Wednesday 30 May 2018

FW: Final call: Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Management Education: Getting to grips with a changing landscape

 

There is 1 week to register for Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Management Education: Getting to grips with a changing landscape (http://bit.ly/eltme2018info). You can join us in person at our beautiful campus in Lancaster, and we have options if you’re outside of the UK during the event.

 

We are looking forward to welcoming a range of colleagues who work directly in and alongside management schools across the UK. To date, we have had a large turnout from a range of colleagues across the UK who are programme leaders and co-ordinators, learning developers, lecturers, learning technologists, teaching fellows, librarians and recruitment officers among others. We still have a few spaces left, and invite you to join.

 

The event takes the form of an unconference and aims to be practical and collaborative and will consist of a series of brief 7-minute sharing sessions and longer 30 or 60-minute workshops. We’re especially keen to hear your ideas for 7-minute sharing sessions.

 

The overarching theme for the event is: ‘Developing the student: addressing issues arising from ever-increasing student numbers in management education’ and participants are invited to consider and contribute ideas encompassing:

·         Transitions from school to university

·         Peer learning and feedback

·         Maths & stats development/support for management students

·         Blending learning

·         Technology enhanced learning and teaching

  

Event details:

The TeachMeet will be held on Wednesday, 20 June 2018 from 1100 to 1530 at Lancaster University Management School. Registration, coffee & networking is from 1000 and lunch and refreshments will be served. The event is free-of-charge!  

 

Registration & sharing ideas:

Please register here (http://bit.ly/eltme2018) to attend and find out how to submit and idea. You’ll be able to submit your idea soon after you register – so check your e-mail and/or spam inbox for details from Eventbrite.

 

Remote participation:

If you cannot attend in person, you can participate remotely (http://bit.ly/eltme2018info) by submitting a 2-minute idea (a video, screencast, audiobite, text and/or other multimedia option) that we’ll share back to the community as a resource. If you choose this option, please e-mail us directly at Lumsdeu@lancaster.ac.uk. We will fully attribute all ideas to their respective authors.  

 

This peer-organised TeachMeet is supported by Teach-Learn-Share, a joint initiative between Lancaster University’s Faculty of Health & Medicine and the Lancaster University Management School.

 

Please do share this invitation with colleagues – all are welcomed but places are limited.

 

Thank you and best wishes,

 

Dustin Hosseini, BA MA FHEA

Digital Education Facilitator / Senior Teaching Associate
Lancaster University Management School
B83, Lancaster, LA1 4YX
T: +44 (0)1524 510395

 @DustinAcEd

 @dustinofglasgow

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 29 May 2018

FW: DLI 2018, October 24 to 26, Braga - Portugal **Call for Submissions**

Keynote Speaker: Yvonne Rogers, director of the Interaction Centre at UCL (UCLIC)

Call for Participation
---------------------------

The 3rd EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation, *DLI 2018* will take place in Braga, a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, October 24 to 26, 2018 at the University of Minho.

We invite contributors to submit high-quality original research in the form of Full Papers, Work in Progress (Posters), Workshops, and Panel/Symposium proposals addressing research in design learning and innovation towards creating, shaping, incubating playful learning designs, tools, technologies, experiences, processes and outcomes.

Submission deadline: 1 July 2018

All accepted papers will be published by Springer and made available through the SpringerLink Digital Library, and indexed in leading indexing services: EI Elsevier, ISI Thomson's Scientific and Technical Proceedings at Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

Accepted Authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to Special Issue in EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies. Further publication opportunity is expected through 'extended papers as chapter' invite for a new innovation book series of EAI/Springer expected from end of 2018.

The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organization devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.

For more information please visit http://designlearninginnovation.org

We hope to see you in Braga,

Best regards,
The Organising Committee

Friday 25 May 2018

FW: Student Success - Join the Conversation at Sheffield Hallam

 

Dear Colleagues,

Please see details below for Sheffield Hallam’s Annual Learning and Teaching Conference.  We would like to welcome as many of you as possible to join us for thought provoking and topical discussions which aim to advance your own thinking and practice.

 


SHULT18 aims  to provide opportunities for staff to engage in strategic conversations around the student journey to, through and out of Higher Education with discussions centering on three main tracks:

  • Student retention or persistence – and the range of factors that can enhance students’ timely degree completion.
  • Student attainment which pertains to the ways in which all students – regardless of background, are empowered to do well academically.
  • Student outcomes which refer to the educational, societal and life effects that are the end result of the student journey through higher education.

Registration is now open, where you can book your place for either or both days.  

The Programme – now available, offering a range of parallel sessions in exciting and engaging formats. All delegates will have the opportunity to pre-book their parallel sessions.  View the conference programme

(subject to amendment)

 

If you have any questions about the conference, please contact SHUCPD@shu.ac.uk and don’t forget to use #SHULT18 in your Twitter communications!

