We are a community of educators working together for better teaching
OneHE’s vision is a world in which higher education is delivering improved student outcomes for the benefit of society and the economy through better teaching.
Our mission is to build a global community of educators focused on better teaching to support the sharing and application of innovative and excellent practice.
Our story so far
Hello world!
Wanted: Convenors for Global Sunject Centres
Introducing our Global Advisory Group
Our first partnership
Forging further synergies
First Foundation winners announced
New opportunities for members
A supportive community for academic leaders
Global advisory group
We’re grateful for the support of leading influencers in global higher education.
A/Professor Marcus O'Donnell
Dr Adrian Lee
Dr Andree Sursock
Dr Gavan Watson
Dr Jamil Salmi
Dr Jim Hall
Dr Maha Bali
Dr Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Dr Michael Berman
Mr Kim Flintoff
Professor Arshad Ahmad
Professor Darrell Evans
Professor Karen Stanton
Professor Peter Arthur
Professor Philip Cotton
Professor Sir Drummond Bone
Professor Stephanie Marshall
Professor Steve Joordens
Dr Hilligje van’t Land
How does the foundation work?
You have the great ideas
Together we fund them
The OneHE Foundation funds great ideas to improve learning and teaching. Three times a year, we release one fifth of all membership fees back into the community for innovation grants. Members can apply for up to £3,000 each round – and the community chooses the winning applications through a vote.
1. Submit an application
All Global Members can apply for funding through the Foundation
2. Develop your idea
Proposals are shared and the community encouraged to ask questions and give feedback
3. Cast your vote
Members are asked to vote for the proposals they would most like to see receive funding
4. Funding awarded
Voting closes for the current round, winners are announced and the projects are funded
Two simple questions
That’s all we need to know for your project to be considered:
The Foundation is open to all Global Members
First funding round: Successful projects
Mr Andrew Walsh
Playful practice in higher education: The Zine
Project aim: To create a playful set of zines in physical and electronic formats designed to prompt the development of playful practices, and a playful community, within HE.
I’m really happy to receive the foundation grant, it will allow me to share the power of playful learning with others in the OneHE community in a suitably playful way.
Dr David Grey
Defining personal tutoring – an analytic inductive study
Project aim: Creating a consensus definition of personal tutoring in UK higher education, grounded in the lived experience of tutors
We’ve found the OneHE network to be a really useful way to reach out to, connect with, and learn from the experiences of colleagues across the sector. We will be reaching out to the OneHE community to participate in this study and we’ll be sharing the results back to the OneHE network and beyond.
Dr Julie Hulme
Facilitating evidence-based innovation: teaching for the future
Project aim: In a rapidly changing world, graduates need more than knowledge. We will explore the facilitators and barriers to innovative teaching, to enhance the future learning capabilities of graduates.
The funding and the network provided by OneHE will enable the research to capture diverse views, and to inform evidence-based recommendations for the higher education sector around the world.
Meet the Team
Mark has worked in HE since the mid-nineties in a variety of roles spanning online learning, teaching standards and partnership development. Mark leads on strategy.
Olivia fifteen years’ experience developing partnerships in HE, working with a variety of organisations across the globe. Olivia leads on partnerships.
Simon has spent his career in marketing, communications and customer engagement, including working for a global HE charity. Simon leads on engagement.
Nikki has worked in a variety of national roles in learning and teaching development including teaching awards and communities of practice. Nikki leads on community management.
Our key partners
GlobalMindED
Academics Without Borders