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ASKe Feedback Event 2012: 'New Perspectives on Feedback'

Date: Thursday 28 June, 09:45-16:30

Venue: Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus

Fee: £120 early bird (before Easter); £140 thereafter

Registration: Form available at www.brookes.ac.uk/aske

Enquiries to: Nicola Ranjit nranjit@brookes.ac.uk

Feedback continues to disappoint students in higher education and this seems likely to intensify with the new fees regime. However, improvement in feedback practices remains largely elusive especially in an environment with finite resources. Institutions and their staff are being challenged to find the solution to a complex problem.

This one day event aims to support those grappling with this problem by bringing together expertise in research, innovative approaches and the student voice in order to generate debate, analysis and ideas to take away. There will be contributions from researchers, the HEA and the NUS.

It will appeal to leaders with responsibility for driving feedback improvement in institutions, departments and programmes as well as practitioners and student representatives seeking to improve feedback practices.

The event will include keynotes, presentations and workshops, and cover:

Input on the key messages from research literature

New ideas on practice and resources to use
Student perspectives on developing feedback practice
Opportunities to ask questions of experts
Time and space for participants to share and develop ideas about improving feedback

Keynote speakers

David Nicol, Professor of Higher Education, University of Strathclyde

Margaret Price, Professor of Learning and Assessment, Oxford Brookes University

Venue and travel

We are pleased to host the event at our Wheatley Campus in order to take advantage of the excellent facilities including lecture theatre and workshop rooms in our Postgraduate Centre in the Faculty of Business (http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about/findus). We therefore encourage car sharing and planning your travel in good time. Please note details on the registration form regarding car parking and taxis from Oxford Rail Station.

Professor Margaret Price

Director Pedagogy Research Centre, including ASKe

Faculty of Business, Room N413

Oxford Brookes University

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Deadline for registration Friday 17th February 2012

Dear Colleagues,

The Student Learning and Teaching Network (SLTN) would like to invite you to their Annual Conference "9,000 Ways to Engage". It is being held on 28 February 2012, 9:30am – 4:00pm at Birmingham City University (City North Campus)

The Conference will be focusing on the diversity of initiatives, projects and opportunities that students can get involved in during their time at University.

With the fees rise on the horizon, the SLTN want to continue promoting a positive attitude to getting involved in Learning and Teaching, and encouraging students to creatively engage with their Institution instead of conceding to the increasingly 'consumer' stance.

The one day conference will encourage delegates to share their experiences of active student engagement at their home institutions, bringing together "9,000 Ways to Engage" through the course of the day.

The cost for delegates is only £10. We welcome staff to our events, but strongly encourage them to bring along interested students.

For more information, and to register, please visit the Student Learning and Teaching Network conference website at http://studentlandtnetwork.ning.com/events/9000-ways

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SRHE Student Experience Network

Thursday 23^rd February 2012

Registration 11.00am – 11.30am

Seminar 11.30am – 4.30pm

SRHE, 73 Collier St, London N1 9BE

At the heart of a heartless system, the new student experience?

Shaping relationships in Higher Education

A one-day SEN seminar discussing partnerships, relationships and generations.

A number of current terms for student are often criticised for their ideological baggage. Monetized labels such as 'client' and 'customer' implicitly reframe academics as providers and producers, reducing the student experience to the status of product. Such thinking establishes not only fixed identity roles, but also the flow of the process governing transactions between them. One way of disturbing, or at least questioning, this logic is to focus on the quality and nature of the relationships between the actors.

This one-day Student Experience Network examines the relationships between HEIs, academics and students. It questions how they are conceived and suggests ways to enact them. What, for example, is the tension between generational politics and notions of partnership? If there is a new 'radical', 'lost' or 'jilted' generation forming (to name three recent books), how should HEIs and practitioners pursue partnership with them and vice versa?

Structured around four speakers, the day will provoke practical and useful discussion for anyone with an interest in student engagement, staff/student relationships, and the way in which the student experience is framed around them. More details, including abstracts, will be circulated in mid-January 2012.

Dr Paul Ashwin, Senior Lecturer in HE in here@lancaster, the HE Research and Evaluation Centre in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University.

Colin Bryson, Director of Combined Honours Centre, Newcastle University.

