The Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) was an initiative of the

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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. It 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

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, 13 October 2000, retrieved 1 August 2013 In May 2004 the LTSN merged with the

Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILT) was a UK organisation set up as "the professional body for higher education staff involved in teaching and the support of learning". It was founded in 2000 as a result of the report ...

(ILTHE) and the TQEF National Co-ordination Team (NCT) to form the

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. The Subject Centres continued, but were closed in 2011.Academics express 'profound consternation' at support-centre closures

, 25 November 2010, retrieved 1 August 2013

List of Subject Centres

The LTSN comprised a set of 24 subject centres, listed below.Subject Centres, Learning and Teaching Support Network ltsn.ac.uk archive
/ref> * Art, Design and Communication * Bioscience * Built Environment * Business Management and Accountancy *

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

* Education (ESCALATE) *

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

* 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 Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science. It in turn has many branches, each referred to as a "physical science", together called the "physical sciences". Definition Phy ...

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

* Sociology, Anthropology and Politics * Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP)

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