WIHEA Strategic Themes & Funding

WIHEA's overarching commitment to Internationalisation, Interdisciplinarity and Student Research, WIHEA's funding schemes enable Fellows to build collaborative partnerships between staff and students to support the new Education and Student Experience Strategy by addressing one or more of the following strategic areas:

• Leading Educational Excellence
• Empowering Students and Graduates
• Inclusive Student Experience
• Communities and Connection

To find out more about past WIHEA projects and access a range of project/learning resources and case studies, please browse our portfolio.

Other funding which may be of interest

• The joint WIHEA/IATL Education Fund
• IATL Student led research, performance or enterprise projects
• Inclusive Education - Professional Services Funding
• The Monash Warwick Alliance Education Activation Fund
• The Monash Warwick Alliance Strategic Education Fund
• The Monash Warwick Alliance Professional Services Collaboration Fund
• WIE Funding and Grant support

WIHEA Fellows – Small Fund

(Up to £1k per request)

This fund aims to enable WIHEA Fellows to undertake small speculative activities which could not yet be funded by other sources, develop project proposals which are deemed to have potential or are of strategic importance to the institution or to assist with the dissemination of good practice in one or more of the above strategic areas.

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Requests accepted until 27 June or until all funding has been allocated. The Project Lead must be a Staff Fellow (Student Fellows may Co-lead).

WIHEA External Collaboration Fund

(Up to £4k per project)

Aimed at enabling the development of collaborations between two or more Higher Education Institutions to develop and share knowledge, experience and capabilities to address current challenges within the HE Sector, WIHEA's External Collaboration Fund supports projects focusing specifically on: Inclusive Education, Blended Learning, Innovative Assessment, Empowering Students and Graduates, or Communities and Connection.

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Call closes 8 January. Projects to take place between February and July (max. 5 months duration). The Project Lead must be a WIHEA Staff Fellow.

WIHEA Learning Circle Fund

(Up to £3k per request)

Accessible to WIHEA Learning Circle Leads only, this fund aims to assist Learning Circles to carry out activities that will achieve their goals for this academic year, contribute to their main aim(s) or enable the dissemination of resources that have been produced by the Learning Circle. 

Requests accepted from Leads until 27 June or until all funding has been allocated.

WIHEA Student Fellows – Strategic Fund

(Between £5 to £7k available - to fund a maximum of 2 projects)

WIHEA Student Fellows will be invited directly to engage with this fund during their Induction.