Dr Ben Little, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Middlesex.

Dr Sabine Little, Editor of Staff-Student Partnerships in Higher Education (Continuum, 2011), University of Sheffield.

Prof Valerie Hey, Head of Education, Professor of Education, University of Sussex. (Discussant)

Graeme Wise, Assistant Director (Policy), National Students' Union (Discussant)

Event booking details

To reserve a place at this seminar please register at http://www.eventdotorg.co.uk/events.asp or telephone +44 (0) 207 427 2350. SRHE events are open to all and free to SRHE members as part of their membership package. The delegate fee for non-members is £25 [full time students £20]. Non-members wishing to join the Society may do so at the time of registration and the delegate fee will be waived. Please note that places must be booked in advance and that a £25 for non-attendance will be charged if a place has been reserved but no notice of cancellation/non-attendance has been given in advance

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2012-02-03T13:55:00.000Z

HEA retention and success seminar series 2012

A student centred approach to developing the content, delivery, and assessment of Research Process modules: Insights and evaluations of student retention
22 Feb 2012, Cardiff Metropolitan University

For full details of the event and how to register, please see the website:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/seminars/themes/tw047_cardiff_met

The aims of the event are:

1. To share our experiences of developing the content, delivery, and assessment of the modules through student feedback.
2. To share the current practice within the Research Process modules at the CSS, with insight into the content, delivery, and assessment methods.
3. To give insight from current students and staff about their experiences.
4. Offer the attendees the opportunity to evaluate the structure of the modules, with focus on the strengths, limitations, ways to improve, and how such a structure could be integrated within their department / institutions.

Provisional programme

10:00 Arrival and registration
10:30 Welcome and introduction - The Higher Education Academy
10:45 Insight into old structure of modules and initial student evaluation - Dr. Rich Neil, Cardiff School of Sport
11:00 Insight into development of modules over 4 year period, with insight into on-going student evaluation and changes made - Dr. Rich Neil, Dr. Lucy Wheatley, & Dr. Owen Thomas, Cardiff School of Sport
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Delegate evaluation of our current module designs and consideration of the transfer to their department / institution - Dr. Rich Neil, Dr. Lucy Wheatley, & Dr. Owen Thomas, Cardiff School of Sport
15:30 Close of event / provision of CSS module materials

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Surveys for Enhancement Conference 2012:

Call for Contributions

Thursday 17 May, 2012

Nottingham

The Higher Education Academy is hosting a one-day conference on 17 May 2012 at the National College for School Leadership, Nottingham.

Theme: Using student surveys to enhance the student learning experience

The conference will present research and practice on the use of student surveys for quality enhancement. Sessions will include invited speakers, parallel presentations and a panel discussion. The event will bring together a broad range of people interested in using student experience data to enhance policy, practice and institutional strategies, including senior management with strategic learning & teaching roles, educational developers and lecturers at the chalk face.

Contributions are sought for presentations and workshop sessions on any issue relating to the use of student survey data for quality enhancement. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):

The role of the NSS in creating a student-centred enhancement culture
Student involvement in the analysis, discussion or use of survey results
Surveying the experience of taught postgraduates (e.g. PTES)
Using qualitative data to drill down into quantitative survey results
Using survey data (e.g. PRES) to enhance the research postgraduate experience
Alternatives to student satisfaction surveys

· How students interpret questions in student surveys

The experiences of diverse student groups, e.g. international students, part-time students, disabled students, etc.

· Balancing the goals of enhancement, quality assurance, informing prospective students and marketing

Please note that the session slots will each be 45 minutes in length. Proposals for both workshops and presentation sessions are invited.

To submit a proposal, please provide the following information:

Name
Role
Department
Institution
Type of session (Workshop/Presentation)
Title of session
Abstract (100 words max.)
Outline (500 words max, not including references)

Proposals will be reviewed against the following criteria:

Relevance to conference theme
Applicability to other institutions/contexts within UK HE sector
Audience engagement (this criterion will be double-weighted for workshop session proposals)
Engagement with existing research literature (this criterion will be double-weighted for presentation session proposals)

Additional notes:

For presentation session proposals, we would expect at least 20 minutes of the 45 minute session to be reserved for discussion
Laptops, projectors, flipcharts and pens will be available, please state any other requirements

Please submit your proposal to nss@heacademy.ac.uk by Monday 12March 2012

Dr Alex Buckley

Academic Development Officer

The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR

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News

1. Call for submissions for Change Academy 2012-13

Higher education institutions from the UK and overseas are invited to submit proposals for Change Academy 2012-13, the HEA's flagship institutional change programme, delivered in partnership with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.

