Fwd: BOOKINGS NOW OPEN - 'Meeting the challenge: Improving Black and minority ethnic student success and attainment' - THURSDAY 8 JULY 2010

 

BOOKINGS NOW OPEN

 

'Meeting the challenge: Improving Black and minority ethnic student success and attainment'.

 

THURSDAY 8 JULY 2010

Coventry Techno Centre, Puma Way, Coventry CV1 2TT

 

Higher Education Academy, Equality Challenge Unit with Coventry University

 

Call for Contributions

 

The call for contributions is now closed. Thank you to those who submitted an abstract for the conference.

 

Booking and Programme

 

The conference is open for bookings. Registration is online at: http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/BME2010

 

There is a £50 charge to attend. Please note that there are a limited number of free places available for research students involved with this agenda.

 

The programme is available at wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/BME2010/Pages/Programme.aspx

 

Key Note Speaker

 

Professor David Gillborn, Professor of Critical Race Studies in Education, Institute of Education, University of London

 

Conference Overview

 

Following publication of the recommendations of the Ethnicity Gender and Degree Attainment Project (Jan 2008), the Academy and Equality Challenge Unit has been engaged in the delivery of a joint programme of activities to support the sector in addressing the project findings. This one day conference provides an opportunity for colleagues to engage with the emerging body of research about the BME student experience and achievement and with initiatives that offer pointers for making in-roads into reducing the BME attainment gap. This will include the work of institutions taking part in the Academy/ECU developmental summit programme to improve the degree attainment of BME students.

 

The event will bring researchers, practitioners, policy makers, managers and students together to share and discuss best practices; generate ideas for new research; and disseminate action orientated institutional research and development initiatives.

Further Information

 

Please visit the conference website, or for further information contact the organisers:

-       Coventry University -  Dr Christine Broughan (c.broughan@coventry.ac.uk) or Dr Gurnam Singh (g.singh@coventry.ac.uk)

-       Higher Education Academy - Jane Berry (Jane.Berry@heacademy.ac.uk)

-       Equality Challenge Unit – Gary Loke (Gary.Loke@ecu.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 SEDA Workshop
Students Supporting Students
Monday 14^th June 2010, 10 am to 4 pm
Woburn House, London

Ten years ago, the practice of structured approaches to enable students to support their fellow students was only just beginning to emerge within the context of Higher Education within the UK. Since then, many Higher Education Institutions have introduced student to student peer learning and mentoring schemes.

SEDA Special 26 presents five contemporary case studies which showcase different approaches to students supporting students and which emphasise the importance of peer learning schemes. Each example encompasses the deliberative, critical examination and evaluation of each scheme in relation to its purpose or purposes, and the strength of evidence – with particular emphasis on the student voice – from which summary implications are drawn by the authors.

The case studies are positioned within the wider context of contemporary issues which educational developers set at the heart of their work and practice – student retention, student engagement and student success.

This one day workshop will explore why it is important for all HEIs to encourage and develop student – to student support schemes. With its practical focus, it is intended primarily for those who are considering implementing a peer learning scheme and who wish to find out more about planning, implementing, and embedding such projects. The workshop will also be of interest to those who are already running such schemes and are involved in succession planning with staff who may be new to these ideas.

The programme offers considerable scope for small group discussions and interaction, with both experienced practitioners and other delegates, giving participants the opportunity to learn from each others’ experiences and from the case studies in SEDA Special 26. During the morning we will identify why it is important to have such schemes, discuss what peer assisted learning is all about and address the challenges facing student support projects. During the afternoon session, the editors of SEDA Special 26 will examine the lessons from the case studies and present ideas on how to evidence and evaluate peer support schemes.

The workshop leaders/facilitators are:

Hugh Fleming – until his recent retirement he was a senior lecturer at Bournemouth University, and was the University's Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Manager for 9 years. He is now involved in consultancies and PAL leader training to help other HEIs to learn more about PAL and to implement the scheme.

