FW: Conference on community and lifelong learning in England - quality, participation and external investment - with BIS, Ofsted and NIACE: Westminster Employment Forum, Morning, Tuesday, 14th October 2014

 

Next steps for community and lifelong learning in England - improving quality, widening participation and generating external investment

 

with

Liz Lawson, Community Learning Team, Pre-Employment and Basic Skills Division, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Gillian Reay HMI, Senior HMI, North-East and the Humber and National Lead, Community Learning and Skills, Ofsted; Tricia Hartley, Chief Executive, Campaign for Learning; Nicholas Fox, Director, Individual Learning Company and Dr Cheryl Turner, Senior Research Fellow, NIACE

and

Mike Attwell, Workers’ Educational Association; Neil Coker, Solihull College; Mike Ellicock, National Numeracy; Paul Essery, Liquid Networks; Jan Hughes, Canterbury College; Judith McManus, Aspire Sussex; Tom Molloy, Luton Adult & Community Learning; Dr Toni Sant, Wikimedia UK; Alison Wheeler, Society of Chief Librarians and Suffolk’s Libraries Industrial and Provident Society and Tom Wilson, Unionlearn

 

Chaired by:

 Baroness Brinton, Treasurer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning and Rt Hon the Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

 

Timing: Morning, Tuesday, 14^th October 2014

Venue: Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET

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Dear Mr Andrew

 

I hope you won’t mind this final reminder about the above seminar, taking place in Central London on 14^th October 2014, but you don’t currently appear to be represented, and I do believe the issues being discussed will be of interest. Please note there is a charge for most delegates, although concessionary and complimentary places are available (subject to terms and conditions - see below).

 

The focus:

The future direction of community and lifelong learning policy in England - at a time of considerable change for the way the sector is organised and funded, and as the main parties finalise their policies ahead of the 2015 General Election.

 

To note:

• Includes key addresses from: Liz Lawson, Community Learning Team, Pre-Employment and Basic Skills Division, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Gillian Reay HMI, Senior HMI, North-East and the Humber and National Lead, Community Learning and Skills, Ofsted; Dr Cheryl Turner, Senior Research Fellow, NIACE; Tricia Hartley, Chief Executive, Campaign for Learning; and Nicholas Fox, Director, Individual Learning Company; and
• Chaired by Rt Hon the Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top and Baroness Brinton, Treasurer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning.

 

Context:

• Informed by lessons from the Community Learning Trust Pilots that are being be taken forward by all community learning providers.

 

Key discussion points:

• Developing local partnerships - further steps that can be taken to help community learning providers form networks and involve the community in the planning process;
• Securing external investment - including best practice, utilising grants from Government and other organisations, such as the Big Lottery Fund and developing Pound Plus strategies;
• Enhancing quality and accountability for providers - the Ofsted inspection framework for community learning providers and the challenges for raising standards; 
• Increasing participation in community learning - including engaging adults from disadvantaged communities; and
• Career progression and skills - helping more adult learners develop the skills they need to move on to employment, volunteering or further learning - particularly in light of the recent drop in mature learners entering Higher Education.

 

Further confirmed speakers:

Mike Attwell, Education Director and lead Director for East and West Midlands, Workers’ Educational Association; Neil Coker, Senior Director, Access, Solihull College; Mike Ellicock, Chief Executive, National Numeracy; Paul Essery, Chief Executive, Liquid Networks; Jan Hughes, CTR Business Training Centre Manager, Canterbury College; Judith McManus, Head of Operations, Aspire Sussex; Tom Molloy, Service Manager, Luton Adult & Community Learning; Dr Toni Sant, Education Advisor, Wikimedia UK; Alison Wheeler, Executive Member, Society of Chief Librarians and General Manager, Suffolk’s Libraries Industrial and Provident Society and Tom Wilson, Director, Unionlearn.

 

Chairs: Baroness Brinton, Treasurer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning and Rt Hon the Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top.