2. Launch of the 2012 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

Nominations are now open for the individual awards in the 2012 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. Up to 55 awards of £10,000 are made each year in recognition of teaching excellence. The most prestigious awards for learning and teaching in UK higher education, they are designed to support professional development and to celebrate individuals who make an outstanding impact on the student learning experience.

3. Early bird bookings for HEA annual conference 2012 open soon

Early bird bookings for our 2012 conference, which will be held on 3-4 July 2012 in Manchester, will open on 17 February 2012. The title of the conference is 'Great expectations: are you ready?', with three main sub-themes of great expectations of students, great expectations of staff and great expectations of institutions.

4. HEA and UKCISA joint internationalisation funding call

The HEA, in partnership with the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA), has invited institutions to submit applications for funding to projects which support the theme of internationalisation.

5. Contributions invited for Surveys for Enhancement conference

Contributions are now being sought for this year's Surveys for Enhancement conference, which will be held on 17 May at the National College for School Leadership in Nottingham. Contributions may include presenting research or practice on any issue relating to the use of student survey data for quality enhancement.

6. Details of 2012 seminar series now available

The HEA is running a workshop and seminar series in the thematic areas of assessment and feedback and retention and success. Each seminar will be hosted and delivered by a higher education institution and will focus on aspects of learning and teaching.

7. Further funding for leading edge innovators to develop life changing assistive technologies

JISC TechDis, in conjunction with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and the Technology Strategy Board, has announced the four technology innovators that have been awarded funding for phase two of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI).

8. TechDis Tuesdays

In 2012, JISC TechDis is delivering a series of short online workshops to help make learning and teaching accessible and inclusive. These fortnightly workshops will help you make the most of JISC TechDis tools and resources.

9. Accessible IT practice support programme

New participants are welcome on the JISC TechDis Accessible IT support programme, which focuses on using IT effectively, inclusively and accessibly for learning and teaching. On completion, participants can gain a recognised Information Technology Qualification (ITQ).

Publications, resources and funding

10. HEA Strategic Plan launched

The HEA has launched its vision for the next four years in its strategic plan, focusing on professionalisation of teaching and emphasising the organisation's role as the national voice for learning and teaching enhancement in higher education.

11. HEA launches employer engagement publication

The HEA has published 'Learning from experience in employer engagement', which shares the learning from higher education institutions (HEIs) involved in projects to enhance their employer engagement policy and practices so that all HEIs can make informed decisions when embarking upon their own employer-responsive provision.

12. New HEA Doctoral Programme announced

The HEA Doctoral Programme forms part of our strategy to undertake research to develop pedagogical knowledge and evidence-based practice in higher education. We are inviting bids from UK higher education institutions to host one or more doctoral studentships for the academic year 2012-13. Topics should relate to discipline-specific learning and teaching research or to interdisciplinary/generic pedagogical research.

13. Submissions open for teaching development grants

As part of its £1.5 million teaching development grants programme, the HEA has opened its second individual grants call with £315,000 funding available. The awards will be made to individuals responsible for learning and teaching on the themes of internationalisation and employability.

14. Call for papers - Perspectives: Teaching Islamic Studies in higher education

Perspectives is the Islamic Studies Network's biannual publication. It is a forum for the exchange of ideas and good practice in teaching and learning in Islamic Studies and related subjects. For the next issue, the editorial board especially welcomes contributions on collaboration between Islamic institutions and publicly-funded universities or on collaborations between UK and international institutions.

Events

15. Tackling transition in Psychology, 7 February 2012, York

This HEA/National Science Learning Centre workshop will give psychology teachers and academics opportunities to network and to explore ways in which they can work together to 'tackle transition' for students from sixth form at school or college into university education.

