FW: Oxford Learning Institute Public Seminars

 

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Sent: 23 April 2014 11:25
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Subject: Oxford Learning Institute Public Seminars

 

*Apologies for cross posting*

 

Hello,

 

The Oxford Learning Institute (University of Oxford) is holding seven public seminars on Thursdays from 1^st May to 12^th June 2014. These seminars are open to anyone interesting in research into higher education. They will take place at 4pm-5.30pm at the Institute on St Ebbe’s Street, Oxford. No advanced booking is required, and all are welcome to join us for a drink after the seminars.

 

For more information about the seminars please visit our website (http://www.learning.ox.ac.uk/public/). If you have any queries regarding the seminars or how to get to the Institute, please do not hesitate to contact me at research@learning.ox.ac.uk.

 

You can now also follow us on Twitter (@learningoxford), where we post up-to-date information about the seminars and the work we do at the Institute.

 

Best wishes,

Chris

 

Christopher Parton

Research Administrator | Oxford Learning Institute

 

Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbe's Street, Oxford OX1 1PT

Email: research@learning.ox.ac.uk

Tel: (044) 01865 286 811

Fax: (044) 01865 286 801

Twitter: @learningoxford

 

 

Week 1 1 May 2014

‘Gender equality in higher education: learning from international experience’

Trudy Coe, Equality and Diversity Unit, University of Oxford

 

Week 2 8 May 2014

‘Academic literacy and student diversity: Towards an inclusive higher education pedagogy’

Dr Ursula Wingate, King’s College, London

               

Week 3 15 May 2014

‘Student learner identity in a marketised higher education system’

Dr Anna Round, Northumbria University

 

Week 4 22 May 2014

‘Changing careers and identities: the role of learning and working in developing career adaptability across the life-course’

Professor Alan Brown, University of Warwick

 

Week 5 29 May 2014

‘Extending and disrupting texts: shifts in genre, mode and practice in academic writing’

Dr Colleen McKenna, HEDERA

 

Week 6 5 June 2014

‘Religion and higher education: developing a critical understanding of the experiences of religious students in UK secular universities’

Dr Jacqueline Stevenson, Leeds Metropolitan University

 

Week 7 12 June 2014

‘Becoming a leader in higher education: an ‘emergent identity’ trajectory perspective’

Dr Leonard Holmes, Roehampton University

 

 

Please note that there is no seminar in Week 8.