 

Networking:

Due to attend are representatives from Birkbeck, University of London; British Horseracing Authority; Buckinghamshire County Council; Campaign for Learning; Canterbury Christ Church University; Canterbury College; City Lit; City of Bath College; Design Museum; Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council; Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College; Educational Centres Association; Hackney Council; Hampshire County Council; Heritage Lottery Fund; Hertfordshire County Council; Highbury College, Hampshire; Institute of Education, University of London; Islington Council; Ken Chad Consulting; Kirklees College, West Yorkshire; Learning Curve Group; London Borough of Hounslow; London Probation Trust; Marine Society & Sea Cadets; Morley College, London; National Numeracy; Nottinghamshire County Council; Open Awards; Oxford Brookes University; Peninsula Community Learning Trust; Porchlight; Regent’s University London; Solihull College; Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council; South Thames College, London; St. Catherine’s School, London; Staffordshire County Council; Suffolk Libraries; The Learning Centre Bexley; The University of The Third Age; Tinder Foundation; Tower Hamlets Council; Trafford College, Cheshire; Tri-Borough Libraries and Arts Service; University of Kent; University of Sheffield and Wandsworth Council.

 

A press pass has been reserved by a representative from First News National Newspaper for Young People.

 

Agenda:

See below my signature, or click here any time to download the latest version.

Organised impartially by the Westminster Employment Forum (find out more).

CPD certified (more details).

 

Booking arrangements

 

Online booking form.

 

Once submitted, this will be taken as a confirmed booking and will be subject to our terms and conditions below.

 

Please pay in advance by credit card on 01344 864796. If advance credit card payment is not possible, please let me know and we may be able to make other arrangements.

 

Options and charges:

• Places at Next steps for community and lifelong learning in England - improving quality, widening participation and generating external investment (including refreshments and a complete PDF copy of the transcripts) are £210 plus VAT;
• Concessionary rate places (see conditions): £80 plus VAT. Please be sure to apply for this at the time of booking.

 

Can’t attend?

• Full transcript available approximately 10 days after the event for £95 plus VAT;
• Concessionary rate: £50 plus VAT.

 

If you find the charge for places a barrier to attending, please let me know as concessionary and complimentary places are made available in certain circumstances (but do be advised that this typically applies to individual service users or carers or the like who are not supported by or part of an organisation, full-time students, people between jobs or who are fully retired with no paid work, and representatives of small charities - not businesses, individuals funded by an organisation, or larger charities/not-for-profit companies). Please note terms and conditions below (including cancellation charges).

 

I hope that you will be able to take part in what promises to be a most useful morning.

 

Kind regards,

Sean Cudmore

 

Sean Cudmore
Deputy Editor, Westminster Employment Forum

 

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The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Employment Forum are: David Amess MP, Dame Anne Begg MP, Richard Graham MP, John Hemming MP, Kelvin Hopkins MP, Andy Love MP, Anne McGuire MP, Chi Onwurah MP, Sandra Osborne MP, Baroness Prosser, Angela Smith MP, Baroness Thomas of Winchester, Baroness Thornton, Baroness Wall of New Barnet and Robert Walter MP. Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.

 

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FINANCIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The delegate fee includes copies of the presentations via PDF and refreshments. Cancellation policy is as follows: (1) cancellations 14 or more days before the event: £70+VAT cancellation fee per delegate; (2) cancellations less than 14 days before the event: no refunds. Cancellations must be notified in writing to the Westminster Employment Forum. No charge will be made for replacement delegates. Transfer of any confirmed booking between events is not possible. The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme and change the speakers without prior notice. The Westminster Employment Forum is unable to grant extended credit and therefore must request that full payment be made within 30 days from the date of invoice. Should payment not be received within 30 days from the date of invoice, the Westminster Employment Forum will apply an administration charge of £40+VAT, likewise for payments made to our account in error.

