Fwd: Booking now open for: Research informed Teaching: Delivering participation, engagement and enquiry 14th July

Research informed Teaching: Delivering participation, engagement and enquiry

Wednesday July 14 2010, 9.30am – 4.45pm

Staffordshire University

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes University

Undergraduate Research for All Students?

 

Prof. Stuart Hampton-Reeves, University of Central Lancashire

The 21st Century Academic: Implementing Research-informed Teaching

 

The aim of the conference is to bring together practitioners, academics, researchers, students, policy makers and learning support staff to explore the pedagogic, technological and skills issues surrounding the contested notions of Research informed Teaching and the research-teaching nexus in higher education.

 

Provisional programme attached.

 

Please use the online booking form at:

 

http://www.staffs.ac.uk/research/research_informed_teaching/events/bookingform/

 

Cost of attendance: £95 (£45 Staffordshire University employees and SURF employees). Students who are involved in presentations can attend free of charge.

 

For more information on the conference please visit the conference web page at:

 

http://www.staffs.ac.uk/research/research_informed_teaching/events/index.jsp#conference

 

We look forward to seeing you on the 14^th of July.

 

Dr Geoff Walton, BA (Hons), MA, PhD, PgCHPE, FHEA, MCLIP

Academic Skills Tutor Librarian & Research informed Teaching Project Co-ordinator,

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Staffordshire University,

Stoke-on-Trent,

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Tel: 01782 294448

Fax: 01782 295799

 

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Fwd: Future Learningscapes: a 21st Century Challenge

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in this year's annual e-Learning conference at the University of Greenwich Maritime Campus on 7th July 2010. 'Future Learningscapes: a 21st Century Challenge' will examine the role of emerging digital technologies and literacies on future learning scenarios. Delegates will hear from practitioners and researchers about the use of technologies in their own teaching and learning contexts and consider its impact on their own practices.

Our keynote speakers are Professor Grainne Conole; Professor of e-Learning, The Institute of Educational Technology, and Bernhard Niesner and Adrian Hilti, Co-founders of busuu.com - an innovative online community for learning languages. The programme of presentations is now available at http://www.gre.ac.uk/e-conference, places are going quickly and booking is only open until Monday, 21st June so register now to secure your place!

Malcolm Ryan & Simon Walker (Conference co-organisers)

Fwd: Male access and success in higher education: 6 July 2010

'Male access and success in higher education'

Tuesday 6 July, 2010

Higher Education Academy, York

 

The Higher Education Academy would like to invite you to the above one day research seminar, which is part of the Research Seminar Series 2010.

 

This event is free of charge.

 

The following speakers will be presenting at the research seminar:

 

Bahram Bekhradnia, Higher Education Policy Institute

Dr Ruth Woodfield, University of Sussex

Dr Neil Raven, Manager, Aimhigher in the East Midlands

Ed Foster, Nottingham Trent University/HERE Project

Professor Liz Thomas, The Higher Education Academy

 

Further details and booking information is available at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2010/academyevents/06.07.2010_RSS_Academy

 

Book soon as places are limited and this event is expected to be oversubscribed.

 

 

Regards

 

The Inclusion Team

 

Tel. +44 (0) 1904 717500

Email: inclusion@heacademy.ac.uk

  

 

Research Seminar Series 2010: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/teachingandlearning/inclusion/alldisplay?type=resources&newid=ourwork/inclusion/2010_Research_Seminar_Series_overview&site=york

 

 

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Fwd: FW: First Level Assessment and Feedback Project Conference 2010 - Taking the 'Ass' out of assessment

 

This one-day conference is organised as part of the NTFS funded First Level Assessment Project (FLAP). Keynote speakers: Professor Mark Schofield Taking the 'Ass' out of Assessment: Getting rid of the donkey work. Professor Mantz Yorke Pass Notes: Helping students to be successful in assessments. Wednesday 16 June 2010 Leeds Metropolitan University, Civic Quarter, The Rose Bowl Time: 10.00 – 15.45 (registration from 09.00) The conference looks at aspects of transition into higher education and how assessment and feedback can be used to enhance learning and to help students achieve the required standards.   The programme begins with Professor Mark Schofield, of Edge Hill University, who will raise issues, provoke discussion and seek/share solutions related to our experiences of assessment 'that works.' A second keynote by Professor Mantz Yorke, Visiting Professor at Lancaster University, will look at the academic aspects of the 'transition challenge' including the language of assessment, expectations and understanding feedback. Conference workshops will include case studies on a variety of topics including the use of technology to support transition and e-portfolios. This conference presents an opportunity for anyone interested in assessment, learning and teaching to spend a day developing ideas to enable them to review, develop and reshape their thinking in this area.   There is a cost of £85 to attend this conference (payable online).   Booking is now open, for further information and to register please visit: www.leedsmet.ac.uk/flapconference For further information please contact Karly Procter: K.Procter@leedsmet.ac.uk
Many thanks, First Level Assessment and Feedback Project team

 

 

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Fwd: a FREE a one day workshop on 'reinventing the dissertation': 9th June 2010

Reinventing the Dissertation: The Role of Undergraduate Research in Higher Education

9^th June 2010, 10.30am – 4:00pm

Media Factory Room 320, University of Central Lancashire

 

This free, one-day event offers fresh perspectives on the role of the undergraduate dissertation in higher education. How can dissertations be more effectively integrated into the curriculum? When should students start to become independent learners and researchers? How do different disciplines run dissertations? This workshop will draw directly on new research and will preview upcoming projects that aim to reinvent the dissertation.

Key speakers include: 

§    Patrick Ainley, University of Greenwich

§    Phillipa Levy, University of Sheffield

§    Helen Day, University of Central Lancashire

§    Peter Lumsden, University of Central Lancashire

§    Mick Healey, University of Gloucestershire

§    Mike Neary, University of Lincoln

 

The event is free and all staff and students in UK Higher Education are welcome to attend. To register, please email Trudi Emmens at tmemmens@uclan.ac.uk. When registering, please let us know if you have any dietary requirements and if you need a car parking space.

 

Travelling to Preston

A full guide to travelling to Preston, including campus maps, is available at the website below. The UCLan campus is a short walk from Preston train station. The University has several car parks and visitors passes can be provided but please let us know when registering. The event will take place on the 3rd floor of the Media Factory (see campus map).

 

This event a joint venture between the SRHE (Society for Research in Higer Education) and UCLan (University of Central Lancashire)

 

Please come along and meet with like minded people keen to give our undergraduate students the best possible experience whilst at university

 

Mandy.

Dr Mandy Dillon

Centre for Research Informed Teaching

Fylde Building

University of Central Lancashire

Preston

ADillon@uclan.ac.uk

Tel: 01772 895972