Scottish Higher Education Developers October 2018 | Page 29

UNDER THIS BANNER
SHED began its existence in 1993,
(A contender for the clumsiest title ever devised?)
Created as a wider, ‘outreach’ branch.
The following is our history.
Many things have changed,
While others remain perennial.
Over the years:
In 1995,
Educational development bid to research good practice.
Projects still
Persist
Today via the well-known
‘LDTI Evaluation Cookbook’.
In 1998:
Discussions; discussions;
Projects.
Also, the Women in H.E. Register was announced
(Were women in H.E. so unusual in 1998 as to require such a thing?)
2003 saw a major departure from
South of the border…
The first ELIR was being planned,
Enhancement Themes were being set up
Without educational development.
Consternation!
Projects going on at the time were numerous,
Bingo!
An ‘Academy for the Advancement of L&T’,
“to serve the needs of educational developers”,
The much-lauded Subject Centres,
And
All new staff should have a qualification in teaching by 2006
(Desirable not expected…)
25
Celebrating 25 years of SHED