 

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A key output of the seminar will be a transcript of the proceedings, sent out around 10 working days after the event to all attendees and a wider group of Ministers and officials at the DWP and other government departments; other agencies affected by the issues; and Parliamentarians with a special interest in these areas. It will also be made available more widely. This document will include transcripts of all speeches and questions and answers sessions from the day, along with access to PowerPoint presentations, speakers’ biographies, an attendee list, an agenda, sponsor information, as well as any subsequent press coverage of the day and any articles or comment pieces submitted by delegates. It is made available subject to strict restrictions on public use, similar to those for Select Committee Uncorrected Evidence, and is intended to provide timely information for interested parties who are unable to attend on the day.

 

All delegates will receive complimentary PDF copies and are invited to contribute to the content.

 

The Westminster Employment Forum is strictly impartial and cross-party, and draws on the considerable support it receives from within Parliament and Government, and amongst the wider stakeholder community. The Forum has no policy agenda of its own. Forum events are frequently the platform for major policy statements from senior Ministers, regulators and other officials, opposition speakers and senior opinion-formers in industry and interest groups. Events regularly receive prominent coverage in the national and trade press.

 

Westminster Employment Forum Keynote Seminar

Next steps for community and lifelong learning in England - improving quality, widening participation

and generating external investment

Timing: Morning, Tuesday, 14^th October 2014

Venue: Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET

 

Draft agenda subject to change                                                                                                                                       

 

8.30 - 9.00	Registration and coffee
9.00 - 9.05	Chair’s opening remarks Baroness Brinton, Treasurer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning
9.05 - 9.15	What was learnt from the Community Learning Trust (CLT) Pilots Tricia Hartley, Chief Executive, Campaign for Learning
9.15 - 9.25	Generating external investment - best practice in fundraising for community learning Nicholas Fox, Director, Individual Learning Company
9.25 - 10.15	Developing community learning partnerships and securing investment What further steps can be taken to encourage community learning providers to develop local partnerships? What have been the most effective approaches employed by community learning partnerships to engage members of the community in the development of their strategy, such as workshops and community events? In what ways have providers been successful in generating external investment - such as through fees and corporate sponsors - in addition to direct public subsidy; what can be done to raise awareness of available support, such as the Pound Plus data collection tool developed by RCU? Could more be done to support providers in taking advantage of grants provided both by Government and others such as the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund? Neil Coker, Senior Director, Access, Solihull College Judith McManus, Head of Operations, Aspire Sussex Tom Molloy, Service Manager, Luton Adult & Community Learning Dr Toni Sant, Education Advisor, Wikimedia UK Questions and comments from the floor with Tricia Hartley, Chief Executive, Campaign for Learning and Nicholas Fox, Director, Individual Learning Company
10.15 - 10.40	Regulating and raising standards in community learning Gillian Reay HMI, Senior HMI, North-East and the Humber and National Lead, Community Learning and Skills, Ofsted Questions and comments from the floor
10.40 - 10.45	Chair’s closing remarks Baroness Brinton, Treasurer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning
10.45 - 11.10	Coffee
11.10 - 11.15	Chair’s opening remarks Rt Hon the Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
11.15 - 11.40	Sharing best practice and encouraging innovation Dr Cheryl Turner, Senior Research Fellow, NIACE Questions and comments from the floor
11.40 - 12.30	Participation, learner satisfaction, employability skills and engaging hard to reach communities What further steps can be taken to drive improvement in community learning? What more can be done to increase participation in community learning; how can providers be encouraged to share best practice in engaging disadvantaged and priority groups? What has been the impact of the Community Learning Innovation Fund in developing new approaches to widening participation? What further steps can be taken to help more adult learners develop the skills they need to progress into employment, volunteering or further learning; could more be done to encourage providers and local employment services to work more closely together to address local skills shortages? What more could be done to encourage greater numbers of people to volunteer to become Community Learning Champions? Mike Attwell, Education Director and lead Director for East and West Midlands, Workers’ Educational Association Mike Ellicock, Chief Executive, National Numeracy Paul Essery, Chief Executive, Liquid Networks Jan Hughes, CTR Business Training Centre Manager, Canterbury College Alison Wheeler, Executive Member, Society of Chief Librarians and General Manager, Suffolk’s Libraries Industrial and Provident Society Tom Wilson, Director, Unionlearn Questions and comments from the floor
12.30 - 12.55	Next steps for Community Learning policy Liz Lawson, Community Learning Team, Pre-Employment and Basic Skills Division, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Questions and comments from the floor
12.55 - 13.00	Chair’s and Westminster Employment Forum closing remarks Rt Hon the Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top Sean Cudmore, Deputy Editor, Westminster Employment Forum

