The HEFCE-funded ALPS CETL programme ended in September 2010, but the ALPS work continues.

The HEFCE programme demonstrated the benefits of the collaborative working across institutions and professions: producing valuable outputs (tools, resources and reports) for the wider education community, which are available from this site. Over the next year the ALPS Core team will be working to extend, embed and disseminate the outputs of ALPS.

At the same time, six ALPS Collaborative Networks have been formed to take the ALPS work forward; these draw on the shared interests and expertise that have developed over the 5 years and focus on the following ALPS areas:

• ALPS Common Competency and Patient Safety Network – creation of a Patient Safety competency map and further dissemination of ALPS maps with adaptation for other disciplines and discussion of how the maps can enhance work based learning placements and employability.
  Lead: Catherine Coates c.a.coates@leedsmet.ac.uk
• ALPS Mobile Learning Network - increase opportunities for collaboration on and research of mobile learning
  Lead: Andy Pellow a.j.h.pellow@leeds.ac.uk
• ALPS Patient and Carer Voice Network - issues around sustainability, evaluation and dissemination of service user and carer involvement
  Lead: Jools Symons j.e.symons@leeds.ac.uk
• ALPS Disabled Students: Enabled Practitioners Network - focussing on key issues and impact. Read more at http://www.brad.ac.uk/mipp/research-outputs/
  Lead: Dr Chris Dearnley c.a.dearnley1@braford.ac.uk
• ALPS e-portfolio Network - interoperability, transferability and strategy
  Lead: Niall Dew n.c.dew@hud.ac.uk
• ALPS Competency and Preparation for Practice Network - furthering the use and scope of the existing CIPA tool. To try out the CiPA tool go to http://cipa.hud.ac.uk/
  Lead: Dr Janet Hargreaves j.hargreaves@hud.ac.uk

Each network brings together staff from across the whole ALPS Partnership and will continue the ALPS work, not only embedding the existing resources, but also working to understand and shape the future of Higher Education and practice-based education. Please contact the network leads if you are interested in joining the network.

The outputs that ALPS has achieved is the source of great pride and satisfaction to all who have been involved in the CETL, students, staff and service users but the fact that this work is to be the foundation for new endeavours is particularly rewarding.