Learning, Teaching and Employability
Our Collaborative Enhancement Projects offer funding opportunities for small groups of our member institutions to work together on projects of shared interest which enhance the quality of their own students' learning experiences and develop outputs to support the wider higher education sector.
QAA supports a number of projects every year, covering a range of topics and interest areas. On this page you'll find projects related to learning and teaching.
A Flexible Learning Toolkit to Enhance Module Design
Project lead: University of Derby
Project partners: Derby College, London College and Pearson Learning
Accounting for student success: Measuring educational gain
Project lead:
Imperial College London
Project partners:
Bath Spa University, Liverpool John Moores University, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), The Open University, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, University of Exeter, University of Manchester, University of Plymouth, University of Portsmouth, University of Warwick
Active Online Reading
Project lead: University of Lincoln
Project partners: University of Lincoln, University of Nottingham, University College London, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Salford, University of Hertfordshire, Keele University, Royal Holloway University of London, University of Lincoln, Royal Historical Society, Council of University Classics Departments and Open University, History UK and Talis
News: Talis Sponsors QAA Project on Active Online Reading
Blended learning review
Project lead: Leeds College of Building
Project partner: York College
Creating an environment to foster pedagogic research informed decision making on quality matters
Project lead: University of Bath
Project partners: University of Hull, Leeds Trinity University and Barnsley College
Differing Perceptions of Quality of Learning
Project lead: University of Portsmouth
Project partners: Manchester Metropolitan University, Solent University and The University of Nottingham
Embedding Mental Wellbeing: Methods and Benefits
Project lead: De Montfort University
News: DMU to lead new study improving students' mental wellbeing
Enhancing learning and teaching quality through collaborative observation
Project lead: Birmingham City University
Project partners: Loughborough University and University of Wolverhampton
Evaluating the impact of block delivery
This project is part of a multi-pathway study to understand how students engage in learning to identify and instigate purposeful interventions in relation to social and individual learning and retention with good evidence of effectiveness.
Project lead: De Montfort University
Project partners: Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Gloucestershire, University of Plymouth, University of Suffolk, and Victoria University
Harnessing multimodality in higher education: Principles for new learning, teaching and assessment
Project lead: Teesside University
Project partners: Birmingham City University, University of Greenwich and Anglia Ruskin University
Hybrid teaching: A futurist model or a realist model for the future?
Project lead: University of Nottingham
Project partner: University of Birmingham
Investigating the elimination of differential outcomes
Project lead: Manchester Metropolitan University
Project partners: University of Salford, Liverpool John Moores University and University of Central Lancashire
Teaching Degree Apprenticeships (DA): Challenges, Motivations, Lessons Learnt and Good Practice Guidelines
Project lead: Staffordshire University
Project partners: Kingston University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Middlesex University, University of Bolton and University of Wolverhampton
Other Collaborative Enhancement Projects
You can find out more about all our Collaborative Enhancement Projects - and access resources and outputs - on our website.