Most effective / valued activities
Eleven main themes were identified from respondents’ open text responses to the question, ‘In your experience, what activity or activities do you think are particularly useful for supporting the development of OLT learning and teaching grant applications?’
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Themes / Institution size |
A-size |
B-size |
C-size |
D-size |
Totals |
| Checklists and timelines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Local website | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| All of Q.36* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Understanding funding body, e.g. priorities | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Work with PENs / networks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Work with previously successful applicants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peer feedback | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Time to write, e.g. writing retreat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Exemplar applications | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| One-on-one support (mentor) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Workshops / info sessions, e.g. local / OLT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
* Q.36 in the survey asked respondents to indicate (via check boxes) the sorts of grant application development activities available at their institution. The options were Information sessions about OLT grants, workshops on how to develop applications, mentor arrangements and writing retreats.