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Colleagues may find the details of the following international seminar of interest.
International Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Inquiry:
A Scholarly Discussion
Pre-ISSOTL Seminar, Liverpool, UK, 19 October 2010, 0900-16.30
Co-sponsored by the ISSoTL Advancing Undergraduate Research Special Interest Group
"Undergraduate research is now an international movement" (Jenkins and Healey, 2010)
Aims
The aims of this seminar are to:
a) Explore how undergraduate research and inquiry are conceived, delivered, supported and funded in a range of national systems
b) Discuss and clarify what is common and distinctive about undergraduate research and inquiry in these national systems
c) Identify key current developments in these national systems
d) Explore department and institutional strategies for developing undergraduate research and inquiry including similarities and differences between research intensive and teaching intensive
e) Assess what can be done to promote and support international sharing of good practice and research-based understanding of undergraduate research
Format
A mixture of invited mini-presentations, discussions, and poster sessions are planned. Much of the discussion will take place in small international groups.
Posters
All delegates are invited to submit an electronic poster by 13 September 2010 to robin@cur.org for display on the seminar web site before the event. They should also bring a hard copy version with them (maximum size 2ft x 3ft) for display on the day. For technical specifications, please visit: http://www.cur.org/pre-ISSOTLposter.html
Three types of poster are requested:
- Perspectives on practices and policies in undergraduate research and inquiry in specific national systems
- Perspectives on practices and policies in undergraduate research and inquiry in specific higher education institutions
- Conceptual and other posters which are relevant to the seminar aims.
Further details about the seminar programme, details about submitting posters, and examples of posters are available on the Council on Undergraduate Web site at http://www.cur.org/pre-ISSOTL.html.
Registration is combined with ISSoTL 2010 registration (http://issotl10.indiana.edu/). Delegates may book for the seminar without going to the main ISSoTL conference. Early booking is advised. Seminar Fee $115 includes lunch, refreshments and opening ISSoTL event (registration closes 7 October). For delegates registering for the full ISSoTL conference at the same time the seminar fee is $75. All delegates, including those from the UK, need to pay in US dollars at the ISSoTL 2010 registration site. For detailed information on pricing please visit: http://www.cur.org/pre-ISSOTLreg.html
Queries about the academic programme may be made to the Seminar Convenors:
Mick Healey, University of Gloucestershire, UK mhealey@glos.ac.uk
Nancy Hensel, Council on Undergraduate Research, US nancy@cur.org
Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes University, UK alanjenkins@brookes.ac.uk
Details of the main International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference may be found at: http://www.issotl.org/conferences.html 19-22 October 2010.
Professor Mick Healey BA PhD FRGS NTF SFHEA
Higher Education Consultant and Researcher
Director Centre for Active Learning (CeAL)
Director NTFS project: Leading, Promoting and Supporting Undergraduate Research in the New University Sector
Senior Advisor National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Honorary Professor University of Queensland
Visiting Professor Edinburgh Napier University
Department of Natural and Social Sciences
University of Gloucestershire
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Tel: +44 (0)1242 714678
Email: mhealey@glos.ac.uk (Best way to contact me)
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