• Bids supported in 2018/19

Location of bid

LAS

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

DCDI

The College of Design, Creative and Digital Industries

WBS

Westminster Business School

PS

Professional Services

SU

The Student Union

Size of grant

Small

£25,000 or less

Medium

£25,0001 – 250,000

Large

£250,001 – 500,000

High

£500,001 and above

Total amount granted 2018/19: £3,499,716

High grants awarded

  • Title

    Description

    No. Years

  • Westminster Fieldtrips (University-wide)

    To provide direct support to 4000 students to attend curriculum related international fieldtrips.

    1

  • Westminster Working Cultures and Changing Lives Programme (PS)

    Enabling students from disadvantaged backgrounds to experience a range of overseas and employment experiences to support their personal and career development.

    3

  • The Active Travel Academy (CDCI)

    Building on a high profile in a growing field of research the Academy will integrate research, teaching and outreach leading to achieve full financial sustainability in 3 years.

    3

Large grants awarded

  • Title

    Description

    No. Years

  • Westminster Inclusive Enterprise Programme (DCDI)

    Embedding entrepreneurship, self-employment and start-ups in the curriculum to support students career development, focussing on student diversity.

    3

  • Developing a University wide approach to student wellbeing (PS & SU)

    To cascade Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for staff, leaders and volunteers to provide interventions for students in distress; in partnership with the Student Minds charity.

    2

  • Student Union Space Development (SU) (CDCI)

    To refurbish space at Regents Street to provide a better social, activity and working environment for students.

    1

Medium grants awarded

  • Title

    Description

    No. Years

  • A Home for the Graduate School (LAS)

    To equip a space, provided by the University, to provide graduate students with a location for study, relaxation and interaction with staff.

    1

  • Lumiere 125 (DCDI)

    To celebrate the 125 year anniversary, in 2021, since the Lumiere brothers showed the first film in Regent Street by engaging students in a range of film projects linked to external organisations.

    2

  • Resilience in Practice – being your best self to fulfil your potential (LAS)

    To extend the Centre for Resilience’s well-recognised external courses in resilience to staff and students within the University, increasing the students’ personal and professional attributes

    2

Small grants awarded

  • Title

    Description

    No. Years

  • Inclusive Futures (PS)

    To develop an on-campus and digital careers fair (which will then be self-sustaining) to widen student-employer access so that students can showcase their employability skills.

    1

  • Marylebone Digital Learning Classroom enhancement (WBS)

    To provide additional industry-focussed business technologies to enhance the students’ learning within the (QHT funded) digital classrooms, to strengthen the students’ professional skills.

    1

  • Experiencing the Laboratory (Antibiotics Undersea) (LAS)

    Enabling students to work with employers in professional laboratories. They will use cutting-edge techniques to search for new antibiotics from marine algae, work which would be impossible within the University labs.

    2

  • Exploring Culture via Cartoons (LAS)

    Students will co-curate two exhibitions at the Cartoon Museum, developing a range of new skills and develop greater insights into aspects of their curriculum.

    2

  • SMARTEST: Stressless Maths Repository (CDCI)

    Developing a digital tool to help students, at all levels, from across the University, who need support with mathematics-based problem solving.

    1

  • Wellbeing Coordination at Westminster (PS)

    There are a range of existing wellbeing initiatives across the University; this project will coordinate and promote them so as to maximise the benefit of the activity for students, and to promote the institution’s strength in this area.

    1

  • Digital Representation Transformation (SU)

    This will develop a digital platform which will enable student course representatives to liaise with students on their course easily. There will be more effective resolution of issues and enhanced dissemination of good practice.

    3