RepRODUCE Blog

Does content specially commissioned by the lead institution count as “external content”? No. We don’t need to fund projects to tell us that institutions can commission and use content designed for them. External content is content that has not been specifically designed for you to use.

Our institution or area doesn’t have “departments”, are we ineligible? No. As long as you can identify your module (or comparable “chunk” of learning) to a subject area that you teach, that is fine.

What kind of resources do you want to see projects using? Anything from single images right up to an entire activity. Be creative!

Our validation cycle is longer than you allow for - can we still bid? Yes… note in the circular that there is a substantial gap between when the funding ends and when the final report is due. We have done this precisely because we know that things take time. But bear in mind you would still be funded for the same time, and you should really consider telling us about this in your outline workplan in the bid document.

This funding is HEFCE/HEFCW capital, which in layman’s terms means that it has to go to institutions that already receive funding from one of these organisations (either directly or via a partnership agreement). This has the unfortunate side effect of excluding the following groups:

• FECs not delivering HE
• anyone funded by the SFC (sorry, Scotland. But we will be cheering you on against Georgia tomorrow) or anyone else that isn’t HEFCE/HEFCW.

However, hopefully our efforts here will highlight a lot of issues that will be of benefit to you in whatever part of the education world you call home, and please do consider reusing and repurposing content whatever your funding situation.

[edit: I think Scotland vs Georgia is best not mentioned in this blog again]