16. Appreciative inquiry: translating the theory into practice (Health Sciences Discipline workshop & seminar series 2012), 15 February 2012, Cardiff University

This workshop will investigate ways to introduce appreciative inquiry methods, through problem-based learning activities to promote individual learning and creativity.

17. Education for Sustainable Development, 16 February 2012, Bath Spa University

This workshop will explore the latest thinking in ESD in relation to appropriate pedagogies and staff and curriculum development issues and will encourage participants to consider the nature of opportunities and obstacles for developing ESD within their own teaching.

18. Innovative approaches to student engagement, 20 February 2012, University of Huddersfield

This workshop is concerned with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in higher education, in all disciplines, and will identify and examine some of the factors that impact on student engagement, share experiences of novel attempts at promoting student engagement, and explore the potential for radically new strategies to promote student engagement.

19. Inquiry into the development of a SoTL performance index, 22 February 2012, University of Glasgow

This workshop will allow participants to explore the elements for inclusion in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) performance index and how its development could enhance and reward engagement with SoTL at their departmental, faculty or institutional level.

20. A student-centred approach to developing the content, delivery, and assessment of Research Process modules: Insights and evaluations of student retention, 22 February 2012, Cardiff Metropolitan University

This event is being hosted as part of the HEA's Workshop and Seminar Series 2012.

21. Future Directions: Foundation Degrees – where policy meets practice, 29 February 2012, University of Glamorgan

This event will focus on Wales' journey in creating and developing foundation degrees, and considering where the journey should lead us. There will be interactive sessions focusing on employer and work-based learning routes into Foundation Degrees, institutional development of Foundation Degrees, and considering relevant policy areas.

22. Plagiarism, 29 February 2012, University of Bath

This workshop will explore academic misconduct by examining unintentional plagiarism, deception about ownership of the material, self-plagiarism and contract cheating.

23. Understanding engineering fundamentals: how and why are they 'fundamental'?, 1 March 2012, University of Leeds

Those who teach engineering in higher education, and engineering employers, will explore what an engineering 'fundamental' is, what they think engineering graduates do with 'fundamentals' in the workplace, and that the role of the 'fundamentals' is in the workplace.

24. Writing for publication, 1 March 2012, University of Huddersfield

This workshop will encourage and help academics write for journals, submit their work for conferences and to improve chances of having papers accepted. The target audience is early career academics, these skills are essential for career advancement as well as for enjoyment and intellectual challenge.

25. Embedding puzzle-based learning in STEM teaching, 7 March 2012, University of Birmingham

Through a project sponsored by the University of Birmingham, new learning resources are being developed to enable STEM staff to incorporate puzzle-based learning in their teaching. A draft guide to puzzle-based learning has been produced to accompany a selection of mathematical and logic-based puzzles and will be presented at this workshop.

26. Health Sciences teaching development grants: project development workshops, 20 March 2012 and 27 March 2012, York and London

The Health Sciences team is holding one-day workshops aimed at those considering making an application to the teaching development grant scheme, or who have been awarded funding and would like to strengthen their projects' progress.

27. STEM annual conference 2012, 12-13 April 2012, Imperial College London

This is the HEA's first annual learning and teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) conference. Themes will include innovative practice in STEM learning and teaching, gender issues in STEM subjects, and work-based learning in STEM subjects.

28. Inaugural Future Directions conference, 26 April 2012, Glyndwr University

The main focus of the conference will be to showcase the first Wales-wide quality enhancement theme, 'Graduates for our future', and its three work strands: students as partners; learning in employment; and learning for employment.

29. Workplace-based learning in action: developing the UK research network (Health Sciences Discipline Workshop & Seminar Series 2012), 9 May 2012, Cardiff University

This seminar will focus on bringing together UK researchers investigating triadic interactional activities between students, doctors and patients within workplace-based learning activities (e.g. bedside teaching encounters).

30. Teaching Islamic Studies in Wales, 11 May 2012, Aberystwyth University

Following on from the workshop held in May 2011, the Islamic Studies Network is holding a second cross-disciplinary workshop for those working in Islamic Studies and related disciplines at higher education institutions in Wales.

31. Social Sciences: ways of knowing, ways of learning, 28-29 May 2012, Liverpool

This inaugural HEA Social Sciences conference will provide the opportunity for the Social Science community to come together to address the issues being generated by current developments to teaching and learning in the HE sector. The conference will provide an environment in which both challenges can be discussed and possible solutions shared.

