The TESSA deadline is approaching!

Last year, we introduced the TESSAs. These Teaching Enhancement Small Support Awards are intended for any Kent colleagues who are interested in encouraging and enabling teaching and learning innovation; or who have a great idea that would improve the quality of teaching, teaching-related activity, support for teaching, or the student learning experience at Kent.

You can apply for funding of between £500 and £3,000, with up to £5,000 on offer for large, high-impact, collaborative projects operating across Schools and ideally in more than one Faculty, or across Schools and PSDs. All colleagues who contribute to teaching, learning or teaching support are eligible to apply – you don’t have to be an academic, or based in a School.

The closing date for the second round of applications this year, and the fourth round overall, is 12 noon on Tuesday 14 May 2019. This is for projects to start during the summer of 2019 or in the Autumn Term 2019-20; and we will tell you the results by Tuesday 28 May. If you are interested in applying, but for a project to start in the Spring Term 2019-20 or later, don’t worry – there will be another round of applications in Autumn 2019.

You can find out more, and download the short application form for a TESSA here – successful applicants have been very generous in allowing us to add their forms to the website, so you can see some strong applications, and work out if you can link up with someone doing a project similar to the one you are planning.

Please send us your applications and help improve the quality and enjoyment of education and the student learning experience here at Kent! If you have questions, please get in touch with April (A.M.S.McMahon@kent.ac.uk) or Jess (J.R.W.Sutherland@kent.ac.uk).