Please feel free to publicize to your relevant networks

 

 

Best wishes

 

Lindy-Ann

Dr. Lindy-Ann Blaize Alfred FHEA | Senior Lecturer,  Academic Professional Development | Learning Enhancement and Aacademic Development

Sheffield Hallam University

Level 1

1-11Building 

Arundel Gate

S1 2PN

Tel: 0114 225 6662 |

LEAD website: https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/lead/

TALENT website: https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/talent/

 

 

 

Wednesday 23 May 2018

FW: Building Your Academic Career lecture, London: booking now open

 

 

Dear colleague

I'm pleased to invite you to the following UCU professional development lecture taking place in London on Tuesday 05 June.

'Building your career – the do's and don'ts of the academic job hunt'

A lecture by Katie D'Arcy, specialist careers adviser for PhDs and post-docs and former University of Cambridge careers service.

This lecture will take a look at the reality of finding and being a good candidate for academic jobs and to help you decide what you should invest your time and energy in.

There's no easy recipe for success in such a crowded job market, but there are pitfalls and dead-ends that you should know about and plan to avoid; and there are high-value activities that you need to make time for, including, but by no means limited to, getting published.

This lecture will give you a much-needed strategic overview, so that you can take charge of your own academic career development.

13:30 - Registration/coffee
14:00 - Lecture
15:00 - Q&A  - your chance to ask questions
15:30 - Finish



As ever our CPD events are free to all UCU members.

Best wishes

Glen Pickard
Campaigns Administrator
University and College Union (UCU)
 

 

 

FW: Final Reminder: Unravelling Assessment and Feedback Literacy Symposium (18/05/18, 9am-5pm)

Dear Colleagues,

Just a quick final reminder of our symposium, entitled, 'Unravelling Assessment and Feedback Literacy', which is due to take place on Monday 18th June 2018 (9am-5pm) at the University of Surrey.

This symposium is aimed at encouraging in-depth discussions around the conceptualisation and enactment of assessment and feedback literacy in higher education. The day will involve the sharing of, and support for, developing pedagogic practice relating to assessment and feedback literacy. An HEA facilitated panel discussion aimed at consolidating the key themes emerging from the symposium and the identification of future developments for higher education will conclude proceedings.

The symposium will consist of nine parallel sessions by academics from across the UK, focusing on topics as diverse as dialogic feed-forward, and faculty and institution-wide approaches to the development of assessment and feedback literacy, including the use of screen-capture technology. The day will also involve:

- A Keynote by Professor David Carless (University of Hong Kong): 'Integrating the Development of Student and Staff Feedback Literacy';
- A workshop by Professor Carol Evans (University of Southampton) focusing on the EAT (https://eatframework.org.uk/) Framework;
- A workshop by Professor Tansy Jessop (Southampton Solent University) focusing on the TESTA (https://www.testa.ac.uk/) Framework.

There are now only a few places remaining, which will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

The cost per ticket is £55, including lunch and refreshments.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the symposium organisers, Dr Emma Medland and Dr Naomi Winstone:

Email: e.medland@surrey.ac.uk
Tel.: 01483 683110

To register for the symposium please use the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/UAFL2018

We hope to see you there.
Kind regards

Emma

Dr Emma Medland PhD SFHEA MSc PGCert BSc Lecturer in Higher Education University of Surrey Department of Higher Education

FW: LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference 2018 - Registration now open

 

 

 

                      

Teaching and Learning Conference

The Changing Landscape of Higher Education

 

Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 June 2018                                    

Registration now open

 

Teaching and Learning Academy

Now in its seventeenth year, LJMU’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference is a forum to share and discuss innovative and effective teaching, learning and assessment practices, as well as explore findings from teaching-related research and evaluation. On the theme of ‘The Changing Landscape of Higher Education’, this year’s two-day event will showcase the work of academic and professional service staff across a range of higher education teaching and learning topics. These include the use of interactive teaching methods, learning technologies and creative approaches to curriculum, teaching and assessment design. This year’s conference will highlight the role of global engagement in LJMU’s new strategic plan through our inaugural International Forum on Wednesday afternoon. Sessions will be dedicated to exploring perspectives on student and staff exchange, internationalising the curriculum and trans-national education.

 

Organised by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), Professor Peter Byers, with LJMU’s Teaching and Learning Academy, the Conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies at the Mount Pleasant Campus (Redmonds Building). Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Weatherill will open the Conference.

 

Professor Janice Kay CBE, Provost and Senior Deputy-Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter, will open the Conference giving her perspective on the challenges and opportunities for HE that have been gained from her roles as Chair of the TEF Subject Level Pilots, and Vice-Chair of the Higher Education Academy.

