WHEA Annual Report 2025 Final Digital with links v3 - Flipbook - Page 23
WIHEA: Timeline
27 FEB 2014
2 JULY 2014
Prof Christina Hughes takes the
WIHEA concept to the Academic
Quality and Standards Committee,
where it is endorsed in principle
Senate approved the proposal to
establish WIHEA
5 MARCH 2015
10 JUNE 2015
Funding Bid considered and
approved by ARC
Senate approved the
recommendation to form a
WIHEA Advisory Board
SEPT 2015
JAN 2016
Academic Manager starts and the
First Foundation Fellows Lunch is held
MARCH 2016
2022
Faculty Boards and the Academic
and Professional Services.
Committee (APSG) nominated
the first 42 Foundation Fellows
Launch first WIHEA Student .
Engagement Project Funding
Call (18 projects funded)
APR-AUG 2016
SEP-DEC 2016
Academic Director Prof Gwen
van der Velden formally starts
Administrative Assistant
Michelle Kulpa Joins
21 JULY 2016
Prof Chris Hughes joins as PVC
(Education), Prof Christina Hughes
becomes an Honorary Fellow
JUNE 2017
First International visitor from
University of Waterloo/Masterclass
2016-2018 LCs
Peer Observation, Internationalisation,
Interdisciplinarity, Creative Pedagogy,
Module Evaluation, Learning Analytics,
Employability, Authentic Learning, AntiRacist, Pedagogy and Process in HE
2019
2016
£59K awarded to projects
18 projects funded and
71 students involved
42 new Fellows joined
2017
£32K awarded to projects
7 projects, 15 students involved
27 Fellows plus the first 5 Exofficio
Fellows introduced
2018
£63K awarded to projects
16 projects, 1336 students involved
33 new Fellows and 3 new
Ex-offico Fellows appointed
2019
Foundation Fellows finish their
term and WIHEA’s Alumni network
was introduced enabling them to
continue contributing and being
part of the community
2019 NEW LCs
AUG 2019
Wellbeing Pedagogies,
Student Voice, Third Space
2020 NEW LCs
Co-Creation, Neurodiversity
and Student Experience, Peer
Monitoring, Restorative Justice in
HE, Trans & Queer Pedagogies
2022
£16K in External Projects funding
4 external projects, involving 24
staff and 30 students
2023 NEW LCs
Designing and Assesing Group
Work, Lecture Capture, Developing
Academic Literacies and Review of
Self-Certification Policy & Procedures
2023
External Review of WIHEA
from April to June
Laura McGowan joined the team as
a Graduate Management Trainee
from Sep 2019 to Feb 2020
£41K awarded to projects
12 projects, 744 students involved
33 new Fellows and 2 new
Ex-officio Fellows
£53K awarded to projects
12 projects, 58 students and 62
staff involved
31 Fellows and 1 Ex-offico Fellow
appointed Lisa Drummond
becomes an Honorary Fellow
FEB 2016
First seminar Dilly Fung (UCL) &
Claire Gordon(LSE) - Rewarding
Educators and Education Leaders
in Research-intensive Universities:
Challenges and Opportunities &
first Masterclass Sarah Richardson,
Nick Monk and Teresa MacKinnon
- Teaching Excellence: what it is and
why it matters
First 3 Learning Circles:
Parity of Research & Teaching,
led by Ian Tuersley
Pedagogic Research in HE
led by Kate Mawson
International Study Groups led
by Alyson Quinn & David Davies
First advisory group meeting
in December
2021
£42K in funding for projects
10 projects, 75 student involved
30 new Fellows and 1 Ex-offico Fellow
External Collaboration Fund
Introduced in November
Prof Chris Hughes becomes
an Honorary Fellow
Prof Lozenzo Frigerio
becomes PVC (Education)
2023
£12K in external project funding
3 external projects, involving 14
staff and 12 students
2024
£50K awarded to internal projects
10 internal projects, involving 47 staff
and 38 students
45 Fellows and 1 Ex-offico Fellow
appointed, bringing the total to 15
Ex-offico Fellows
2021 NEW LCs
Curriculum Review Framework,
Learning from Crisis: taking our
pandemic learning into the future,
Developing a Pedagogy of Public
Engagement (in partnership with WIE)
2022 NEW LCs
Diverse Assessment, Education for
Sustainable Development, Enhancing
the VLE, Policy on supporting
students with Disabilities
2023
University of Warwick was awarded
Gold in all categories of the Teaching
Excellence Framework (TEF)
rankings
From a total of 228 universities
and colleges that took part in the
assessment, Warwick was one of
only 26 that was awarded Gold in all
three areas
2023
Jess Humphreys becomes Deputy
Director in Jan ‘23
Prof Letizia Gramaglia is seconded to
Monash University and Jess becomes
Acting Director in Mar ‘23 and
Academic Director in Sep ’23
2023
£54K awarded to projects
12 projects, involving 63 staff and
39 students
34 Fellows and 2 Ex-offico
Fellows appointed, bringing the
total to 14 Ex-offico Fellows
2024
Small Fund introduced £7.5K
awarded to 10 small fund projects,
involving 17 staff and 15 students
2024
£8K awarded to external projects
2 external projects, involving 3 staff
and 8 students
2024 NEW LCs
AI in Education, Compassionate
Pedagogies, DETTA,
Employability (re-opened)
2025
WIHEA turns 10!!!
2024
Prof Letizia Gramaglia becomes an
Honorary Fellow
Inca Hide-Wright joined the team as a
Graduate Management Trainee from
Oct 2024 to May 2025
2025 NEW LCs
2025
Student Led Project Fund introduced
£12K in Student Led Projects funding
3 student led projects, involving 7
students and 7 staff
2020
Prof Letizia Gramaglia becomes
Academic Director and Prof Gwen van
der Velden becomes an Honorary Fellow
£32K awarded to projects
20 projects, 138 students involved
35 new Fellows
Prof David Lamburn becomes an
Honorary Fellow
2020
Moved online provisionally
during the lockdown
2025
£11K awarded to Small Fund
Projects
13 small fund projects, involving
30 staff and 7 students
2025
Mature Student Experience
and Building Belonging
2025
Learning Circle Project Fund
introduced
£15K in funding, to 11 LC projects,
involving 41 staff and 14 students
2025
Prof Johathan Heron becomes
Honorary Fellow
Roberta Wooldridge Smith
becomes Honorary Fellow
Michelle Kulpa becomes
Honorary Fellow
WIHEA 10 Anniversary
Celebration held on 3 July 2025
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