 

 

 

FW: Conference on innovative approaches to curriculum design and delivery in Higher Education - with the HEA: Westminster Higher Education Forum, Thursday, 27th November 2014

Innovative approaches to curriculum design and delivery in Higher Education

 

with

Professor Ron Barnett, Lead Consultant, Flexible pedagogies: preparing for the future, Higher Education Academy and Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, University of London

and

Professor Barry Clarke, Engineering Education Board; Megan Dunn, NUS; Dr Neil Gordon, University of Hull; Clare Hallows, Bradford College, West Yorkshire; Jane Kettle, Independent Consultant; Professor Mike McLinden, University of Birmingham; Professor Mike Neary, University of Lincoln; Professor Philip Plowden, University of Derby; Greham Raynham, Bond Bryan Architects; Dr Alex Ryan, University of Gloucestershire; Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey, University of Warwick; Professor Daniella Tilbury, University of Gloucestershire; Nicola Turner, Aston University and Dr Steve Wyn Williams, Staffordshire University

 

Chaired by:

 Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary University Group and Lord Holmes of Richmond, Member, House of Lords Digital Skills Select Committee and Consultant, BPP Law School

 

Timing: Morning, Thursday, 27^th November 2014

Venue: Central London

This event is CPD certified

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Dear Mr Andrew

 

I am writing to remind you about the above seminar. Please note there is a charge for most delegates, although concessionary and complimentary places are available (subject to terms and conditions - see below).

 

The focus:

Innovative approaches to curriculum design and delivery in Higher Education.

 

To note:

Includes discussion on how to incorporate latest developments in learning technologies and new models of course delivery into teaching and learning practice.

 

Context:

• Comes as Higher Education providers face demand for more flexible modes of learning - following the removal of student number controls, and as students call for greater value for money in light of higher tuition fees; and
• Follows the HEA report on Flexible pedagogies: preparing for the future - and includes a keynote presentation from the project’s lead consultant, Professor Ron Barnett.

 

Key discussion points:

·         Latest thinking on curriculum development and implementation;

·         Incorporating developments in technology into teaching and learning - and the impact on campus and infrastructure development;

·         Creating more flexible learning hours - and resources to accommodate part-time students and mature students;

·         Engaging with employers in course design - and increasing the number of in-course work-based learning opportunities;

·         Greater use of student feedback for course design - and reacting to student expectations; and

·         Challenges posed by curriculum re-design - particularly the effects on student assessment and pedagogy.

 

Speakers:

Keynote: Professor Ron Barnett, Lead Consultant, Flexible pedagogies: preparing for the future, Higher Education Academy and Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, University of London.

