HE Academy Subject Centres
The Higher Education Academy aims to improve the student learning experience in higher education through the development and transfer of good teaching and learning practices in all subject disciplines. Discipline-based support is provided through its Subject Network of 32 Subject Centres. These are a mix of single-site and consortium-based centres located within relevant subject departments and hosted by higher education institutions.
Originally set up in 2000 as part of the Learning and Teaching Support Network, the centres have made a considerable impact over the last five years. Each centre engages in a wide variety of activities to support practitioners, subject departments and discipline communities.
The Subject Centres are as follows:
- Art, Design and Media
- Bioscience
- Built Environment
- Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance (BMAF)
- Economics
- Education (ESCALATE)
- Engineering
- English
- Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Health Sciences and Practice
- History, Classics and Archaeology
- Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism
- Information and Computer Sciences
- Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
- Law (UK Centre for Legal Education)
- Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education)
- Maths, Stats & OR Network
- Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine
- PALATINE - Dance, Drama and Music
- Philosophical and Religious Studies
- Physical Sciences
- Psychology
- Sociology, Anthropology and Politics
- Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)