 

Opening the International Forum on the first day, and contextualising international developments for education and student mobility, the keynote will be delivered by Dr Erik Lithander, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International and Student Recruitment), University of Bristol.

 

Finally, internationally renowned expert on student engagement, George D. Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Higher Education, Center for Postsecondary Research, Indiana University will deliver the opening keynote on day two of the Conference.

 

The Conference is open to all LJMU staff, students and collaborative partner institutions. Additionally, we warmly invite all colleagues working in post-16 education to attend this event, for which there is no charge, although places for external visitors, excluding LJMU partner institutions, are limited.

 

 

To access the registration form please visit the

Conference website

Registration will close on Friday 08 June 2018

If you have any other queries about the event, please contact:

LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference Team

Teaching and Learning Academy

3rd Floor, Exchange Station

Tithebarn Street

Liverpool

L2 2QP

Tel: 0151 231 8678

Email: LJMUTLC18@ljmu.ac.uk

Follow us on Twitter at @LJMUTLA #LJMUTLC18

 

 


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Monday 21 May 2018

FW: REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN: RAISE Conference 2018 - Working better together: collaborations in student engagement

 

REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN: RAISE Conference 2018 - Working better together: collaborations in student engagement

5th – 7th September 2018 (Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK)

 

Registrations are now open for the RAISE Annual Conference 2018 hosted by Sheffield Hallam University on Wednesday 5th until Friday 7th September 2018. This conference is themed around Celebrating our Collaborative Approaches to Student Engagement, featuring over 100 contributions from international researchers, practitioners, students and theorists around the growing area of Student Engagement in Higher Education.  

 

Plenary Speakers:

Our keynote speakers this year feature Dr Amami Bell (University of Sydney, Australia) and Dr Jessica Riddel (Bishop’s University, Canada). Also, this year’s conference will include a policy panel with confirmed speakers so far including Douglas Blackstock (CEO, QAA), Alex Bols (Deputy CEO, GuildHE) and Rosie Tressler (CEO, Student Minds).

 

Registrations details:

Please see our conference website for more information and links to registrations: http://www.raise2018.co.uk/

 

If you have any queries about the conference, please contact the Sheffield Hallam University Events team via email at eventservices@shu.ac.uk

 

All the best and we look forward to seeing you in September

 

Tom Lowe

Secretary of RAISE

 

Tom Lowe | Centre for Student Engagement Manager | FHEA

Programme Leader | Student Engagement in Higher Education (PgCert)

 

RAISE Secretary

Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE)

www.raise-network.com

 

REACT Project Manager

Realising Engagement through Active Culture Transformation (REACT)

www.studentengagement.ac.uk

The Stables, Holm Lodge - The University of Winchester, Sparkford Road, Winchester, SO22 4NR

T: 01962 826378

@TomLoweREACT

 

 

 
University of Winchester, a private charitable company limited by
guarantee in England and Wales number 5969256.
Registered Office: Sparkford Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 
4NR

Wednesday 16 May 2018

FW: SOAS Learning and Teaching Conference 8 June

 

SOAS Learning and Teaching Conference: Motivating and transforming learning throughout the student journey

 

Friday 8 June - SOAS, University of London

 

Keynote speakers

 

Professor Alison Phipps OBE, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, University of Glasgow

 

Professor Alejandro (Ale) Armellini PFHEA, Dean of Learning and Teaching and Director of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Northampton.

 

This conference is free to attend. All are welcome. For more information on the programme and to register, see our website https://www.soas.ac.uk/ltd/learning-and-teaching-conference/5th-learning-and-teaching-conference-june-2018/

 

Kind regards

Angela


--

Dr Angela Gallagher-Brett SFHEA

Head of Learning and Teaching Development

SOAS, University of London

London WC1H 0XG
+44 (0)207 898 4554


FW: Register for the 'Enhancing Practice with Digital and Social Media' MELSIG event

 

You are invited to take part in MELSIG's forthcoming event which takes place in Sheffield on 21st June.

'Enhancing Practice with Digital and Social Media' will use a 'toolkit in a day' methodology to learn about, share, and develop what we know about the effective use of digital and social media to support learning.

The event is free to attend but places are limited and usually go fast.

MELSIG events are attended by academics, learning technologists, educational developers and anyone with an interest in exploring how digital media can be used to enhance the curriculum.

We will create three online toolkits on the themes of 'Podcasting for Pedagogic Purposes', 'Social Media for Learning', and 'Digital Media for Flipped, Active & Blended (FAB) Learning'. The toolkits, built by novices and experts together, and facilitated by experienced members of the MELSIG community, will be made available under open licence for you to use with staff at your institution.

 

To find out more go to the event page: https://goo.gl/fMkYti where you will find a link to the Eventbrite registration.