 

Further confirmed speakers: Professor Barry Clarke, Chairman, Education for the Built Environment Group and Chairman, Engineering Education Board; Megan Dunn, Vice President, Higher Education, NUS; Dr Neil Gordon, Author, Flexible Pedagogies: technology-enhanced learning; Lecturer and Director of Taught Postgraduate Studies, Department of Computer Science, University of Hull; Clare Hallows, Registrar, Bradford College, West Yorkshire; Jane Kettle, Author, Flexible Pedagogies: employer engagement and work-based learning and Independent Consultant; Professor Mike McLinden, Author, Flexible Pedagogies: part-time learners and learning in higher education; Programme Lead (Visual Impairment) and Co-Director of Education, University of Birmingham; Professor Mike Neary, Professor of Sociology, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln; Professor Philip Plowden, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Derby; Greham Raynham, Studio Director, Bond Bryan Architects; Dr Alex Ryan, Co-Author, Flexible Pedagogies: new pedagogical ideas, University of Gloucestershire; Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey, Director, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick; Professor Daniella Tilbury, Co-Author, Flexible Pedagogies: new pedagogical ideas, University of Gloucestershire; Nicola Turner, Director of Employability, Aston University and Dr Steve Wyn Williams, Dean of Academic Policy and Development, Staffordshire University.

 

Chairs: Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary University Group and Lord Holmes of Richmond, Member, House of Lords Digital Skills Select Committee and Consultant, BPP Law School.

 

Additional senior participants are being approached.

 

Networking:

Places have been reserved by officials from the Competition and Markets Authority and the Welsh Government. Also due to attend are representatives from Aga Khan University, London; Arts University Bournemouth; Aston University; Birkbeck, University of London; Bournemouth University; Canterbury Christ Church University; Cardiff Metropolitan University; Cardiff University; Chartered Society of Designers; City and Islington College, London; City College Norwich, Norfolk; College of Optometrists; Cranfield University; Durham University; Edge Hill University; Education Futures Collaboration; Falmouth University; Harrogate College, North Yorkshire; HEFCE; Imperial College Union; Jay Consulting; Keele University; King’s College London; Kingston University London; Leeds Beckett University; Leeds Trinity University; London Metropolitan University; Loughborough University; NACUE; National Physical Laboratory; Navitas UK; Newcastle College; Newcastle University; Northumbria University; Nottingham Trent University; Oxford Brookes University; Plymouth College of Art, Devon; Quality Assurance Agency; Regent’s University London; Shipley College, West Yorkshire; Southampton Solent University; Stockport College, Greater Manchester; Swansea University; The Open University; University College Dublin; University College London; University of Aberdeen; University of Bedfordshire; University of Bradford Students’ Union; University of Chester; University of Chichester; University of Derby; University of Dundee; University of East Anglia; University of Greenwich; University of Huddersfield; University of Hull; University of Liverpool; University of Manchester; University of Northampton; University of Portsmouth; University of Reading; University of Sheffield; University of South Wales; University of Southampton; University of Strathclyde; University of Sunderland; University of Surrey; University of Sussex; University of Warwick and University of West London.

 

Agenda:

See below my signature, or click here any time to download the latest version.

Organised impartially by the Westminster Higher Education Forum (find out more).

CPD certified (more details).

 

Booking arrangements

 

Online booking form.

 

Once submitted, this will be taken as a confirmed booking and will be subject to our terms and conditions below.

 

Please pay in advance by credit card on 01344 864796. If advance credit card payment is not possible, please let me know and we may be able to make other arrangements.

 

Options and charges:

• Places at Innovative approaches to curriculum design and delivery in Higher Education (including refreshments and a complete PDF copy of the transcripts) are £210 plus VAT;
• Concessionary rate places (see conditions): £80 plus VAT. Please be sure to apply for this at the time of booking.

 

Can’t attend?

• Full transcript available approximately 10 days after the event for £95 plus VAT;
• Concessionary rate: £50 plus VAT.

 

If you find the charge for places a barrier to attending, please let me know as concessionary and complimentary places are made available in certain circumstances (but do be advised that this typically applies to individual service users or carers or the like who are not supported by or part of an organisation, full-time students, people between jobs or who are fully retired with no paid work, and representatives of small charities - not businesses, individuals funded by an organisation, or larger charities/not-for-profit companies). Please note terms and conditions below (including cancellation charges).

