Learning and Teaching Support Network: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:38, 25 December 2009

Latest revision as of 23:45, 4 June 2025

(15 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)

Line 1:

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

The '''Learning and Teaching Support Network''' ('''LTSN''') was an initiative of the [[United Kingdom]] [[higher education]] bodies to promote high quality learning and teaching in all subject disciplines in higher education. It was intended to support the sharing of innovation and good practices in learning and teaching including the use, where appropriate, of communications and information technology.

The '''Learning and Teaching Support Network''' ('''LTSN''') was an initiative of the [[United Kingdom]] [[higher education]] bodies to promote high quality learning and teaching in all subject disciplines in higher education. It was intended to support the sharing of innovation and good practices in learning and teaching including the use, where appropriate, of communications and information technology.

In May [[2004]] the LTSN merged with the [[Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education]] (ILTHE) and the [[TQEF National Co-ordination Team]] (NCT) to form the [[Higher Education Academy]].

==Overview==

*LTSN operated through a set of 24 centres, specific to different subjects such as Engineering or English, so that good practice appropriate to that subject could be gathered and disseminated, and building up a network of practitioners.<ref name=Times2000>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=153788&sectioncode=26 How to ... Spread the word on best practice] [[Times Higher Education Supplement]], 13 October 2000, retrieved 111 MayAugust 20082013</ref>

In May 2004 the LTSN merged with the [[Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education]] (ILTHE) and the National Co-ordination Team (NCT) to form the [[Higher Education Academy]]. The Subject Centres continued, but were closed in 2011.<ref name=Times2011>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=414393 Academics express 'profound consternation' at support-centre closures] [[Times Higher Education Supplement]], 25 November 2010, retrieved 1 August 2013</ref>

==Subject Centres==

The LTSN comprised a set of 24 subject centres, listed below.<ref name=LTSNSCs>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040708090228/http://www.ltsn.ac.uk/index.asp?id=9 Subject Centres, Learning and Teaching Support Network ltsn.ac.uk archive]</ref>

{{div col}}

* [[Art, Design, Media Subject Centre|Art, Design and Communication]]

* Bioscience

* Built Environment

* Business Management and Accountancy

* [[Economics Network]]

* Education (ESCALATE) Subject Centre

* [[Engineering Subject Centre|Engineering]]

* [[English Subject Centre|English]]

* [[Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Subject Centre|Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences]]

* [[Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre|Health Sciences and Practice]]

* [[History, Classics and Archaeology Subject Centre|History, Classics and Archaeology]]

* [[Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Subject Centre|Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism]]

* [[Information and Computer Sciences Subject Centre|Information and Computer Sciences]]

* [[Subject Centre for Languages Linguistics and Area Studies|Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies]]

* [[UK Centre for Legal Education|Law (UK Centre for Legal Education)]]

* [[UK Centre for Materials Education|Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education)]]

* [[Maths, Stats & OR Network]]

* [[Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Subject Centre|Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine]]

* [[PALATINE (Performing Arts Learning and Teaching Innovation Network)|Performing Arts (PALATINE)]]

* [[Philosophical and Religious Studies Subject Centre|Philosophical and Religious Studies]]

* [[Physical Sciences Subject Centre|Physical Sciences]]

* [[Psychology Subject Centre|Psychology]]

* [[Subject Network for Sociology, Anthropology, Politics|Sociology, Anthropology and Politics]]

* [[Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP) Subject Centre|Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)]]

{{div col end}}

==See also==

* [[Education and Skills Funding Agency]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

* [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=153788&sectioncode=26 How to ... Spread the word on best practice] [[Times Higher Education Supplement]], 13 October 2000, retrieved 11 May 2008

[[Category:2000 establishments in the United Kingdom]]

[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2000]]

[[Category:EducationalHigher institutionseducation disestablishedorganisations based in 2004the United Kingdom]]

{{UK-edu-stub}}