Outcome

• Evidence of cultural change in the subject
  community relating to the mainstreaming of
  teaching and learning scholarship and research
  which extends beyond the individual impacts of
  each of the funded projects and is sustainable
  beyond the life of the FDTL programme.

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What have we learned?

• FDTL as a catalyst (unforeseen) outcomes at
  subject/disciplinary level.
• Contrast between experiences of partnerships
  within the projects and across the projects.
• prescribed vs organic partnerships?
• Dissemination more effective at
  discipline/subject level than project level?