32. Pedagogies of hope and opportunity: the HEA Arts and Humanities annual conference, 29–30 May 2012, Glasgow

The HEA's first annual learning and teaching conference for the Arts and Humanities will celebrate, highlight and share the many creative and innovative ways in which Arts and Humanities courses, and those who teach and study them, are meeting the serious and complex challenges that confront them.

33. Health Sciences annual conference 2012, 31 May 2012, Nottingham

The first annual conference for the Health Sciences disciplines will be held at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. The focus of the conference will be on innovative practice in healthcare learning and teaching; simulation in healthcare education; and evolution of technology enhanced learning in healthcare education.

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The Learning Institute
Queen Mary, University of London

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2012-02-01T12:32:00.001Z

ASKe Feedback Event 2012: 'New Perspectives on Feedback'

(apologies for cross posting)

Date: Thursday 28 June, 09:45-16:30

Venue: Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus
Fee: £120 early bird (before Easter); £140 thereafter
Registration: see attached form

Feedback continues to disappoint students in higher education and this seems likely to intensify with the new fees regime. However, improvement in feedback practices remains largely elusive especially in an environment with finite resources. Institutions and their staff are being challenged to find the solution to a complex problem.

This one day event aims to support those grappling with this problem by bringing together expertise in research, innovative approaches and the student voice in order to generate debate, analysis and ideas to take away. There will be contributions from researchers, the HEA and the NUS.

It will appeal to leaders with responsibility for driving feedback improvement in institutions, departments and programmes as well as practitioners and student representatives seeking to improve feedback practices.

The event will include keynotes, presentations and workshops, and cover:

Input on the key messages from research literature
New ideas on practice and resources to use
Student perspectives on developing feedback practice
Opportunities to ask questions of experts
Time and space for participants to share and develop ideas about improving feedback
The full programme and joining instructions will be sent to registered delegates and hosted on our website in due course. www.brookes.ac.uk/aske

Keynote speakers
David Nicol, Professor of Higher Education, University of Strathclyde
Margaret Price, Professor of Learning and Assessment, Oxford Brookes University

Venue and travel
We are pleased to host the event at our Wheatley Campus in order to take advantage of the excellent facilities including lecture theatre and workshop rooms in our Postgraduate Centre in the Faculty of Business (http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about/findus). We therefore encourage car sharing and planning your travel in good time. Please note details on the registration form regarding car parking and taxis.

Registration

The registration form is attached in word and pdf formats. Please ensure your form, with method of payment, is addressed directly to me. We apologise for this manual system but new software will be ready for online registrations next year.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Nicola
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Oxford Brookes University

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Apologies for cross posting. This event may be of interest to London/ SE based colleagues with an interest in Gender , particularly staff taking PG certs.

Kings College University of London / University of Roehampton: Gender and Pedagogies Seminar – how are HE pedagogic practices experienced by students?

10^th February 2012, 10.00 - am-3:30pm Franklin Wilkins building (Waterloo Campus, King's College London) in room 2.47

Dear colleagues,

You are invited to participate in a research seminar to interrogate the interim findings of a National Teaching Fellowship Project led by Professor Penny Jane Burke. The seminar is open to all with an interest in pedagogic practices, widening participation and issues of student identity (including intersecting identities of gender, race, class, sexuality). It is an opportunity to engage in dialogue with regard to these issues, discuss findings from interviews and focus groups with a range of undergraduate students and academic staff from 6 subject areas (Dance, Science, Business, Classics, History and Philosophy and Creative Writing) and share your own knowledge and practice. One of the aims of the project is to develop a professional development resource to help academic staff consider the issues raised by the research when choosing pedagogic practices. The seminar will be led by Professor Louise Archer from Kings College. Please do pass this on to any other colleagues who may interested, particular staff undertaking PG certs in L&THE.

To register, please e-mail c.gallop@roehampton.ac.uk. There is no cost for the seminar. Please let us know your dietary requirements.

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Julie

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From: Archer, Louise [mailto:louise.archer@kcl.ac.uk]
Sent: 10 January 2012 13:25
To: Julie Hall
Subject: RE: staff for the 10th feb GAP workshop

Dear Julie,

Yes please, if they could register with Carolyn first that would be great.