 

Best wishes

Andrew Middleton, NTF

Chair of MELSIG

 

Hashtag: #MELSIG_SHU

 

Chair, UK Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group

Head of Academic Practice & Learning Innovation, Sheffield Hallam University

 

Online at:

http://melsig.shu.ac.uk/

@melsiguk

melsig@jiscmail.ac.uk

Book: Reimagining Spaces for Learning in Higher Education. Palgrave Teaching & Learning, 2018

 

 

FW: 2nd Call for participation: Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Management Education

 

This is a to join us at our free event, Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Management Education: Getting to grips with a changing landscape. We do have options for in-person and remote participation, so please read on…

 

This TeachMeet event aims to create and facilitate a conversation around pressing issues faced by management school programmes and bring together key stakeholders to discuss, exchange, source and share good practices. The event aims to be practical and collaborative and will consist of a series of brief 7-minute sharing sessions and longer 30 or 60-minute workshops.

 

The overarching theme for the event is: 'Developing the student: addressing issues arising from ever-increasing student numbers in management education' and given the context of the event, we invite participants to consider and contribute ideas that might relate to:

-                              Transitions from school to university

-                              Peer learning and feedback

-                              Maths & stats development/support for management students

-                              Blending learning

-                              Technology enhanced learning and teaching

  

Event details:

-                              Time:    Wednesday, 20 June 2018 from 1100 to 1530. Registration, coffee & networking from 1000. Lunch & refreshments will be served.

-                              Place:    Lancaster University Management School

-                              Cost:     The event is free-of-charge!  

-                              Access: Please register here to attend and find out how to submit and idea. You'll be able to submit your idea immediately as Eventbrite will e-mail you details on how to do this soon after you register.

 

Remote participation:

If you cannot attend in person, you can participate remotely by submitting a 2-minute idea (a video, screencast, audiobite, text and/or other multimedia option) that we'll share back to the community as a resource, so please have a look. If you choose this option, please e-mail us directly at Lumsdeu@lancaster.ac.uk first.

 

This peer-organised TeachMeet is supported by Teach-Learn-Share, a joint initiative between Lancaster University's Faculty of Health & Medicine and the Lancaster University Management School.

 

Thank you and we look forward to hearing about your ideas and seeing you at the event!

 

Please do share this invitation with colleagues – all are welcomed but places are limited.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dustin Hosseini, BA MA FHEA

Digital Education Facilitator / Senior Teaching AssociateLancaster University Management SchoolB83, Lancaster, LA1 4YXT: +44 (0)1524 510395

 @DustinAcEd

 @dustinofglasgow

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 15 May 2018

FW: Humanising learning and teaching – what the Arts and Humanities can do for learning and teaching in an age of metrics

 

Humanising learning and teaching – what the Arts and Humanities can do for learning and teaching in an age of metrics

18th June 2018, University of Stirling

 

As academic colleagues across the higher education sector continue to develop and expand their scholarship of learning and teaching, this afternoon allows us to pause and consider what methodologies and thinking from the Arts and Humanities disciplines can bring to a wider understanding of learning and teaching in Higher Education. Specifically, what might they contribute to current debates in a climate that is increasingly preoccupied with measurements and metrics? How can these practices benefit colleagues from across the disciplines, helping us all to translate, interpret and seek out patterns as a way of understanding what is happening and how we can learn from each other? This symposium aims to bring together colleagues exploring these diverse practices so that we can collectively and critically examine what value they bring to our own learning and teaching practices and those of our colleagues. Can we find a humanising language to explore meaningfully our increasingly metrics-driven higher education context? 

 

Areas to explore:

-          Examining learning and teaching from new perspectives

-          Embodying academic practice

-          Making power, resistance and desire in learning and teaching explicit

-          Exposing the fear and shame of teaching

-          Joy and creativity in teaching

-          The role of the humanities in the metrics-driven agenda of current HE sector in the UK

 

 

 

14:00

Welcome and introductions

14: 15

Provocations followed by group discussion (additional international speaker tbc)

-          Daphne Loads, University of Edinburgh

-          Marita Grimwood, Independent Consultant

-          Jennie Mills, University of Warwick

15:05

Coffee Break

15:30

Visualising learning and teaching

16:15

Provocations followed by group discussion (additional speaker tbc)

-          Sam Ellis, Glasgow Caledonian University

-          Catriona Cunningham, University of Stirling

17:05

Refreshments

17:30

Writing learning and teaching

 

Next steps identified

18:30

Close of day

19:30

Dinner

 

Best wishes,

Catriona

 

Dr Catriona Cunningham | Academic Development Partner | HR&OD | University of Stirling | FK9 4LA |01786 467942

http://www.stir.ac.uk/learningandteaching/

 

Please note that Thursday is a non-working day

 


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