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".ILT Routes to Membership
/ref> It was founded in 2000 as a result of the reports of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (the "

Dearing Report The Dearing Report, formally known as the reports of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, is a series of major reports into the future of Higher Education in the United Kingdom, published in 1997. The report was commissioned b ...

").Helen Beebee (2003)
''Times Higher Education'' 28 March 2003 The ILT was located on

York Science Park The York Science Park opened in 1991 and currently houses over 400 companies. The main 21 acre site is adjacent to Alcuin College, York, Alcuin College and contains the innovation centre and Biocentre with business focused on the tech and scien ...

. The founding Chief Executive was Paul Clark.Sally Brown (1999) ''Active Learning'' 10 pp 67–8 "Introducing the Institute for Learning and Teaching" ISSN 1357-1125 Its stated aims were to: *accredit programmes of learning in higher education, *commission research and development in learning and teaching practices, *stimulate innovation. In May 2004 the ILT merged with the

Learning and Teaching Support Network The Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) was an initiative of the United Kingdom higher education bodies to promote high quality learning and teaching in all subject disciplines in higher education. It was intended to support the sharing o ...

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

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.Teaching and Learning Research Programme, University of London
''Effective learning and teaching in UK higher education''

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