Recipients of the 2025/26 Innovative Practice Grants announced.
We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025/26 Innovative Practice Grants, a funding opportunity designed to support our small, specialist, independent and college-based HE members from within the UK.
Nineteen grants of £500 are awarded to member institutions to provide short case studies sharing good practice and impactful initiatives under three themes; Smarter Futures: Harnessing AI and Technology for Efficiency in Higher Education, Developing your future ready educational workforce and The Educator of 2040: investigating future teaching roles and technology-enabled pedagogies.
Recipients of the 2025/26 Innovative Practice Grants are:
Smarter Futures: Harnessing AI and Technology for Efficiency in Higher Education
- David Game Higher Education
- University Academy 92 (UA92)
- Lakes College West Cumbria – National College for Nuclear
Developing your future ready educational workforce
- New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering
- Academy of Contemporary Music
- Sotheby’s Institute of Art
- Bridgend College
- New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering
- Heart of Worcestershire College
- University Academy 92
- Elizabeth school of London
- Bridgend College
- Ravensbourne University London
The Educator of 2040: investigating future teaching roles and technology-enabled pedagogies
- New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering
- ESCP Business School London campus
- Fairfield Schools of Business
- OMNES Education London School
- Elizabeth School of London
- Mont Rose College London England
Melvyn Smith, Head of Membership & Development at Advance HE, said, “We’re delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s Innovative Practice Grants.
“These grants are an opportunity for our small, specialist, independent and college-based HE members in the UK to share success stories about higher education projects that have had a demonstrable impact on their staff or students.
“We look forward to sharing these case studies that recognise our members’ creativity, commitment and ambition while showcasing inspiring practice and enabling institutions around the world to learn from, adapt and build on these achievements within their own unique contexts.”