 

I hope that you will be able to take part in what promises to be a most useful morning.

 

Kind regards,

 

Jonny Roberts

 

Jonny Roberts

Associate Editor, Westminster Higher Education Forum

 

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The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Higher Education Forum are: David Amess MP, Willie Bain MP, Rt Hon the Lord Baker of Dorking, Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Paul Blomfield MP, Lord Boswell of Aynho, Lord Dixon-Smith, Professor the Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, John Glen MP, Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, Eric Joyce MP, The Earl of Listowel, Ian Lucas MP, Baroness Maddock, Gordon Marsden MP, Professor the Lord May of Oxford, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, Ann McKechin MP, Stephen Metcalfe MP, Andrew Miller MP, Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Anne Marie Morris MP, Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, Baroness Perry of Southwark, Rt Rev Peter Price the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lord Roberts of Llandudno, Lindsay A Roy CBE MP, Baroness Sharp of Guildford, Rt Hon the Lord Sutherland of Houndwood, Lord Triesman, Lord Turnberg, Andrew Turner MP, Paul Uppal MP, Joan Walley MP, Baroness Wall of New Barnet, Mark Williams MP, Rob Wilson MP, Tim Yeo MP and Viscount Younger of Leckie. Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.

 

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This email and any attached files are intended solely for the use of the entity or individual to whom they are addressed. Opinions or views are those of the individual sender and, unless specifically stated, do not necessarily represent those of the Westminster Higher Education Forum. If you have received this email in error please notify info@forumsupport.co.uk.

 

FINANCIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The delegate fee includes copies of the presentations via PDF and refreshments. Cancellation policy is as follows: (1) cancellations 14 or more days before the event: £70+VAT cancellation fee per delegate; (2) cancellations less than 14 days before the event: no refunds. Cancellations must be notified in writing to the Westminster Higher Education Forum. No charge will be made for replacement delegates. Transfer of any confirmed booking between events is not possible. The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme and change the speakers without prior notice. The Westminster Higher Education Forum is unable to grant extended credit and therefore must request that full payment be made within 30 days from the date of invoice. Should payment not be received within 30 days from the date of invoice, the Westminster Higher Education Forum will apply an administration charge of £40+VAT, likewise for payments made to our account in error.

 

More About Us

 

A key output of the seminar will be a transcript of the proceedings, sent out around 10 working days after the event to all attendees and a wider group of Ministers and officials at BIS and other government departments and agencies affected by the issues; and Parliamentarians with a special interest in these areas. It will also be made available more widely. This document will include transcripts of all speeches and questions and answers sessions from the day, along with access to PowerPoint presentations, speakers’ biographies, an attendee list, an agenda, sponsor information, as well as any subsequent press coverage of the day and any articles or comment pieces submitted by delegates. It is made available subject to strict restrictions on public use, similar to those for Select Committee Uncorrected Evidence, and is intended to provide timely information for interested parties who are unable to attend on the day.

 

All delegates will receive complimentary PDF copies and are invited to contribute to the content.

 

The Westminster Higher Education Forum is strictly impartial and cross-party, and draws on the considerable support it receives from within Parliament and government, and amongst the wider stakeholder community. The Forum has no policy agenda of its own. Forum events are frequently the platform for major policy statements from senior Ministers, regulators and other officials, opposition speakers and senior opinion-formers in industry and interest groups. Events regularly receive prominent coverage in the national and trade press.

