Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute (LHERI)

Newsletter July 2017

Research Awards, vacancies,launch event, seminar series,call for papers and project updates

Lincoln Higher Education Research Awards

We are offeringa number of research awards to a maximum of £750.00 each, primarily for research focused on key issues within higher education and reflected in the University’s Strategic Plan, typically this may include;

  • Interdisciplinarity and interprofessional education
  • 24/7 campus
  • Technology enhanced learning / digital engagement
  • Resilience in higher education
  • Supporting confidence in students
  • Collaboration and partnership approaches
  • Inclusivity

However, these themes are broad and submissions outside of these themes will not be discounted.

For more information about the awards and to apply please visit

Applications close at midnight on 2nd October, all bids will be peer reviewed and we aim to advise all applicants as to the outcome of their submission by 27th October 2017

Vacancies

We have two live vacancies relating to the Access Agreement Evaluation Project, please visit for more details:

Research Fellow – Grade 7, 26 hours per week fixed term to July 2019

Research Assistant – Grade 6, 18 hours per week, fixed term to July 2019

Launch Event 13th September

We are holding a launch event in the Orange Room, Think Tank on 13th September which will be made up of 2 sessions with a networking lunch between. The morning session, open by Deputy Vice Chanceller, Toby Wilkinson, will introduce and promote the work of both LHERI and our fellows and a number of colleagues’ research into contemporary issues in higher education. Colleagues will then be available to answer questions and discuss their work further during a long lunch for networking and sharing practice.The afternoon session will be held by the Research Office.

Please visit for more information and to sign up, spaces are limited to 48 for each session.

Seminar Series

We are developing a series of seminars with a mix of internal and external facilitators. The first will take place on 12th October:

“Everyone talks about it but no one really knows what it means”: How university students understand the student experience

Prof. Mary Stuart and Dr. Rachel Spacey

Sign up here:

This event will be held on the Brayford Pool Campus, room to be confirmed.

Further seminars will take place in February, April and June 2018 and details will be included on future newsletters. We are currently in talks with an interesting external facilitator for February’s seminar, do look out for details.

E-Journal for Higher Education Research

We have formed a small working group to initiate a Lincoln Higher Education Research Online Journal and are hoping to be ready to call for submissions as the beginning on the 2017-18 academic year.

Call for Papers: Transformation in Higher Education

Transformation in Higher Education invites contributions for 2017 from a variety of disciplines, both nationally and internationally, that will critically engage with the followingtopic:

Putting transformation under the magnifying glass: Beneficial or detrimental to higher education?

For more information, please visit:

Or email

Project Updates:

Access Agreement Evaluation Project

As detailed above, following confirmation of funding for this project we are hiring two research posts for this project.

Developing Academic Leadership and Innovative Practice

This Programme Leader development pilot project is led by the Human Resources Department at Lincoln (Ros Pepper, Head of Human Resources and Rebecca Sanderson, Organisational Development Advisor) with the Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute providing support and guidance throughout the project. The project is in its initial stages following successful ethical approval.

Intervention for Success Project

Ben Walker from Sheffield College has joined Alison Wilkinson to initiate this HEFCE funded project in collaboration with Huddersfield, Coventry and Manchester Metropolitan Universities. The core focus of this work has been driven by the 2015 HEFCE report ‘Causes of Differences in Student Outcomes’

Learning Gain Project

Continuing students have now received a link to the GetSet survey in their enrolment materials. The Learning Gain Project Team have also submitted a paper for inclusion in the Higher Education Pedagogies Journal.

NCOP LiNCHigher Project

Dr. Rob Vickers, Research Fellow, has joined us to lead the local evaluation of this collaborative project working closely with Bishop Grosseteste University. The LiNCHigher team are now delivering activities in all of the national collaborative outreach programme (NCOP) Gaps Areas and evaluation will be embedded in upcoming events. The team are also currently working with CFE research to pilot the national NCOP Participant Survey.

As always, if you have any colleagues who you think would be interested in becoming a Fellow, please ask them to complete the registration form here:

Alternatively, they can email

Please follow us on Twitter for updates @UOLHEResearch

If you have any questions or if there is anything that we can help you with please email ank you for your continued support!

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