Support for scholarship in teaching

The Higher Education Academy supports the scholarship of teaching, both in principle and practically. You may be interested to look at some of the research already undertaken and opportunities available to staff in higher education who wish to research teaching and learning.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/4493.htm

The following paper explores pedagogic research and how it can be developed in HE institutions:

Baume, D. and Beaty, L. (2006) Developing pedagogic research. Educational Developments Issue 7.2 (The magazine of the Staff and Educational Development Association Ltd)

There is also a wealth of information at the British Educational Research Association