 

Westminster Higher Education Forum Keynote Seminar

Innovative approaches to curriculum design and delivery in Higher Education

Timing: Morning, Thursday, 27^th November 2014

Venue: Central London

 

Draft agenda subject to change

 

8.30 - 9.00	Registration and coffee
9.00 - 9.05	Chair’s opening remarks Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary University Group
9.05 - 9.30	Preparing for the future - conditioning flexibility in course design and delivery Professor Ron Barnett, Lead Consultant, Flexible pedagogies: preparing for the future, Higher Education Academy and Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, University of London Questions and comments from the floor
9.30 - 10.15	Institutional processes and the redesign and delivery of courses What steps can be taken to simplify and coordinate universities’ internal processes, for example timetabling, department funding and decision-making procedures to enable more flexible and innovative course design? What impact will the growth in the number of alternative providers in Higher Education have on sector-wide moves towards more flexible course delivery? What are the structural challenges for delivering courses over non-traditional timeframes; how might e-learning help? How can HE providers act to minimise the wider cultural and organisational barriers to redesigning course and their delivery? In light of higher tuition fees and greater focus on employability, should Government encourage more universities offer two-year degrees; how could institutions prepare students and lecturers for these courses and how financially sustainable are these courses? How can best practice examples of flexible and out-of-hours student support be better shared across the HE sector; what lessons can be learnt particularly from FE colleges? Professor Mike McLinden, Author, Flexible Pedagogies: part-time learners and learning in higher education; Programme Lead (Visual Impairment) and Co-Director of Education, University of Birmingham Dr Steve Wyn Williams, Dean of Academic Policy and Development, Staffordshire University Professor Philip Plowden, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Derby Clare Hallows, Registrar, Bradford College, West Yorkshire Questions and comments from the floor
10.15 - 11.00	Redesigning courses to respond to advances in technology and changing trends What is the potential for technology to allow universities to provide more personalised learning pathways for students; what are the limitations and how should HE providers deal with challenges for implementation? What can be learnt from successful examples of campus redesign to better integrate technology into course delivery and encourage the greater use of blended-learning? Is the focus on contact hours, highlighted in Key Information Sets (KIS), a disincentive to using forms of technology-enhanced learning that reduce the number of traditional lectures and seminars? How should course designers and deliverers respond to the trend for greater student collaborative working and the challenges this poses for assessment and potential for plagiarism? Dr Neil Gordon, Author, Flexible Pedagogies: technology-enhanced learning; Lecturer and Director of Taught Postgraduate Studies, Department of Computer Science, University of Hull Greham Raynham, Studio Director, Bond Bryan Architects Senior representative, technology provider University case study Questions and comments from the floor
11.00 - 11.05	Chair’s closing remarks Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary University Group
11.05 - 11.25	Coffee
11.25 - 11.30	Chair’s opening remarks Lord Holmes of Richmond, Member, House of Lords Digital Skills Select Committee and Consultant, BPP Law School
11.30 - 12.10	Engaging employers in the design and delivery of courses What can be done to encourage greater involvement from businesses to aid the design of courses to ensure graduates leave with the necessary skills required for employment, and how can institutions support those who would be involved in this process? How can universities ensure academics are aware of latest developments in their related industries so these can be reflected in course design? What can universities, industry bodies and Government do to encourage more employers to offer Year in Industry placements; will the new cap of £1,350 for ‘sandwich’ years encourage more students to undertake this option? How can sharing of best practice between academics and employers - and student feedback be encouraged and utilised to make work-based learning as effective as possible? Nicola Turner, Director of Employability, Aston University Jane Kettle, Author, Flexible Pedagogies: employer engagement and work-based learning and Independent Consultant Professor Barry Clarke, Chairman, Education for the Built Environment Group and Chairman, Engineering Education Board Questions and comments from the floor
12.10 - 12.55	A changing student experience - involving students in course design and diversifying course content In what ways can universities involve students in the design of courses and learning processes, and what role could alumni play; how can best practice be shared across the sector? Do university structures allow course leaders to react quickly to student feedback and adjust the design of courses and teaching methods accordingly? Should more universities encourage students to work across course boundaries and their associated professions, for example different creative arts disciplines collaborating or business students working with science students, where does it work best and how could this be integrated into the curriculum across more subject areas? What are the benefits and challenges presented by the move towards greater internationalisation of course curricula; what lessons can be learnt about curriculum design and teaching practices from other nations? Professor Daniella Tilbury, Co-Author, Flexible Pedagogies: new pedagogical ideas, University of Gloucestershire Professor Mike Neary, Professor of Sociology, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey, Director, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick Megan Dunn, Vice President, Higher Education, NUS Questions and comments from the floor with Dr Alex Ryan, Co-Author, Flexible Pedagogies: new pedagogical ideas
12.55 - 13.00	Chair’s and Westminster Higher Education Forum closing remarks Lord Holmes of Richmond, Member, House of Lords Digital Skills Select Committee and Consultant, BPP Law School Jonny Roberts, Associate Editor, Westminster Higher Education Forum