Daphne Hampton is a Senior Lecturer in Learning Development at the University of the Arts London, specialising in research, staff development and consultancy in  mentoring & academic tutorials. She has run mentoring schemes for ten years.

Jacqueline Potter was, until recently, the Academic Development Manager in the Centre for Academic Practice and Student Learning at Trinity College Dublin.  She is now working at Edge Hill University as an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.


The cost of the workshop is £95.00 and will include a copy of SEDA Special 26 and lunch.

 SEDA Workshop: Students Supporting Students
Monday 14^th June 2010, Woburn House, London
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Fwd: FW: Fast Track and Flexible Learning Conference

'Getting there by Degrees':

A Conference on Fast Track and Flexible Learning

Friday 18th June 2010, University of Plymouth



Higher Education is being asked to become "more flexible" and to explore alternative forms of provision, such as "fast-track" honours degrees, delivered over two years rather than three, as well as a strengthened commitment to short courses, CPD and up-skilling.  These agendas featured prominently in BIS' recent Higher Education blueprint "Higher Ambitions". This conference will explore the implications of these developments and identify the likely opportunities and challenges.

This will be the first national conference with a focus on two-year degrees and one of the first to consider progress on the post-Leitch agenda. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from some of the leading figures in these areas and to benefit from their experiences and insights. The programme will include keynotes and workshops from senior colleagues at HEFCE and from universities which are among the leaders in fast-track and flexible learning.

Attendance will be free of charge.

Further information, programme and registration from: http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/gettingtherebydegrees/



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Dr. Debby Cotton
Educational Development Co-ordinator
Teaching and Learning Directorate
Tel: 01752 587614
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Fwd: Conference: The changing academic profession

Dear Colleague,

 

Universities UK is organising a one-day conference in association with, CHERI, and HEFCE on The Changing Academic Profession to be held on Tuesday 22 June 2010 at Woburn House Conference Centre.

 

The conference will launch a report by CHERI on the "Changing Academic Profession: UK and beyond" – the report will examine areas such as:

 

·         The internationalisation of the profession and academic work

·         Academics' perceptions of the management of higher education institutions

·         Academics conceptions of academic work

·         The new generation of academics and preparing for the future

 

Professor Les Ebdon, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bedfordshire and Chair, Million + will chair the conference and other confirmed speakers include:

 

·         Alison Johns, Head of Leadership Governance and Management, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

·         Mike Boxall, PA Consulting

·         Professor Clifford Friend, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Cranfield University

·         Professor Geoff White, Senior Adviser, Research, UCEA, and Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Greenwich Business School

·         Stephen Court, Senior Research Officer, University and College Union

·         William Locke, Assistant Director, Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI), The OU           

 

Who should attend?

Vice-Chancellors, Principals, Pro-Vice-Chancellors, Academics, Policy Advisers, Researchers and those working in the areas of Human Resource Management,  Performance Management, Workforce Development and anyone with an interest in this subject.

 

Cost of attending:     Fee £130 (The conference fee is being  subsidised by HEFCE)

 

Full details can be found on the UUK website: http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Events/Pages/TheChangingAcademicProfession.aspx

 

Agenda

 

Book your place

 

I would be grateful if you could forward details to other colleagues in your institution that may be interested in attending this conference.

 

Best wishes

Ian Morton

 

Ian Morton, Campaigns and Events Officer, Universities UK www.UniversitiesUK.ac.uk

Tel +44 (0)20 7419 5424 Email Ian.Morton@UniversitiesUk.ac.uk / events@UniversitiesUK.ac.uk

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Fwd: International Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Inquiry: A Scholarly Discussion

Apologies for Cross-Posting

 

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

Francis Close Hall

Swindon Road

Cheltenham GL50 4AZ

UK

 

Tel: +44 (0)1242 714678  

Email: mhealey@glos.ac.uk  (Best way to contact me)

 

URLs: (http://resources.glos.ac.uk/faculties/ehs/sciences/staff/mhealey.cfm

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http://resources.glos.ac.uk/tli/prsi/current/ugresearch/index.cfm

 

 

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