Abstract :
This paper draws on three research projects (undertaken in 1997–99, 2002
and 2004–05) that have examined innovation in learning and teaching
methods in UK higher education. The first two of these focused on such matters
as departmental and institutional cultures and the factors that have either
enabled or inhibited change. The third has begun to monitor the impact of the
process of establishing Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The
prospects for introducing innovations in teaching and learning in higher
education are considered in relation to these wider contexts in terms of policies,
structures and cultures.