And yes, 10^th Feb is for staff to attend.

I now have the room confirmation details for that workshop too – it will also be in Franklin Wilkins building (Waterloo Campus, King's College London) in room 2.47

Thanks v much

Louise

From: Julie.Hall@roehampton.ac.uk [mailto:Julie.Hall@roehampton.ac.uk]
Sent: 10 January 2012 13:03
To: Archer, Louise
Subject: RE: staff for the 10th feb GAP workshop

Dear Louise

No problem. Shall I ask them to register with Carolyn our administrator in the first instance? Can I just confirm is 10^th Feb the one you need external staff to attend?

From: Archer, Louise [mailto:louise.archer@kcl.ac.uk]
Sent: 10 January 2012 13:00
To: Julie Hall
Subject: RE: staff for the 10th feb GAP workshop

Dear Julie,

I'm just waiting for confirmation back on one of the rooms. But the 7^th March seminar is definitely in room 1.17 in the Frankin-Wilkins building, here at King's on our Waterloo campus. Details and maps available at:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/waterloo/Waterloo.aspx

Franklin Wilkins is labelled as 'A' on the second, more detailed map.

Also separate maps from (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/download/StrandMaughanWaterloolocation.pdf) : and http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/download/Waterloodetail.pdf

Nearest tube is Waterloo (3 minute walk)

I'll send through the other day rooms when I have confirmation of which building they are in (i have room numbers but not info on which building!)

I'm trying to work up a proper agenda and timetable for the day but provisionally it will probably be 10.30-3pm. I should have more next week...

Thanks

Louise

Ps. Would it be possible to ask those you are inviting for any dietary requirements? Thanks

From: Julie.Hall@roehampton.ac.uk [mailto:Julie.Hall@roehampton.ac.uk]
Sent: 10 January 2012 12:44
To: Archer, Louise
Cc: C.Gallop@roehampton.ac.uk; P.Burke@roehampton.ac.uk
Subject: staff for the 10th feb GAP workshop

Hi Louise

I am helping Penny find some staff from London universities for the 10^th Feb workshop at Kings and I wonder if you can give me an idea of the timing for it + venue details ?

Thanks

Julie

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Fwd: SRHE Higher Educational Policy Network:Changing Expectations of Universities and the Role of the State: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis

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SRHE Higher Educational Policy Network

Monday 19th March, 4-6.30pm, Room GC1-08

London Metropolitan University, Holloway Road, London N7

Changing Expectations of Universities and the Role of the State: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis

This seminar will explore changing expectations of universities through two different but complementary papers. Questions of the relationship between universities and society as well as issues of governance, purpose, participation and equality are raised.

Andrew M Boggs, University of Oxford

Changing Concepts of 'The University' and Oxford's Governance Debates, 1850s-2000s

This paper offers a historical exploration of changing ideas of the university and wider higher education policy debates through an analysis of the University of Oxford's governance structures over a 150 year period. It offers a narrative of wider changes in the relationship between the university and society over this period.

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Examining the im/possibilities of widening participation

This paper moves the focus on to the present where the relationship between universities and the state is undergoing a new period of change and uncertainty. The paper explores possibilities for maintaining a commitment to social justice, equality and widening participation in a policy context characterised by increased marketisation and competitiveness.

Tea and coffee will be available at 4pm and the event will start at 4.15. After each paper there will be time for questions and discussion, followed by an opportunity to discuss issues raised in both papers over a glass of wine or juice.

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Fwd: Writing development for employability one-day workshop. Free places. 16 Feb 2012, Bath, England

2012-01-25T15:17:00.001Z

Dear Colleagues

Dr Barrie Cooper (University of Exeter) and myself (University of Bath) are running a one-day workshop that considers forms of engagement with students on undergraduate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths) courses.

The day has a broad focus in addressing employers' interests, but a major element is supporting undergraduates' writing development to meet both academic and employability needs.

The workshop is funded by the National HE STEM programme and free places are available, with refreshments and lunch provided. For further information, and to book, go to
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We look forward, I hope, to seeing some of you there.

