The Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) was an initiative of the United Kingdom higher education bodies to promote high quality learning and teaching in all subject disciplines in higher education. It was intended to support the sharing of innovation and good practices in learning and teaching including the use, where appropriate, of communications and information technology.
Overview LTSN operated through a set of 24 centres, specific to different subjects such as Engineering or English, so that good practice appropriate to that subject could be gathered and disseminated, and building up a network of practitioners.How to ... Spread the word on best practice Times Higher Education Supplement, 13 October 2000, retrieved 1 August 2013
In May 2004 the LTSN merged with the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE) and the National Co-ordination Team (NCT) to form the Higher Education Academy. The Subject Centres continued, but were closed in 2011.Academics express 'profound consternation' at support-centre closures Times Higher Education Supplement, 25 November 2010, retrieved 1 August 2013
Subject Centres The LTSN comprised a set of 24 subject centres, listed below.Subject Centres, Learning and Teaching Support Network ltsn.ac.uk archive
Art, Design and Communication Bioscience Built Environment Business Management and Accountancy Economics Network Education (ESCALATE) Subject Centre Engineering English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Information and Computer Sciences Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies Law (UK Centre for Legal Education) Materials (UK Centre for Materials Education) Maths, Stats & OR Network Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Performing Arts (PALATINE) Philosophical and Religious Studies Physical Sciences Psychology Sociology, Anthropology and Politics Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)
See also Education and Skills Funding Agency
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