Developing Graduate Attributes through the Sustainability Agenda and Problem-Based Learning

Developing Graduate Attributes through the Sustainability Agenda and Problem-Based Learning

Workshop, Keele University

Friday 30^th November 2012, 10am – 4 pm 

http://www.keele.ac.uk/hybridpbl/ntfsworkshops/

This free one day workshop at Keele University focuses on the delivery of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and graduate attributes using an interdisciplinary 'Hybrid' Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach. This workshop is the outcome of a three-year project funded by the Higher Education Academy's National Teaching Fellowship Scheme entitled 'Hybrid problem-based learning: a scalable approach to sustainability education?'; a collaboration between Keele University, The University of Manchester and Staffordshire University. The Hybrid-PBL approach to sustainability education will be explored during the workshop along with links to other pressing agendas in Higher Education including Graduate Attributes, Employability, and Internationalisation amongst others.

This workshop is aimed at educators from any discipline, from university, to FE and college educators, to PhD students with teaching responsibilities, who have interests in developing: 1) problem-based learning approaches, 2) education for sustainability, 3) graduate attributes and 4) the use of social media in teaching. Further details about the workshop, a programme for the day and the workshop booking form can be found at: http://www.keele.ac.uk/hybridpbl/ntfsworkshops/

If you are interested in attending then please complete a booking form and return to Sophie Bessant (Sustainability Project Officer): s.e.f.bessant@keele.ac.uk by 26^th November.

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Sustainability Project Officer

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Keele University
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Tel: 01782 734115
Email: s.e.f.bessant@keele.ac.uk

 

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Fwd: Free Workshop: Developing Graduate Attributes through the Sustainability Agenda and Problem-Based Learning

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Want to unsubscribe or change your details?                   Developing Graduate Attributes through the Sustainability Agenda and Problem-Based Learning Keele University Friday 30th November 2012, 10am – 4pm This free one day workshop focuses on the delivery of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and graduate attributes using an interdisciplinary 'Hybrid' Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach. The workshop forms part of a three-year project funded by the Higher Education Academy's National Teaching Fellowship Scheme entitled 'Hybrid problem-based learning: a scalable approach to sustainability education?'; a collaboration between Keele University, The University of Manchester and Staffordshire University. This workshop is aimed at educators from any discipline, including PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with teaching responsibilities, who have interests in developing: 1) problem-based learning approaches, 2) education for sustainability, 3) graduate attributes and 4) the use of social media in teaching. Further details about the workshop, a programme for the day and the workshop booking form can be found at: http://www.keele.ac.uk/hybridpbl/ntfsworkshops. If you are interested in attending then please complete a booking form and return to Sophie Bessant (Sustainability Project Officer): s.e.f.bessant@keele.ac.uk by 16th November. With very best wishes, Helen Dr Helen Walkington FRGS FHEA NTF Discipline Lead for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences T +44 (0)1904 717500            M +44 (0) 7920 825447   helen.walkington@heacademy.ac.uk The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR www.heacademy.ac.uk  – Twitter@HEAcademy   Apply for a UK Travel Grant: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/travel-fund How to become a Fellow of the Academy - The HEA's UKPSF : http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf Subscribe to GEES newsletters and book on HEA events http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/my_academy About the Higher Education Academy The HEA is a national body for enhancing learning and teaching in higher education in the UK. We work with institutions across the HE system to help bring about change in learning and teaching to improve the outcomes for students. We do this by recognising and rewarding excellent teaching, bringing together people and resources to research and share best practice and by helping influence, shape and implement policy. The HEA supports staff in higher education throughout their career from those who are new to teaching through to senior management. We offer services in 28 disciplines and throughout the UK, and have offices in England, Wales and Scotland. Through the partnership management team we work directly with institutions to understand individual circumstances and priorities and bring together resources to meet them. Owned by Universities UK and Guild HE, the HEA is funded by the four national funding councils, institutional subscriptions and project income. For more recent news, events and funding opportunities, subscribe to Academy Update. The Higher Education Academy, Company Limited by Guarantee Registered Number 4931031. Registered Office: The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR, United Kingdom. Registered as Charity Number 1101607.

Fwd: Seminar: Furthering Equality within International HE

From: Rachel Brooks <r.brooks@SURREY.AC.UK>
Date: 02 November 2012 17:53
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Subject: Seminar: Furthering Equality within International HE

*****Apologies for cross-posting*****    Furthering Equality in International Higher Education: UK and transnational programmes    Date: 29 Jan 2013  Time: 10:30am – 3:30pm  Location/venue: University of Surrey    This event is being hosted as part of the Higher Education Academy's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012/2013    Extant research on processes of internationalisation within higher education has highlighted important inequalities. Students from more privileged homes have been shown to be much more likely than their peers to be internationally mobile; some international students suffer racism and other forms of discrimination; and there are considerable disparities between nations in the income derived from international student mobility and other forms of internationalisation. However, there remain significant gaps in our knowledge. We know relatively little, for example, about the impact on students of transnational programmes, which are offered by UK universities and delivered – at least partially – overseas. Moreover, there has been little work that has compared the impact of different forms of internationalisation. For example, do organised forms of student mobility encourage those who would be unlikely to move abroad under their own initiative (i.e. through spontaneous mobility  )? Furthermore, while academic research has been effective in highlighting some of the inequalities which can often be exacerbated by international student mobility, there has been considerably less work on the action that can be taken by policymakers, university leaders and those who teach within higher education institutions to redress these problems.    This seminar will contribute to our understanding in this area by bringing together researchers, lecturers and staff from university international offices to: (i) compare the issues of (in)equality raised by different types of internationalisation (i.e. spontaneous student mobility, organised student mobility and transnational programmes); and (ii) on the basis of this analysis, consider how all those involved in international higher education can promote greater equality amongst students.    60 places are available, free of charge, on a first come-first served basis    Further details and the online booking form can be found at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/Seminars/Themes/WSSTW02_Surrey