WIHEA Strategic Themes & Funding

Alongside 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

Find out what projects have been funded this year.Link opens in a new window

To access a range of project outputs, teaching & learning resources and case studies from WIHEA Projects, please browse our portfolio.

Other funding which may be of interest

• The Education FundLink opens in a new window
• 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.

Please email WIHEA@warwick.ac.uk for funding guidance.

This fund closes at 5pm on Friday, 18 April 2025.

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.

The funding call for 2024/25 projects has now closed.

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 from Leads accepted until 5pm, Friday 18 April 2025.

WIHEA Student Fellows – Strategic Fund

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

WIHEA Student Fellows are invited directly to engage with this fund during their Induction. This new fund aims to empower and support Students to build and lead collaborative partnerships between Students and Staff to support the Education and Student Experience Strategy in an area of their choosing. Students are supported by the WIHEA team, key members of Staff with relevant expertise and they have access to a series of workshops.

The funding call for 2024/25 projects has now closed.