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Fwd: Plagiarism in STEM Seminar

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On the 29th February the University of Bath will be hosting an HEA seminar on 'Plagiarism in STEM Subjects'.

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Users from school and students themselves, university, a Youth Offender Unit and the eAA.

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0830 Registration and Welcome

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• Chair Bob Penrose
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• John Kerr, Chair, UK Awarding Academy
• Patrick Craven, Principal Analyst, Cambridge Assessment

1100 Coffee Break

1110 e-enabling Qualifications, the rationale and challenge of e-Assessment for Awarding Organisations
The drive for Awarding Organisations and their suppliers is to find e-Assessment solutions that meet a variety of requirements and objectives. For Awarding Organisations the move to e-delivery of assessments and qualifications is obviously one to be carefully planned and understood and may deep and lasting implications. This session looks at the issues facing such bodies and how they address them and the technological challenges they present particularly when considering an ever smaller world.
• Chair: Graham Hudson, Director, DRS
• Professor Daniel Khan, Chief Executive, OCN – London
• Erwin van Schaffelaar, Business Developer , CITO
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1245 Lunch – sponsored by DRS

1345 The eAA (e-Assessment Association) lead session beginning with two formal presentations.
This afternoon stream will look at how we extend the uptake of e-Assessment, to broaden its acceptability and reach and meet the interests and concerns of stakeholders in government, education, the public and industry.
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• Geoff Chapman, Marketing Lead for the eAA and Business Development Director for Calibrand
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14:45 Tea break

1500 'Question Time' style Panel Debate
A panel of five leading thinkers on the development of e-Assessment will take questions from the floor in what will be a lively and engaging debate

We look forward to your questions and contributions to the key issues facing those working in or using e-Assessment.

Chair: Cliff Beevers PhD, OBE, Chair of eAA, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University.

Closing thoughts from Bob Penrose.

1645 Tea and coffee served
e-Assessment Association AGM

Day Two: 21st March 2012

0830 Registration and Welcome

0930 Setting the Scene, Chair: Colin Deal, Examware
Developing e-Assessment to support Awarding Organisations, learners, teachers and managers. Why Awarding organisations adopt e-Assessment and related tools, techniques and technologies is complex and necessitates overlaps with a broad community of learners, managers and stakeholders. To meet their expectations and requirements involves careful management, a responsive attitude and a high degree of innovation.
• Clare Minchington, Executive Director - Learning and Products, ACCA, keynote address
• Dave Patrick, Senior Product Manager for e-marking, RM
• Jeremy Carter, BTL
• Chair: Colin Deal

1045 Coffee break

1100 Practical applications and case studies and examples of e-Assessment in support of learning and qualifications.
This session examines how organisations have developed and implemented robust and innovative e-assessment used in classroom in support of learning and the development of qualifications.
• Dr Chris Wheadon, Head of Scientific Research, AQA
• Ramon Eixarch, wiris.com
• Emma Beatty, Director of Software and Development, CEM, Durham University
• Chair: Colin Deal

1230 Lunch Sponsored by DRS

1400 The impact of innovation
This session examines how innovation can impact on learners with case studies of projects that address learning in conventional and unconventional circumstances.
• Dicken Minta, Televic
• Mark Robinson-Sivyer, Managing Director, Exam On Demand Ltd and Nick Charalambous, PETE LEAD, Services for Young People. Surrey YOT
• Chair: Prof. Phil John, Heriot Watt University

1440 Tea break

1450 Workshop session:
eScape is one of the most exciting projects in e-portfolio and e-assessment development. In this extended session we will try to put such developments into the context of using technology to provide more effective, fit-for-purpose and robust 21st century assessment.
• Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths College, University of London
• Matt Wingfield and Karim Derrick, TAG Development eScape Team
• Chair: Colin Deal

1540 Conference Closing Address
Quo Vadis – where the technology and the expectation of learners, managers and stakeholders is taking us.
• John Kerr, Chair, UKAA
• Chair: Colin Deal

1600 Closing remarks from Chair.

Bookings may be made for either day or both days of the event, with a discount for Charities, Schools, Colleges, Universities and those in the public sector.
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We trust you or one of your colleagues will be able to join us for what will certainly prove to be an invaluable and thought-provoking two days.

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