 

 

 

 

 

 

FW: SACWG Annual Seminar – Thurs 27th November 2014 - “Re-assessment: Principles vs Pragmatism”

 

Bookings for the SACWG 2014 seminar (Student Assessment and Classification Working Group) are high and we would encourage anyone else considering attendance to submit their booking as soon as possible – the event will take place on Thursday 27th November 2014 and will be entitled:

 

"Re-assessment:  Principles vs Pragmatism"

 

 

The event will be held at the Enterprise Centre at the University of Derby and bookings can be made via the weblink https://secure.worc.ac.uk/sacwg/. Please find attached the flier which gives more details – it should prove to be another interesting and illuminating event with useful discussions and we do hope that you will be able to join us. 

 

With apologies for any duplicate postings.

 

Kind regards

Marie

 

Dr Marie Stowell

Chair of SACWG (and Director of Quality and Educational Development)

University of Worcester

 

Tel  01905 855579

 

 

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FW: International perspectives on doctoral education

 

 

 

International perspectives on doctoral education Date - Thursday 30 October 2014: 1245-1545 Venue - SRHE, 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE Network - International Research and Researchers Beyond the doctorate: Career trajectories of Canadian PhD graduates Professor Lynn McAlpine, Oxford Learning Centre, University of Oxford Internationally, more than half of PhD graduates leave the higher education sector, though how individuals navigate their trajectories from doctorate to academic and non-academic careers is largely unexplored. Drawing on a longitudinal qualitative study, this paper examines the career trajectories of 30 Canadian social scientist and scientist PhD graduates. The evidence suggests the importance of attending to the interplay of national, disciplinary and institutional influences in the opportunity structures open to individuals. At the same time, individuals' efforts to craft their positions to achieve their goals played a powerful role as regards the choice of opportunity structures. The results suggest the need to conceptualise career trajectories in ways that integrate both subjective and objective perspectives. Consistency and disjunction between assumptions and reality: Examining the doctoral examination process in Australia Professor Terry Lovat, The University of Newcastle, Australia While standards vary, there seems to be a common assumption that the doctorate represents a custodial gateway to scholarly status, including offering an assured benchmark by which to judge suitability to an academic career. Yet research shows that examiners undertaking thesis appraisal assume that it will pass, and empirical work has confirmed extremely low failure rates. Indeed, the era of the mass doctoral regime has seen little expansion of failure over the earlier era of exclusivity.  This raises fundamental questions about the supposed fundamentals of the doctorate – quality, originality, likely contribution to practice in the field in question, etc.  This paper will explore some of these issues against data emanating from international work, with special attention to a series of projects funded by the Australian Research Council, and including a summary of recent findings about the impact of the viva.   Note: Unless otherwise stated SRHE events are free to members, there is a charge of £60 for non-members.   Unsubscribe from SRHE updates You are receiving this email as our records indicate that you are interested in SRHE updates. Unsubscribing from SRHE updates will not impact SRHE membership administration emails, membership reminders etc. SRHE is a registered charity No. 313850. Company No. 00868820 Limited by Guarantee. Registered office 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE Newsletter developed and delivered by clickandsend.biz